Mining Incidents

Search the record

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

Total incidents
739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
Classifications
20
Filters
Time period
Experience at time of incident

Alert me on this search

Email me when a new incident matches these filters. One confirmation email; unsubscribe anytime.

The record

28 total records

Showing all 28
November 20, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal shopman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bellefonte Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL DRILLING H2LES AND INSTALLING BOLTS IN GEAR HUB.WHEN HE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF CAUSING HIM TO JERK BACK AND TWIST HIS BACK.

August 12, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Bellefonte Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WORKING WITH ANOTHER EMPL RUNNING CP65 ROTARY DRILL IN DEEP KNEE BEND POSITIUON AND WHEN HE WENT TO STAND UP HIS KNEE LOCKED.MED EXAM SHOWED TEAR OF MEDIAL CARTILAGE IN RIGHT KNEE.

June 17, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Bellefonte Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING TRANSFER GATE THAT WAS PLUGGED WITH STONE WHEN MATL WAS ALMOST ALL CLEANED OFF GATE MOVED INTO ANOTHER POSITION CATCHING UPPER PART OF EMPLOYEE & SQUEEZING HIMB ETGWEEN B EAM & GATE CAUSING A BRUISED RT SHOULDER CONTUSIONS & LACERATIONS & A BROKEN BONE IN HIS FACE

May 10, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Bellefonte Mining Corp · Struck by falling object

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON RAISE CLIMBER,WHEN HE FINISHED HE GOT OFF CLIMBER AND AS HE GOT OFF OF CLIMBER A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OFF THE SOUTH BROW AND STRUCK HIM OM ON THE FACE CA CAUSING LACERATIONS AND A BROKEN NOSE.

February 27, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bellefonte Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE REPAIRING MINE ORE CARS INJURED EMPLOYEES PARTNER HAD WELDED A HOOK ONTO DOOR OF CAR TO LIFT IT WHILE THEY WERE LIFTING THE DOOR WITH THE OVER HEAD CRANE TO PUT ADDITIONAL B LOCKING UNDER IT THE HOOK TORE OFF LETTING DOOR FALL AND PINNING THE PARTNER BETWEEN A BEAM AND THE DOOR INJURED EMPLOYEE LIFTED DOOR ENOUGH AND LET OTHER EMPLOYEE ESCAPE AND IN DOING SO INJU

February 16, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bellefonte Mining Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPL WORKING WITH 2 OTHER EMPL TO OPEN HOOD OF KILN.WHEN THEY SET COAL PIPE ON PLATFORM HE LOOKED UP AND LIME DUST FELL ON HIS FACE GETTING UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO LEFT EYE CAUSING S OME FAIRLY SEVERE BURNS OF THAT EYE.

February 14, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bellefonte Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJ EMPL AND ANOTHER EMPL MOVING TOOLS AND SUPPLIES DOWN SLOPE IN CART PROVIDED FOR THIS PURPOSE.INJ EMPL WALKING DOWN SLOPE AHEAD OF CART WHILE OTHER EMPL LETTING CART DOWN SLOPE WITH WINCH. AFTER CART HAD MOVED 3-5\ DOWN SLOPE CABLE BROKE AT EYE BOLT.WARNING WAS GIVEN BUT INJ DIDNT HAVE TIME TO ESCAPE ..RESULTING IN FRACTURE OF FOOT AND MULTIPLE BRUISES AND CONTUSIONS OF LEFT LEG

January 22, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bellefonte Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED EMPLOYEE AND HIS MINING PARTNER WERE LIFTING A FULL BARREL OF OIL UP ON A PEDESTAL AND HE STRINED HIS BACK

November 6, 1984 PA · Metal/Non-Metal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bellefonte Mining Corp · Fall onto or against objects

EMP WAS CARRYING RE TRACKER WITH HELP OF COWORKER WHEN THEY PUT THE RETRACTER ON SIDE OF THE LOCOMOTIVE THE EMP FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL AGAINST LOCOMOTIVE AND BRUISED HIS LEFT SIDE IN THE UPPER CHEST AREA HE ALSO PULLED MUSCLE IN THIS AREA

October 19, 1984 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
Bellefonte Mining Corp · Contact with electrical current

3 EMPL IN PROCESS OF LAYING PIPELINE USING SMALL CRANE TO ASSIST WITH PULLING OF PIPE.WHILE DOING THIS,CRANE OPERATOR GOT BOOM OF CRANE TOO CLOSE TO ENERGIZED POWER LINE.IT WAS A VERY WINDY DA Y AND WIND BLEW POWER LINE INTO MOMENTARY CONTACT WITH CRANE BOOM WHILE INJ EMPL WAS TRYING TO HPEK SLING AROUND PIPE ONTO CRANE HOOK.

September 8, 1984 PA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bellefonte Mining Corp · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EE WAS TANDING ON A RAISED PLATFORM ABOUT 30" HIGH TO GREASE COUPLERS ON FAN DRIVE. THE LOCATION OF THE GREASE FITTINGS NECESSITATED HIS REACHING UP UNDERNEATH THE SHAFT. NEITHER HE N OR THE W ITNESS ARE EXACTLY SURE OF WHAT HAPPENED BUT HE THINKS HE STEPPED BACK IN ORDER TO REACH IT & FELL OFF THE PLATFORM BRUISING HIS BACK.

August 14, 1984 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bellefonte Mining Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO PUMP WATER OUT OF POST HOLES CONDITIONS WERE MUDDY AND AS HE TURNED TO PICK UP SUCTION LINE FROM PUMP HE FELL IN THE MUD & FRACTURED HIS LEFT LEG RT ABOVE THE ANKLE

May 7, 1984 PA · Metal/Non-Metal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bellefonte Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RERAIL A CAR THAT HAD JUMPED THE TRACK & WHILE PULLING THE RERAILER OFF THE TRACK IT FELL ON HIS RIGHT HAND PINCHING HIS FINGERS BETWEEN THE RERAILER & T HE RAIL CAUISNG S OME BAD CONTUSIONS & ABRASIONS ON HIS FIRST 2 FINGERS.

April 30, 1984 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bellefonte Mining Corp · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING CHUTES AND WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN HE SLIPPED AND STRUCK HISKNEE ON A METAL FRAME, CAUSING A PULLED LIGAMENT AND SWELLING OF THE RIGHT KNEE.

March 20, 1984 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bellefonte Mining Corp · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING LADDER ON LOADER TO CHECK WATER LEVEL OF RADIATOR HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF LADDER HE FELL AND TWISTED HIS BACK RESULT ING IN A BACK SPRAIN

March 13, 1984 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Bellefonte Mining Corp · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS SPREADING ANTI-SKID MATERIAL OUT OF THE BACK OF A TRUCK EMPLOYEE ST ATED THAT WHEN DRIVER BRAKED TRUCK HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND DECIDED TO JUMP OUT OF BACK OF TRUCK RATHER THAN FA LL INSIDE TRUCK BED WHEN HE JUMPED HE TWIST ED HIS RT KNEE RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO A LIGAMENT

February 16, 1984 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Bellefonte Mining Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH OTHER EMPLOYEES TO REMOVE OLD AND UNUSED PIPE IN THE AREA IN AND AROUND THE WET COLLECTORS ON THE KILNS. WHILE HE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF 4 IN. SPIRALWELD PIPE IN ORDE R TO REMOVE IT, A SUPPORT BRACE ON A PIECE OF 16 INCH PIPE THAT WAS PARTIALLY FILLED WITH SLUDGE, COLLAPSED AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT LEG.

September 28, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bellefonte Mining Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BAGGING HYDRATED LIME ON AUTOMATIC BAGGING MACHINE WHEN BAG FLEW APART BLOWING LIME ALL OVER HEAD AND UP UNDER FULL FACE SHIELD HE WAS WEARING.SOME LIME ENTERED LEFT EYE CAUSING LIME BURN TO T HAT EYE.

September 22, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator MACHINERY
Bellefonte Mining Corp · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS OPERATING A JACKHAMMER WHEN HE STEPPED BACK INTO A HOLE & FELL BACKWARDS IN DOING SO HE HIT HIS TAILBONE ON A PICK HANDLE THAT WAS LAYING THERE CAUSING A BRUISED TAILBONE.

September 21, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bellefonte Mining Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEAING OUT LARGE STONES FROM UNDER CONVEYOR AND PUTTING THEM ON CONVEYOR BELT HE MISJUDGED THE DISTANCE AND HIT HIS HAND ON THE CONVEYOR FRAME WITH THE STONE STILL IN HIS HAND C AUSING ABRASIONS AND FRACTURE OF HIS LEFT THUMB

August 26, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bellefonte Mining Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHECKING AMOUNT OF COAL BEING FED TO OUTSIDE HOPPER WHEN STEPPED THROUGH OPENING IN GRIZZLY WHICH CAUSED HIM TO BUMP AND SCRAPE HIS RIGHT LOWER LEG.

August 19, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal carpenter SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bellefonte Mining Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

UNLOADING TO BED LEVEL AND HELD BY A CHAIN AND AS THEY WERE UNLODING IT THE CHAIN BROKE THROWING EMPLOYEE AND BOX TO THE GROUND CAUSING AN INJURY TO HIS LOWER BACK

August 15, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bellefonte Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE & HIS PARTNER WERE SETTING UP A DRILLING MACHINE & WHEN HE TRIED TO MOVE COLUMN BAR HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

June 6, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bellefonte Mining Corp · Struck against stationary object

EE & HIS MINING PARTNER WERE TEARING DOWN THEIR ROTARY DRILLING MACHINE & EE PICKED UP SOMETHING OFF THE GROUND, AS HE STRAIGHTENED UP HE BUMPED HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON THE COLUMN BAR.

March 24, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Bellefonte Mining Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMP WAS USING JACKHAMMER TO LOOSEN BRICK IN KILN WHEN DUST AND PIECES OF LIME FELL FROM OVERHEAD INSIDE OF EMPLOYEES GLASSES CAUSING A LIME BURN ON RIGHT EYE

February 14, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bellefonte Mining Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE\S JOB WAS TO CLEAN UP LIME TUNNEL, IT WAS A VERY COLD DAY AND SOME WATER HAD FROZEN ON THE FLOOR. EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON THE ICE AND SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS LOWER BACK RESULTING IN LOWER BACK STRAIN.

January 31, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bellefonte Mining Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING DOWN LOOSE ROCK IN M AIN DRIFT USING A JLG LIFT TRUCK WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL INTO BASKET AND HIT HIM IN THE FOOT CAUSING A BRUISE ON HIS LEFTINST EP

January 17, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bellefonte Mining Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO FREE CRUSHER WHEEL, BAR SLIPPED OFF AND HE HIT HIS ELBOW ON AN ADJACENT WALL CAUSING PAIN IN HIS RIGHT ELBOW AND RIGHT SHOULDER.

Showing all 28