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: Oregon

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.

OR State FACE Website


Report No.	Incident State	Title

2008OR007	OR	Rigging slinger killed by swinging log in yarding turn.
2008OR001	OR	Mechanic killed by excavator bucket during maintenance.
2007OR057	OR	Temporary mill worker killed in fall down manlift shaft.
2006OR025	OR	Ranch worker killed by pressurized water striking eye.
2006OR024	OR	Logger killed under rigging when carriage drops.
2006OR006	OR	Worker killed when jacket pocket activated machinery.
2006OR005	OR	Mechanic killed when collar caught on PTO driveline.
2006OR003	OR	Novice drywall installer dies in 7-foot fall from scaffold.
2005OR043	OR	Mill worker killed by flying chunk of wood from chipper.
2005OR039	OR	Logging worker killed while riding on step of skidder.
2005OR038	OR	Window cleaner killed in fall due to unsecured line.
2005OR028	OR	Bulldozer movement kills operator standing on track.
2005OR024	OR	Excavation worker killed by flying rigging when hook fails.
2005OR018	OR	Temporary mill worker dies in fall from tower catwalk.
2005OR008	OR	Mechanic killed while inspecting masonry stacker machine.
2005OR007	OR	Technician crushed when aerial platform lift engaged.
2005OR005	OR	Operator crushed while repairing running machine.
2004OR052	OR	Logger killed by swinging tree in yarding operation.
2004OR037	OR	Janitor using propane buffer killed by carbon monoxide.
2004OR023	OR	Ranch hand killed by bulldozer while logging.
2004OR021	OR	Truck driver crushed by front-end loader in mill yard.
2004OR015	OR	Fabricator killed by ruptured hydraulic press fitting.
2004OR010	OR	Forklift crushes operator working underneath on starter.
2004OR007	OR	Nursery laborer killed in skid-steer loader.
2004OR005	OR	Machine operator electrocuted while shoveling pellets.
2004OR004	OR	Parked forklift crushes operator against semi-trailer.
2004OR003	OR	Sawmill worker crushed during debarker maintenance.
2004OR002	OR	Mechanic dies from lack of oxygen in transport tank.
2003OR040	OR	Effort to clear rock jam in operating rock crusher fatal.
2003OR039	OR	Worker is thrown from cab of crane and is crushed.
2003OR033	OR	Farm driver overturns truck in irrigation ditch and drowns.
2003OR032	OR	Vehicle strikes utility worker in short-duration work zone.
2003OR029	OR	Operator killed when bulldozer slides off logging road.
2003OR022	OR	Shipyard welder ignites hydraulic fluid and is fatally burned.
2003OR021	OR	Worker killed in wood-dust fire sparked by faulty fuse.
2003OR020	OR	Young camp counselor killed when cannon bursts to pieces.
2003OR019	OR	Farmer is killed when he falls beneath moving combine.
2003OR018	OR	Auto salvage worker killed by unsecured car on transporter.
2003OR016	OR	Load of lumber shifts and falls on construction worker killing him.
2003OR015	OR	Construction worker dies when he leans out of the protective cage of a skid steer forklift and is crushed.
2003OR010	OR	Home construction worker falls down elevator shaft.
2003OR008	OR	Hispanic laborer drowns after falling into landscaping pond.
2003OR007	OR	Logger killed as skyline cable whips free of slash pile.
2003OR006	OR	Logger killed by falling sheave when yarder tower collapses.
2003OR001	OR	Roofer's family member helping at work site dies after falling through skylight.