Every injury and fatality MSHA has on file. Filter by state, year, sector, classification, experience, or any keyword from the investigator's narrative.
EE WAS OVERSEEING CORE DRILLING OPERATION. HE ATTEMPTED TO ALERT DRILLER BY STEPPING ONTO PLATFORM, PLATFORM WAS MUDDY & HE SLIPPED. HE SLIPPED & STRUCK HIS RT. RING FINGER AGAINST A DRILL LIF TER, CUTTING IT WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.
February 10, 2002KY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS WALKING ACROSS PLANT TOWARD OLD RAW MILL.IN FRONT OF MILL BLDG. IS A CONCRETE PAD THAT STANDS APPROX. 3"HIGHER THAN THE GROUND APPROACHING IT. EE TRIPPED AND FELL ON HIS HANDS JAMMING HIS RT. THUMB.
February 10, 2002KY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS PULLING A PORTABLE WASHER THROUGH THE DOORS OF THE HOMO SILO BUILDING. CART BECAME LODGE ON BERM IN DOORWAY. WHEN EE PULLED ON CAT, IT SMASHED HIS FINGER AGAINST A COMPRESSOR AND HANDLE OF CART.
December 23, 2001KY · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS CARRYING COILS OF WIRE THRU CLINKER TUNNEL. AREA IS VERY TIGHT AND MANY EVERABILITY IS DIFFICULT . EE SUFFERED BACK STRAIN.
December 13, 2001KY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE TIPPING VALVE WHEN CLIMBING BELOW FROM AFTER HE SLIPPED AND PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT LEG.
November 19, 2001KY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WORKS LOADING BARGES. HE WAS POSITIONING MIMSELF TO THROW A ROPE TO ANOTHER BARGE, WHEN THE ROPE CAUGHT ON A CLEAT OF THE BARGE. THE RESULT WAS A SPRAINED LEFT SHOULDER.
September 24, 2001KY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
DRIVER WAS HAULING LOAD FROM STRIP SITE (CLAY HARVEST) TO DUMP SITE. SPEED WAS APPROX 20 MPH. DRIVER STATED HE WAS HAVING A HARD TIME BREATHING. DRIVER BLACKED OUT, RAN THROUGH AND OVER BERM. TRAVELED APPROX 50' INTO FIELD BEFORE STOPPING.
July 24, 2001KY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS REMAKING KILN RAMPS AND CLOSING HIID WHEN HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP HAMMER & STRAINED BACK.
June 4, 2001KY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS WALKING ALONG KILN CATWALK AND TRIPPED OVER AN AIR HOSE. IN SUBSEQUENT FALL HE STRUCK LEFT KNEE ON CATWALK.
April 17, 2001KY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE HAD PARKED THE D8 DOZER AND WAS STEPPING OFF OF IT WHEN HE SLIPPED ON LOOSE MATERIAL AND SRAPINED HIS KNEE.
March 27, 2001KY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS LIFTING HEAVY LINER IN PLACE ON PRF-6 CONVEYOR.
February 19, 2001KY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BAGS FROM DUST COLLECTOR, REMOVING BAGS REQUIRED A TWISTING MOTION AND EMPLYOEE INJURED BACK AND SHOULDER.
February 19, 2001KY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS CARRYING TO TOOL BOX UP STEPS OF MILL BUILDING AND STRAINED BACK.
February 16, 2001KY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS WORKING REMOVING LARGE FOREIGN MATERIAL FROM CLAY CONVEYOR EE WAS RESTING HIS HAND ON RAILING WHEN LARGE CHUNK OF MATERIAL ROLLED OFF PINCHING HIS FINGER AGAINST RAIL
December 22, 2000KY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS DRIVING A DUMP TRUCK & HIT A BUMP ON HAULROAD, STRIKING HIS ELBOW AGAINST DOOR.
October 2, 2000KY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS INSPECTING THE CHUTE OF THE CLAY CRUSHER ON PLATFORM APPROX 2 FT OFF GROUND. WHEM STEPPING DOWN EE LOST BALANCE & TWISTED LEFT KNEE & ANKLE
September 25, 2000KY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS USING PRY BAR ATTEMPTING TO UNCHOKE CHUTEWHEN PRY BAR SLIPPED SMASHING FINGER AGAINST CHUTE
September 8, 2000PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE'S FOOT SLIPPED FROM THE RUNG OF A LADDER. WHEN HIS FOOT CONTACTED THE GROUND, HE INJURED HIS HEEL.
August 22, 2000PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EE REMOVED A PORT TO CHECVK FOR MATERIAL FLOW IN AN AIRSLIDE. CEMENT SPILLED FROM THE AIRSLIDE AND ENTERED HIS EYES.
August 21, 2000PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS WALKING AROUND A DUST COLLECTOR. AS HE STOOD STRAIGHT UP HE STRUCK A SUPPORT WITH HIS HARD HAT HE WAS WEARING. THE JOLT INJURED HIS NECK.
July 27, 2000PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
INJURED WAS HANGING REBAR INSIDE DOME...IN MAN-BASKET OF P&H 50 TON CRANE. THE GROUND UNDER CRANES LEFT FRONT OUTRIGGER SUBSIDED AND THE CRANE LURCHED FORWARD, CAUSING BASKET TO EE UP AND DOWN . INJURED STRUCK HIS FACE ON STACK OF REBAR IN BASKET.
July 20, 2000PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
REMOVING FORMS (METAL) FROM STAGE 4 CYCLONE, FORM WAS NOT FULLY SECURED TO ROPE, CAME LOOSE WHEN PULLING OUT OF VESSEL, FORM FELL TO BOTTOM OF CYCLONE, EE USED HANDS TO PROTECT HIMSELF, SEVERE LACERATION ON PALM OF LEFT HAND.
July 11, 2000KY · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
THE INJURED EE WAS HOLDING A REBAR DOWEL IN THE HORIZONTAL POSITION WHILE IT WAS BEING TIED DOWN. WHILE THIS PARTICULAR DOWEL WAS BEING SECURED, ANOTHER DOWEL WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN TIED DO WN BROKE FREE FROM THE METAL WIRES SECURING IT. IT SPRANG UPWARD STRIKING EE IN THE MOUTH AND UPPER RIGHT CHEEK AREA OF HIS FACE. INJURED SUFFERED LACERATION TO UPPER LIP, BROKEN AND LOOSEN T
July 11, 2000KY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE WAS OPERATING A MOTOR DRIVEN PALLET JACK TO MOVE PALLET OF FIRE BRICK. RIGHT HAND BECAME TRAPPED B/W HANDLE OF JACK AND K-944 DUCT AT TOP OF RELOCATED SPRAY TOWER. CAUSED FRACTURE/LACERATIO N TO (R) RING FINGER.
June 9, 2000KY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE WAS OPERATING FORKLIFT AND HAD GOTTEN OFF AND ON ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS ON THIS DAY. WHEN STEPPING DOWN FROM FORKLIFT EE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
June 1, 2000KY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kosmos Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING BOLTS IN SLIP FLANGE OF SCREW CONVEYOR. AS HE WAS TIGHTENING THE BOLTS WITH A WRENCH, THE UPPER CONVEYOR'S WEIGHT SHIFTED, CAUSING THE SLIP FLANGE TO COLLAPSE, PINCHIN G EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND.
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