Every injury and fatality MSHA has on file. Filter by state, year, sector, classification, experience, or any keyword from the investigator's narrative.
INJURED, A MECHANIC, WAS INSTALLING THE CAB ON THE MACHINE. IN ALIGNING THE BOLT HOLES, HE LIFTED ONE CORNER OF CAB BY HAND, RESULTING IN A MUSCLE STRAIN AT LEFT SIDE GROIN AREA.
April 7, 1997PA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pbs Coals Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMP WAS WALKING ON DOZER AREA NEAR DRAGLINE AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE ON ROUGH WALK AREA.
November 2, 1996PA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Pbs Coals Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING AS A MECHANIC TO REPAIR A STEERING ROD. THERE WAS BURNIGN INVOLVED IN THE REPAIR. THE EMPLOYEE FORGET ABOUT THE BURING AND PUT HIS HAND ON HOT METAL AS HE GOT UP.
August 1, 1996PA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pbs Coals Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPLOYEE WAS REPARING A PUMP WHEN HE SLIPPED ANDFELL.
July 25, 1996PA · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pbs Coals Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS WALKING ON TRACK COVERED LOAD OUT AREA. EE STEPPED OVER RAIL COVERED WITH SNOW, AND STEPPED BETWEEN SNOW COVERED RAILROAD TIES INTO A HOLE AND TWISTED RT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS RELEASING BRAKING SYSTEM ON A RAIL CAR WHEN THE BRAKE WHEEL FROZE WITH EXTREME PRESSURE TO TURN BRAKE WHEEL EMPLOYEE SLIPPED & FELL APP 10 FEET
August 10, 1995PA · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE REMOVING ROCKS FROM ADDCAR WHEN LARGE ROCKS FELL ON THE ADDCAR IN BY THE ONE THEY WERE CLEANING. THIS THREW THE TWO MEN TO THE PIT FLOOR. THIS CAUSED A FRACTURED ELBOW ON ON E AND A FRACTURED WRIST ON THE OTHER.
August 10, 1995PA · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
TWO EE WERE REMOVING ROCKS FROM ADDCAR WHEN LARGE ROCKS FELL ON THE ADDCAR INBY THE ONE THEY WERE CLEANING. THIS THREW THE TWO MEN TO THE PIT FLOOR. THIS CAUSED A FRACTURED ELBOW ON ONE WAY AN D A FRACTURED WRIST ON THE OTHER.
March 29, 1995PA · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS REMOVING A MEDIUM SIZED ROCK FROM PUSH ARM OF A D-11 DOZER WHEN THE ROCK FELL ON HIS LEFT FOOT CAUSING A HAIRLINE FRACTURE OF LEFT FOOT, SMALL BONE.
EE SLIPPED FROM STABLIZIER BAR OF D-11 DOZER AS HE DISMOUNTED SLIPPED BACKWARD APP ELEVATION OF 3INCH INTO FUEL TRUCK CONTRIBUTING FRACTORS WERE RAIN COMBINED WITH MUD MAKING A SLIP HAZARD.
EE WAS REMOVING A PIN FROM FRAME ON SET UP OF A COAL SCREEN-SCREEN WAS UNDER SOME PRESSURE WHEN EE REMOVED PIN UNIT SLID FORWARD CAUSING PINCH POINT AND CUTTING HAND.
July 18, 1994PA · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE CLIMBED OUT ON TO DANGER DETERATED MID LEVEL FLOOR TO RETRIEVE HIS SAFETY GLASSES THAT HE DROPPED FROM FLOOR ABOVE STAIRWAY WAS RENAMED FROM AREA TO ELIMINATE ACCESS AREA TO FLOOR-EE CRAWLE D UPON I BEAM AND FELL TO FLOOR BELOW ONCE HE GOON THE DANGER AREA FLOOR.
OPERATOR OF ROCK TRUCK DETERIOTED BACK UP BERMS BY PULLING ROCK TRUCK TO NEAR EDGE OF DUM POINT. TRUCK WENT OVER DUMP AREA DUE TO OPERATOR IMPROPERLY EXAMINING DUMP AREA.
May 24, 1994PA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pbs Coals Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
A CRAIN HAD PASSED OVER A SMAEVY AREA PACKING THE SNOW WITH THE COLD TEMP AND WINDS THIS AREA TURNED TO ICE. THE EE WAS WALKING ACROSS CRANE ROADWAY WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL INJURY LEFT LEG AN KLE AREA.
November 24, 1993PA · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON