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: Machine General

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

2010CA010	CA	A groundsman working on a tree trimming crew dies when he is dragged or propelled onto a wood chipper feed table.
2010CA001	CA	A laborer dies when he is struck by an exploding forklift multi-piece rim.
2009MI082	MI	Golf course mechanic died when struck by falling ash tree.
2009MA044	MA	Mechanic repairing a multi terrain loader pinned between the loader's lift arm and frame - Massachusetts.
2009CA008	CA	A welder dies when the scissor lift he was operating tips over.
2008CA005	CA	A tree trimmer dies when he is pulled into a wood chipper.
2007NY013	NY	Mechanic dies after being pulled into a snow thrower.
2007MA019	MA	Laborer struck by skid-steer loader while exiting from a tarp-enclosed area on a construction site - Massachusetts.
2006OR006	OR	Worker killed when jacket pocket activated machinery.
2006NY084	NY	Truck driver buried by mulch at town solid waste site.
2006NJ063	NJ	Worker pinned between forklift and boom truck in industrial yard.
2006MI009	MI	Machine operator dies after being struck by a shredder grate during shredding machine maintenance.
2006MA1NF	MA	Two 10th grade students injured in separate incidents in the same mill/carpentry vocational school shop - Massachusetts.
2005WI059	WI	Machine operator dies when struck by flying wood chipper guard.
2005WI054	WI	Maintenance worker dies after pinned between overhead bridge crane and roof truss.
2005WI049	WI	Car carrier truck driver dies when crushed by ramp of car carrier.
2005WI001	WI	Hispanic butcher dies after being struck by semi-trailer gate.
2005OR043	OR	Mill worker killed by flying chunk of wood from chipper.
2005OR039	OR	Logging worker killed while riding on step of skidder.
2005OR024	OR	Excavation worker killed by flying rigging when hook fails.
2005OR007	OR	Technician crushed when aerial platform lift engaged.
2005OK040	OK	A gas well drilling floorhand died when he was struck by a hoisted wellhead equipment stack.
2005NY034	NY	Guatemalan tree-service worker killed when pulled into brush chipper.
2005NY007	NY	City employee killed when clothing became entangled around an unguarded PTO shaft on a salt truck.
2005NJ099	NJ	Crane failure kills worker at scrap metal recycling yard.
2005NJ077	NJ	Recycling collector dies after falling under the wheels of his truck.
2005NE028	NE	Hispanic carpenter killed when struck by piece of concrete that fell from rigging device during hoist in highway work zone.
2005MI078	MI	Forklift operator dies when head caught in lowering mast.
2005MI060	MI	Golf course worker dies after being pinned under an overturned tee box mower.
2005MI046	MI	Lawn technician dies when pinned between motorized spreader handles and roof of work van.
2005MI026	MI	Tow truck operator pinned under sport utility vehicle when working under it.
2005MI024	MI	Owner of excavating company dies when excavator overturns into water/mud of gravel pit.
2005MA074	MA	Landscaper dies inside the hopper of a truck mounted pneumatic blower - Massachusetts.
2005MA018	MA	Temporary laborer was fatally injured when caught between an idler pulley and conveyor belt at a recycling facility - Massachusetts.
2005IA004	IA	Part-time metal salvager died when crushed in tractor overturn with loader.
2005CA011	CA	A facility maintenance mechanic died when crushed between an overhead bridge crane and light fixture.
2005CA008	CA	A mechanic died when crushed by the lift bed of a trash roll-off truck.
2005CA007	CA	An apprentice mechanic died when the truck tire he was standing over exploded.
2005CA004	CA	A car wash attendant dies when pulled into a side arm rotating brush in a car wash.
2005CA001	CA	A backhoe operator died when his backhoe pinned him against a retaining wall.
2004WI093	WI	Snow plow driver dies when caught in auger of salt spreader.
2004WI003	WI	Laborer dies when crushed between forklift cage and mast.
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.
2004OR004	OR	Parked forklift crushes operator against semi-trailer.
2004OR003	OR	Sawmill worker crushed during debarker maintenance.
2004OK071	OK	A lumberyard forklift operator died after being crushed between two railcar couplings.
2004OK066	OK	A forklift operator was killed when his forklift was struck from behind by a motor vehicle.
2004OK058	OK	An elevator operator was killed when he fell from a manlift.
2004OK056	OK	A heavy equipment operator was killed when he was crushed between the lift arm and the rollover protection cage of a skid-steer loader.
2004OK028	OK	A yard hand was killed when he was crushed between the mast and the rollover protective structure of a forklift.
2004OK027	OK	A driller died after falling through an opening in the oil rig floor.
2004OK010	OK	Hispanic heavy equipment operator was killed while jump-starting a pad-foot drum compactor.
2004OK001	OK	A 54-year-old Hispanic worker was killed when he was crushed by a forklift.
2004NY013	NY	Department store employee crushed in a baling machine.
2004NY002	NY	Contractor run over by front-end loader at city salt stockyard.
2004NJ013	NJ	20-year-old man killed when struck by tree falling from tree-cutting machine.
2004IA011	IA	Mechanic dies when tractor overturns while removing tree stump in cemetery.
2004IA005	IA	Hispanic laborer entangled in auger at pork processing plant.
2004CA013	CA	Two maintenance mechanics died when a suspended steel dock plate fell on them.
2004CA012	CA	A forklift operator died when he was crushed in the mast of a forklift.
2004CA009	CA	A tractor operator died when his tractor rolled over on him.
2004CA007	CA	A youth dies when a forklift rolls over on him.
2004CA005	CA	A laborer dies when struck by a packer panel in the hopper of a rear-loading trash truck.
2004CA003	CA	A crane oiler dies when crushed between the counterweights and the rotating superstructure of a mobile crane.
2003WI033	WI	Youth dies in tractor rollover attempting to pull trailer out of mud.
2003OR039	OR	Worker is thrown from cab of crane and is crushed.
2003OR029	OR	Operator killed when bulldozer slides off logging road.
2003OR022	OR	Shipyard welder ignites hydraulic fluid and is fatally burned.
2003OR007	OR	Logger killed as skyline cable whips free of slash pile.
2003OR006	OR	Logger killed by falling sheave when yarder tower collapses.
2003OK096	OK	A concrete saw operator was killed when he was pinned between the boom and the rear of a backhoe.
2003OK060	OK	An oil field worker died after being struck by a falling pump jack head.
2003OK034	OK	A gas drilling rig worker died during a well cleanout operation.
2003OK017	OK	A secretary/treasurer at a stone cutting company was killed when she was crushed by a forklift that was being jump-started.
2003OK016	OK	Waste disposal worker was crushed between a waste disposal truck and a dumpster.
2003NY036	NY	Truck driver dies during payloader crushing incident.
2003NY034	NY	Millwright killed when aerial work platform tipped over.
2003NY006	NY	Worker dies after falling through a steel grid plate into an underground frozen coal cracker.
2003NJ100	NJ	DPW employee dies after falling off the trailer hitch of a leaf vacuum.
2003NJ093	NJ	Motocross track owner killed when tractor overturned.
2003NJ042	NJ	Hispanic tree trimmer killed after being pulled into a wood chipper.
2003NJ021	NJ	Hispanic quarry supervisor struck by machine part during maintenance.
2003NJ020	NJ	Forklift operator killed when his forklift is overturned by a backing truck.
2003MN016	MN	Roll-off box truck driver dies after being pinned between hydraulic ram and hydraulic reservoir tank.
2003MA041	MA	City equipment operator killed when run over by a rotary riding mower.
2003MA034	MA	Youth killed while operating a forklift at a plumbing supply company.
2003KY056	KY	28-year-old sound technician dies after falling from lift.
2003IA057	IA	Warehouse forklift operator crushed against rack beam.
2003IA021	IA	Welder falls from boom forklift platform when boom shifts laterally.
2003CA008	CA	A butcher died after getting his hand caught in a meat grinder.
2003CA005	CA	A maintenance mechanic died when the forklift he was working on slipped off a jack and fell on him.
2003CA003	CA	An apprentice mechanic died when crushed in a machine that stacks wooden pallets.
2003CA002	CA	A laborer died when crushed between the forks and the cab of a trash truck.
2002NY055	NY	Contractor dies in tractor overturn while skidding logs.
2002NY007	NY	Truck driver run over by trash compactor at municipal landfill.
2002NE032	NE	Trailer court owner killed in mobile trash compactor.
2002NE011	NE	Standup forklift operator asphyxiated by warning chain.
2002MN034	MN	City maintenance worker dies after being pinned in street sweeper.
2002MA002	MA	Machine operator dies after becoming caught in a shirt pressing machine - Massachusetts.
2002MA001	MA	Massachusetts laborer dies after arm is caught in rock crushing machine conveyor belt.
2002CA008	CA	A Hispanic female laborer was run over by a forklift that was moving a trash bin in a waste transfer and recycling station.
2002CA007	CA	A security guard is killed when he was run over by a heavy-duty industrial forklift while directing traffic in a cargo container storage yard.
2001WI011	WI	Snowmobile mechanic dies when he is ejected from snowmobile operator's seat and strikes a tree.
2001CA012	CA	A heavy equipment spotter died when he was backed over by a front-end loader inside a trash collection transfer station.
2001CA010	CA	An industrial washing machine operator died when pulled inside a machine while loading sheets.
2001CA009	CA	An elevator mechanic helper died when he was crushed in an escalator while performing maintenance.
2001CA005	CA	Maintenance worker is killed when backed over by a bucket loader at a glass recycling center.
2001CA001	CA	A mechanic dies when struck in the head by a forklift that slipped off a jack.
2000WI048	WI	Youth newspaper delivery person killed when he fell out of the open door of a minivan and was run over.
2000WA041	WA	City worker killed when struck by a dump truck in Washington State.
2000OK040	OK	County road maintenance worker died when he was run over by a rotary cutter.
2000NJ111	NJ	Laborer killed when a truck struck a backhoe and pinned the victim between the backhoe and a dumpster.
2000MN044	MN	Worker dies after being crushed between manlift and horizontal I-beam in Minnesota.
2000MA070	MA	A 61-year-old salesman dies after falling 10 feet from an operator-up high lift truck.
2000MA069	MA	State worker fatally injured while operating a bulldozer at a state mental health facility - Massachusetts.
2000MA058	MA	Massachusetts youth killed while operating forklift at seafood processing facility.
2000MA035	MA	Massachusetts laborer crushed in baler at paper recycling facility.
2000MA003	MA	Massachusetts stock clerk dies from fall out of a tipped vertical lift.
2000IA064	IA	Tree trimmer falls to his death as boom truck lift arm collapses in Iowa.
2000IA005	IA	Sanitation assistant crushed between garbage truck and compactor.
2000CA010	CA	Tree trimmer dies when pulled into in a brush chipper.
1999MN032	MN	Laborer run over by dump truck while paving parking lot.
1999MA058	MA	Massachusetts inventory control clerk dies after falling from a high lift order picker truck.
1999MA032	MA	A self-employed welder fatally injured during an explosion while welding a rim wheel to repair air leaks.
1999CA005	CA	Laborer/forklift operator dies when crushed by a forklift driven by a co-worker in California.
1999AK027	AK	Heavy equipment operator killed during rollover of front-end loader.
1998WA063	WA	Night foreman killed after falling from a hay de-stacker in Washington State.
1998TX146	TX	A hotel maintenance engineer died when struck by the counter weights of an elevator in Texas.
1998TX071	TX	A computer support technician at a communications company in Texas died after being crushed in a stationary trash compactor.
1998NE011	NE	Worker run over by compactor at landfill.
1998MA049	MA	Operator dies when caught between mast and cage of forklift in a Massachusetts warehouse.
1998MA043	MA	Self-employed electrician dies while driving aerial lift in parking garage.
1998MA035	MA	Temporary laborer dies in fish processing plant in Massachusetts.
1998KY116	KY	Road construction worker killed in tractor overturn.
1998IA071	IA	Two mechanics crushed to death when tow truck falls from jack stand.
1998IA017	IA	Salesman killed while lifting portable elevator that had tipped over in street.
1998CA015	CA	Crane operator/foreman is impaled and dies when moving crane strikes gate in California.
1998CA013	CA	Janitor falls from personnel platform resting on forklift prongs and dies in California.
1997NJ115	NJ	Municipal road worker run over by a leaf vacuuming truck.
1997MN002	MN	Forklift operator dies after being crushed between a loading dock and a railroad box car.
1997CA006	CA	Machinist repairman dies when a large mail bucket swings free during repair and crushes him in California.
1996NJ044	NJ	Municipal maintenance worker killed when struck with the steel coupling of an out-of-control high pressure water hose.
1996NE051	NE	Forklift overturn.
1996NE006	NE	Worker crushed in forklift overturn.
1996MN080	MN	Operator dies after being crushed inside a side-loading waste-hauling truck.
1996MN002	MN	Mechanic dies as result of injuries sustained in fall with personnel lift.
1996MA037	MA	Independent contractor dies when struck by protective hood from chipper/shredder at waste management facility in Massachusetts.
1996MA016	MA	Landscaper dies when struck by front end loader in Massachusetts.
1996CA010	CA	Operator dies when his front-end loader falls into an excavation and crushes him in California.
1996CA001	CA	Truck driver dies when crushed by forklift in California.
1995MN009	MN	Tire repair business owner dies after his head became pinned between the protective cage and the bucket/lift arm of a skid-steer loader.
1995MN005	MN	Sawmill foreman dies of injuries after legs were severed by a saw blade.
1995MA026	MA	Foreman dies when struck by front end loader at a Massachusetts scrap metal recycling plant.
1995IA024	IA	Boom truck arm breaks causing tree trimmer to fall to his death - Iowa.
1995CA021	CA	Developmentally disabled worker dies after being run over by a front-end loader in California.
1995CA001	CA	Maintenance mechanic died after falling approximately 30 feet from an elevated forklift platform in California.
1995AK008	AK	Operator crushed when dockside crane tips over.
1994WI355	WI	Front-end loader operator dies when loader falls 40 feet onto quarry floor.
1994NJ150	NJ	Laundry worker killed when struck by ejected ring of a commercial laundry extractor.
1994NE039	NE	Commercial garage door falls, fatally crushing worker.
1994MA021	MA	Massachusetts laborer dies when caught in conveyor machinery at scrap metal business.
1994MA014	MA	Massachusetts landscaper/laborer dies when crushed in small skid steer loader.
1994MA010	MA	Massachusetts concrete plant driver/yardman asphyxiated in materials hopper.
1992MN009	MN	Landscape laborer dies after being struck by the bucket of a Case skid steer loader.
1992MA020	MA	Massachusetts trash collection company operations manager dies when crushed between conveyor truck and dumpster.
1992MA001	MA	Massachusetts public utility lineman dies of thermal burns when aerial lift hydraulic hoses ruptured and ignited.
1992CA015	CA	Warehouse laborer falls and dies after being lifted by a forklift to retrieve boxes in warehouse in California.