FATALITY ASSESSMENT AND CONTROL EVALUATION (FACE) PROGRAM

Through the Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program, NIOSH conducts investigations of fatal occupational injuries. The primary intent of this program is to provide interested users with access to the full text of hundreds of fatality investigation reports.

State FACE Reports: Colorado

The following reports are the products of our Cooperative State partners and are presented here in their original unedited form from the states. The findings and conclusions in each report are those of the individual Cooperative State partner and do not necessarily reflect the views or policy of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.


Report No.	Incident State	Title

1996CO080	CO	Landscaper died of injuries incurred when he was catapulted from the operator's seat of a truck-mounted boom.
1996CO029	CO	24-year-old farm laborer dies when the aluminum irrigation pipe he is handling contacts a high voltage line.
1995CO094	CO	Landscape laborer dies when the tractor he is driving overturns.
1995CO082	CO	A Colorado farmhand is killed when a tractor rolls over him.
1995CO054	CO	A car wash employee is electrocuted while working on equipment.
1995CO033	CO	Maintenance worker dies when he falls from roof of apartment building.
1995CO032	CO	Colorado equipment maintenance laborer dies when crushed in small skid steer loader.
1994CO040	CO	Two workers were injured (one died and one was hospitalized with burns) when the truck-mounted conveyor they were using was raised and contacted a 7,620-volt overhead power line.
1994CO035	CO	A 35-year-old painter was electrocuted when the aluminum ladder he was moving contacted a 7,620-volt power line.
1994CO031	CO	A 35-year-old owner of a construction company died as a result of a fall from an unguarded floor opening.
1994CO029	CO	A 38-year-old recycle technician died as a result of injuries sustained when he fell into a cardboard compactor.
1994CO007	CO	Welder killed as result of a spinal cord injury that occurred when the 12,600 gallon capacity sheet metal crude oil tank on which he was working collapsed.
1994CO006	CO	17-year-old worker at a plastic products manufacturing plant died as a result of an overexposure to tetrachloroethylene (also known as perchloroethylene).
1994CO004	CO	Sign installer fatally injured in 47 foot fall from billboard.
1994CO003	CO	Foreman on electrical line crew is electrocuted when an energized line contacts a guy wire.
1993CO068	CO	Maintenance worker dies when he falls into a railroad tank car in Colorado.
1992CO065	CO	Construction company owner dies when he falls from roof of home under construction in Colorado.
1992CO056	CO	Warehouse worker dies from fall Inside an elevator shaft in Colorado.
1992CO049	CO	Carpenter dies when the trusses on a home under construction collapse in Colorado.
1992CO039	CO	Maintenance electrician dies from burns received when electrical panel is shorted.
1992CO025	CO	A farm owner/operator in Colorado died of suffocation when his clothing became entangled in the machinery he was attempting to adjust.
1992CO001	CO	Two workers die when a structural steel beam collapses in Colorado.
1991CO084	CO	Truck driver electrocuted when the discharge chute of a hay grinder contacts 7200 volt power line.
1991CO079	CO	Tree trimmer dies after falling 12 feet when exiting the personnel bucket on an aerial bucket truck.
1991CO074	CO	Sanitation worker dies when rescuing co-worker from underground sewer vault.
1991CO024	CO	A golf course greenskeeper is killed when a tractor rolled over him.
1991CO020	CO	University employee is fatally injured in 120-foot fall from roof.
1991CO017	CO	Crane operator dies after falling 14 feet from icy embankment.
1991CO004	CO	Self-employed wood cutter dies when tree falls on him.
1991CO002	CO	Mason dies after falling 18 feet from scaffolding.
1990CO063	CO	Carbon monoxide kills 65 year-old rancher in Colorado.
1990CO062	CO	A 79 year-old Colorado farmer dies after falling five feet from a haystack.
1990CO058	CO	A Colorado farm wife was killed in a tractor run-over incident.
1990CO057	CO	Garbage collector dies after falling from back of moving garbage truck.
1990CO045	CO	An asphalt plant loader/operator died when crushed in the machinery he was attempting to clean.
1990CO042	CO	Dairy farmer electrocuted when the grain auger he was relocating contacts 7200 volt power line in Colorado.
1990CO033	CO	Antenna technician dies after falling 310 feet from a television tower to the ground.
1990CO032	CO	Spray painter dies after falling 30 feet to the ground from roof.
1990CO029	CO	Wheat farm employee electrocuted when the aluminum irrigation pipe contacted a 7200 volt power line.
1990CO027	CO	Part-time cable vision camera operator dies from injuries received in fall from scaffolding.
1990CO024	CO	Wife of a sheep rancher was fatally injured while attempting to round up a flock of sheep.
1990CO018	CO	Farm worker dies from burns received while fighting range fire.
1990CO007	CO	Cattle ranch employee was fatally injured while moving a one ton bale of hay with a tractor mounted front end loader.
1990CO006	CO	Owner of commercial sign painting firm died because of injuries that occurred when he fell 9 feet at a job site.
1989CO029	CO	Mechanic in a construction firm died after becoming entrapped in a roofing tar tank truck.
1989CO027	CO	Cattle ranch foreman was fatally injured while unloading portable corral.
1989CO020	CO	Oil field worker killed when pressure relief valve broke off from pump and struck victim in the back of the head.
1989CO006	CO	Automobile repair business owner killed when auto he was working on slipped off the supporting hydraulic jacks.