Every injury and fatality MSHA has on file. Filter by state, year, sector, classification, experience, or any keyword from the investigator's narrative.
ON 6/30/86 DURI3G A RAINSTORM, WATER ENTERED CRUSHER BUILDING. WATER MIXED WITH DUST AND CREATED A SUCK MUD SUBSTANCE. EMPLOYEE WAS LOOKING FOR LAGGING NEAR THE LEFT SIDE OF CRUSHER BUILDING, SLIPPED HIS RI1HT FOOT "SHOTOUT" DOING THE SPLITS. HE FELT A POP IN GROIN AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING A TRUCK DRIVER LOAD DOCKING RAMPS ONTO HIS FLATBED TRUCK AS EMPLOYEE & TRUCK DRIER LIFTED RAMP TRUCK DRIVER LOST HIS BALANCE CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO TWIST WITH ADDITIONAL BUR DEN OF THE LOAD
January 24, 1985UT · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
EMP WAS WELDING ON A BRACE STOOD UP TURNED AND RAN INTO PIPE VALVE STEM
January 10, 1985UT · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techFALL OF ROOF OR BACK
PULLING 2-0 CABLE WHEN EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL TWISTING BACK.
January 5, 1985UT · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ALONG WALKWAY ON EAST SIDE OF GRINDING BAY BETWEEN CYCLONE CLUSTERS WITH HIS LEFT HAND ON HAND RAIL. HE HIT HIS HAND ON A SAFETY CHAIN HOOK TEARING THE SKIP BETWEEN THUMB AND FOREFINGER.
November 5, 1984UT · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING HAULTRUCK #13 AND PARKED IT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF SHOVEL #3. THE SHOVEL OPERATOR WAS SWINGING TO THE LEFT TO PLACE THE FIRST BUCKET OF MATERIAL IN THE TRUCK. THE SHOVEL SHUT OFF CAUSING THE SHOVEL TO DRIFT INTO THE BED OF THE HAULTRUCK STRIKING THE FRONT PORTION OF THE INSIDE OF THE TRUCK BED.
August 14, 1984UT · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techEXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
WHILE USING HIGH PRESSURE WASHER, HOSE BROKE INJECTING WATER INTO HAND
August 7, 1984UT · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPL FATALLY INJURED IN SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT AT MINESITE.SHE APPARENTLY LEFT CAB OF HAULAGE TRUCK SHE WAS OPERATING AND WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN TRUCK ROLLED OVER HER.
EMP TWISTING KNEE DURING RECOVERY OPERATIONS, WAS DRAGGING A HEAVY WIRE CABLE UPHILL ON LOOSE MATERIAL DIDNT REPORT TO COMPANY UNTIL 7/16/84 STARTED LOSING TIME 8/1/84
May 14, 1984UT · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
AN EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A D-7 CAT DOZER, PUSHING MUD, ROCKS AND DEBRIS AWAY FROM THE MOUTH OF A CANYON. WITHOUT WARNING, A MASSIVE MUDSLIDE CAME OUT OF THE CANYON, STRIKING AND OVERTURNING T HE DOZER, APPRENTLY FATALLY INJURING HIM.
May 14, 1984UT · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RESCUE A DOZER OPERATOR WHO WAS TRAPPED IN A MUDSLIDE AFTER SHOWERING EMPLOYEE WENT INTO SHOCK, HYPOTHERMIA. EMPLOYEE WAS GIVEN IV, X-RAYS, EXAM AT TOOELE HOSPTIAL.
March 6, 1984UT · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WHILE CUTTING NYLON TIE ON RUBBER GUARD KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT SECOND FINGER ON SHARP PIECE OF METAL
December 9, 1983NV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
HE WAS DISCONNECTING A 400 HP MOTOR AT THE CYCLONE TAILS PROJECT. HE WAS PULLING ON A 500MCM CABLE. THE WIRE CAME LOOSE & STRUCK HIS ELBOW ON THE SIDE OF A METAL JUNCTION BOX.
November 21, 1983NV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WHILE CHECKING THE PHASING ONA 480V AC LINE WITH AN OCSILLOSCOPE A WIRE ON THE SCOPE PROBE SHORTED 2 PHASES OF THE 480 AC LINE RESULTING IN AN EXPLOSION PATIENT SUFFERED 1ST DEGREE BURNS OF TH E FACE AND 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS OF THE HANDS AND FOREARMS HE SUFFERED TEMPORARY SIGHT AND HEARING LOSE
November 6, 1983NV · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING A FRONT END LOADER. HE WAS STANDING ON A 20\X24" PIPE TO REACH THE TOP OF LOADER. AS HE WASHED, HE MOVED ALONG THE PIPE, AND BEFORE HE KNEW IT HE RAN OUT OF PIPE AND FELL LANDING ON LEFT FOOT AND ELBOW.
October 23, 1983NV · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
LIFTED TRACK ADJUSTER FROM FLOOR TO PLACE BACK ONTO DZ-01 TRACK FRAME.LIFTED ADJUSTER FROM FLOOR AND PLACED ON HIS LEG IN ORDER TO SLIDE ONTO SIDE FRAME WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
October 20, 1983NV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
HOLDING KNOCKOUT WRENCH KNOCKING OUT BOLTS IN SAG MILL WRENCH CAME BACK AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE FAC E JUST ABOVE THE UPPER LIP
September 22, 1983NV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS COMING DOWN FROM TOP OF TRUCK SLIPPED ON STEP ON SECONDARY AIR TANK TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF ON RADIATOR COWLING SLIPPED ON IT AND HIT HIS KNEE ON COWLING
September 6, 1983NV · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
DON WAS WORKING UNDER 14" DEZURICK PLUG VALVES WHILE LIFTING ONE PLUG FROM THE FLOOR TO THE WORK PLATFORM HE FELT A PAIN IN THE GROIN AREA. HE ALSO FELT A PAIN IN THE ARE A OF THE RIGHT SHOU LDER BLADE WHILE TIGHTENING BOLTS ON THE PLUGS HE INSTALLED PRIOR TO THE GROIN INJURY
August 16, 1983NV · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
PICKETT WAS MOVING LINERS INTO AND OUT OF #2 MILL HE SAID HE HAD BEEN SORE FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS AT THAT TIME JIM WAS MOVED TO THE END OF THE MILL WHERE THE WORK IS A LITTLE LIGHTER
August 15, 1983NV · Metal/Non-Metalbelt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisorMACHINERY
AS PAUL WAS TIGHTENING DOWN MASTER PAD BOLT ON D-10 USING A 3/4" DRIVE RATCHET THE SOCKET BROKE AND JAMMED HIS LEFT HAND INTO THE ROCKS LEFT INDEX FINGER STRUCK ROCK AND TORE OFF FINGER NAIL
EMP STATES HE WAS WALKING TO THE EAST OF THE BOTTOM WALKWAY OF THE CYCLONE TAILS SPLITTER BOX HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF CHANNEL IRON LAYING IN THE WALKWAY AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE
July 20, 1983NM · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
MARTIN BODLEY WAS STANDING ON A STEP LADDER HELPING TO LOWER A MOTOR AND GEAR BOX THAT HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM A SHAFT IN YELLOWCAKE. THE CHAIN ON THE COME-A-LONG WAS CATCHING AND MARTIN TAPPED IT WITH A HAMMER TO LOOSEN IT. THE CHAIN CAME LOOSE & FREE-WHEELED WHICH ALLOWED MOTOR/GEAR BOX TO BOUNCE OFF THE SAFETY RAIL & HIT THE LADDER MARTIN WAS STANDING UPON. MARTIN JUMPED FORWARD
June 22, 1983UT · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
I WAS HOLDING A DRIFT PIN AND LEWIS BUTLER WAS STRIKING PIN WITH HAMMER ALIGNING BOLT HOLES IN STRUCTURAL STEEL. THE HAMMER GLANCED OFF PIN AND HIT INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND
May 17, 1983MT · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
PUTTING AN 8IN PLASTIC PIPE 90FT LONE OVER A 3 INCH SPIGOT LINE AT THE EAST WEST DAM AND THE CABLE SLING THAT WAS USED TO PULL THIS PLASTIC PIPE INTO PLACE SLIPPED 6FT UP THE PIPE AND THE BLOC K ON THE GROVE CRANE THAT WAS USED TO PULL PIPE IN PLACE HIT MAN ON THE RIGTH UPPER SIDE OF HIS BACK
May 16, 1983NV · Metal/Non-Metalquality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistantHANDLING OF MATERIALS
RAY WAS IN THE BACK OF HIS TRUCK REMOVING THE NUCLEAT DENSOMETER FROM IT\S CASE. RAY WAS OVE THE CASE WITH HIS LEFT KNEE AGAINST THE CASE EDGE, PULLING ON THE TESTER. RAY THEN STRAIGHTENED UP & GOT DOWN FROM THE TRUCK INDICATING HE HAD NJURED HIS BACK.
April 25, 1983NV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE UNPLUGGING 110 VOLT EXTENSION CORD FROM ENGINE HEATER OF THE BOOM TRUCK WHEN 2 ENDS OF CORD PULLED APART HE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK KNOCKING HIM TO GROUND
MAN WAS HELPING TO RECLIP #10 CONVEYOR BELT IN SECONDARY CRUSHER AS HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF BELT HE BUMPED HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON H-SUPPORT BEAM-SUFFERED CONTUSION AS RESULT.
WHILE WORKING AT ECOLOGY PUMP HOUSE AT PERCIP PLANT THE MAN SLIPPED ON ICE ON WALKWAY STRAINING HIS LEFT KNEE.
February 23, 1983MT · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
INSTALLING REAR BRAKES ON 170 TON UNIT RIG HAULAGE TRUCK.LIFTING REAR CALIPER ON DISC BRAKE,WEIGHS 50 LBS.-AND AS HE PLACE IT ON BOLTS,ONE END SLIPPED AND HE RECEIVED RIGHT LOW BACK PAIN.
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