WHILE UNLOADING HIS SCRAPER, THE SCRAPER REAR END SLIDE DOWN A SMALL STOPE AND GENTLY STARTED TO TURN ON ITS SIDE WHICH WHIPPED THE FRONT END AROUND JARRING THE OPERATORS BACK. WET & MUDDY GRO UND CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT.
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
Alert me on this search
Email me when a new incident matches these filters. One confirmation email; unsubscribe anytime.
3 total records
Showing all 3
February 9, 1993
OK · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Nationwide Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object
Nationwide Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WHILE WORKING ON THE BROOM MOT OR HE WAS TAPPING THE STARTER TO SLOWLY ROTATE THE MOTOR POSITION & PINCHED HIS FINER ON THE ALTERNATOR FRACTURING THE BONE BETWEEN THE 1ST KNUCKLE & THE FINER T IP
September 27, 1991
OK · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Nationwide Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object
WHILE STEPPING OFF OF LADDER INJ CLAIMED HE STEPPED ON PIECE OF ANGLE IRON & TWISTED ANKLE.
Showing all 3