Every injury and fatality MSHA has on file. Filter by state, year, sector, classification, experience, or any keyword from the investigator's narrative.
FORKLIFT OPERAT2R WAS PICKING UP PALLETS FROM EAST CORNER 1ST FLOOR PACKHOUSE. HE WAS LOOKING OVER HIS SHOULDER BACKING UP TOWARDS THE NORTH DOOR WHEN I NAME WAS WALKING FROM SOUTH SACKING MAC MACHINE AND WAL9D INTO FORKLIFT WHILE IT WAS IN MOTION AND WAS KNOCKED DOWN. THE BACKUP ALARM WAS SOUNDING. REAR WHEEL RAN ONTO HIS FOOT. OPERATOR STATED THAT VICTIM DID NOT MAKE ANY INDICAT
August 11, 1987TX · Metal/Non-Metalgreaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oilerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS SI7TING IN 769B CAT HAUL TRUCK.LOADER WAS LOADING TRUCK WITH CLINKLER AND A LARGE CHUNK OF CLINKER FELL FROM LOADER BUCKET STRIKING TRUCK ON SIDE OF BED CAUSING TRUCK TO JERK VIOL ENTLY.EMPLOYEE 3OTICED PAIN IN BACK OF NECK.SAME AREA AS RECENT SURGERY.
May 24, 1987TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
May 24, 1987TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
THERE WAS NOT A3 INJURY REPORTED, ON 5-7 87 THE EMP TOLD HIS FOREMAN THAT HIS BACK WAS HURTING AND THAT HE MAY HAVE KIDNEY PROBLEMS BECAUSE WHEN HE WOULD GO TO THE RESTROOM HIS BACK PROBLEMS W OULD BE RELIEVE8. ON 5-13-87 I.NAME CALLED I.NAME AND AFTER QUESTIONING HIM. I.NAME ALLEGED THAT HE WAS CLEANING A CHUTE WITH AN AIR HAMMER ON 4-26-87. WHEN A BIG CHUNK OF CEMENT HIT THE BAR
March 4, 1987MT · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WORKING IN KILN3DURING BRICKING HE AND ANOTHER EMP WERE LIFTING PORTABLE BRICK SAW ONTO PLANKS. WHEN THE SAW CAME AWAY FROM ITS BASE CAUSING THE OTHER EMP TO LOSE HIS GRIP AND TRANSFERRING ALL THE WEIGHT TO I3NAME. THIS SAW COMES APART AND IS USUALLY SEPARATED INTO TWO PIECES BEFORE MOVING THE EMPLOYEES DID NOT DO THIS EMP COMPLAINED OF LOW BACK PAIN, SENT TO HIS DR THE FOLLOWING D
February 25, 1987CA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING UP A EUCLID TRUCK TO DUMP LOAD, ROLLED DOWN WINDOW TO SEE HOW NEAR HE WAS TO DUMP AREA, WIND CAME UP AND BLEW CLINKER DUST INTO LEFT EYE.
PICKUP TRUCK STUCK IN A MUDDY ROAD I.NAME WAS MOVING AROUND THE T RUCKTO ASSIST IN MOVING IT WHEN HE SUDDENLY SLIPPED IN THE MUD AND HIS FOREHEAD ON A PIECE OF METAL LAYING AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
January 27, 1987CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Kaiser Cement Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WASJACKHAMMERING AROUND THE COOLER AREA USING A SIXTY POUND JACKHAMMER. THE JACKHAMMER HAD GOT STUCK AND WHEN EMPLOYEE PULLED IT LOOSE, HE SMASHED HIS LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE HANDLE OF THE JACKHAMMER AND THE CEMENT WALL.
January 26, 1987CA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
THE EMPLOYEE WA8 LAYING THE LAST COURSE OF BRICKS IN THE KILN, A DOUBLE CUT, AS HE TRIED TO KEY THE SECOND ROW OF CUT BRICKS, THE KEY BRICK OF FIRST CUT BRICK DROPPED STRICKING HIS FINGER.
January 26, 1987CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kaiser Cement Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING HAMMERS WITH PORT-A-POWER, PUMP WAS ON LEDGE, PUMP STARTED TO FALL, EMPLOYEE TRIED TO CATCH PUMP AND PUMP SMASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BODY AND THE HANDLE. (THIS WAS ORIGINALLY A LOST TIME INJURY--EMPLOYEE LAST WORKED ON 2/10/87.)
January 23, 1987CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
January 9, 1987CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
AT PLANT DOWNTIME, PREPARING TO START EQUIPMENT. INJURED WAS CHECKING 2500 HP MOTOR FOR ID FAN. WHEN THE MOTOR WAS STARTED IT WENT TO GROUND ANDSTARTED TO ARC. INJURED JUMPED OVER HAND RAILRIN G TO THE GROUND BELOW APPROX. 10' BELOW TOP OF HAND RAIL. RECENTLY HAD SURGERY TO ANKLE, CAUSING ADDITIONAL LOST TIME FOR RECOVERY. (LAST DAY WORKED: 1/5/87).
December 31, 1986CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
EMP WAS PREPARI3G TO USE PORTABLE ANGLE GRINDER, WHEN WHEEL BROKE INTO SEVERAL PIECES, ONE OF WHICH STRUCK HIM IN THE UPPER LEFT FOREARM
December 26, 1986MT · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
STANDING ON SLI1PERY METAL SURFACE OF SPITZER HOPPER, WHILE WELDING INSIDE. HE FAILED TO PUT A PLANK IN THE HOPPER TO INSURE HIS FOOTING. HE SLIPPED AND HIS HEAD HIT THE SIDE OF THE HOPPER. CO PLAINED OF NECK3PAIN, THIS REQUIRED AT LEAST THREE VISITS TO A CHIROPRACTOR.
December 16, 1986CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
AS THE EMPLOYEE3WAS WALKING FROM HIS CAR TO WORK HE TRIPPED OVER A RAILROAD TIE THAT WAS IN THE PARKING LOT.
December 2, 1986CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING COLD ROLL STEEL FROM RACK. PUTTING SLING ON ONE COLD ROLL, IT PUSHED THE OUTSIDE COLD ROLL OFF OF THE RACK, CAUSING IT TO FALL ONTO GROUND AND BOUNCE ONTO TOP OF LEFT FO OT. 3
EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING AREA OUTSIDE KILN WHEN A MINER EXPLOSION IN KILN CAUSED EMPLYEE TO FALL, TAND SOMETHING HIT HIM ON THE NOSE.
November 10, 1986CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE STATES THAT 4HEN HE EMPTIED THE PHYSICAL TESTING LAB GARBAGE CAN HE FELT A PULL IN HIS ABDOMINAL AREA. 10 DAYS LATER HE REPORTED THAT HIS DOCTOR TOLD HIM HE NEEDED SURGERY FOR A VENTRAL HE RNIA. HE THEN R9PORTED THE INCIDENT OF 11-7-86.
EMPLOYEE WAS MO5ING DUST WITH THE BOBCAT AND THE DUST WAS VERY SLIPPERY. THE BOBCAT SLIPPED QUICKLY TO ONE SIDE AND EMPLOYEE S ELBOW HIT THE CAGE.
October 23, 1986TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kaiser Cement Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EMPLOYEE WAS RE1LACING BAGS IN COMPARTMENT #7 OF 5-DC-1 ALKALI BYPASS DUST COLLECTOR
October 20, 1986CA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE FELT U3COMFORTABLE WITH MULTIPLE JOB TRAINING AND POSSIBILITY OF LAY OFF
September 10, 1986CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
INSTALLING AN I3SPECTION DOOR ON FEED CHUTE OF THE MILL. HE AND ANOTHER ASSISTANCE WAS TRYING TO POSITION THE INSPECTION DOOR WHICH WAS HANGING FROM A COME-ALONG. APPARENTLY IN AN AWKWARD POSI TION 3
POKING DOWN IN 7HE PREHEATER. HOT MATERIAL FLUSHED AND BURNED RIGHT LEG.
July 31, 1986MT · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING ON LADDER CHANGING LIGHT TUBE IN WAREHOUSE HE THOUGHT THE TUBE WAS LOOSE FROM THE FIXTURE AND STEPPED DOWN FROM THE SECOND RUNG OF THE LADDER THE LIGHT HUNG UP IN THE FIX TURE PULLING HI4 OFF BALANCE AND HE LANDED WITH HIS FOOT TWISTED UNDER HIM
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