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Every injury and fatality MSHA has on file. Filter by state, year, sector, classification, experience, or any keyword from the investigator's narrative.

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273,193
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1,202
Years on record
2000–2026
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March 25, 2026 OK · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Stone Splitters #3 · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee using a hammer to tighten a bolt with a striker wrench. Hammer glanced off cover of crusher, smashing a finger between frame & handle of hammer. Did 1st aid, employee refused the er at that time, going home & later decided to go to a clinic having no fracture, received 3 stitches. Missed one day, returning on Friday 3/27/2026 with no restrictions.

May 5, 2023 OK · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer POWERED HAULAGE
Stone Splitters #3 · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Worker was leaving at the end of the shift & saw a pin on an excavator track sticking out. They & another worker tried to reinstall pin with the forks of a skidsteer & the worker got a finger pinched between the fork & the track, causing partial amputation of finger.

November 12, 2020 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stone Splitters #3 · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Approximately 8:30 am, a worker was stacking rock onto a pallet when they smashed a finger tip. We bandaged finger & employee said they wanted to continue to work. EE worked until noon then went home. EE came to work the next day & told us they had gone to the ER later that evening to check it out. They gave EE a shot for pain, splinted the finger & sent them home.

August 5, 2014 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Stone Splitters #3 · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The guys were packing up to leave for the day. They noticed co-worker not responding to them. They asked if he was ok, no response. Then he passed out. They called 911. He was transported to Sparks Hospital in Ft Smith, AR. Doctors 1st thought it was heat exhaustion, but now think it might be a blood clot or minor heart attack.

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