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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: Oklahoma
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 these reports 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.
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1/28/2007 2005OK117 OK A construction laborer was struck in the head and killed by a falling steel beam.
10/1/2006 2005OK040 OK A gas well drilling floorhand died when he was struck by a hoisted wellhead equipment stack.
7/20/2006 2006OK002 OK A carpenter died after falling 20 feet from a roof.
2/17/2006 2005OK019 OK A farmer was killed while bypass-starting his tractor.
2/5/2006 2005OK076 OK A utility cleanup worker for a brick manufacturer suffocated in a storage silo.
12/7/2005 2005OK005 OK A press brake operator died when he was struck by a steel lug.
11/4/2005 2005OK011 OK A plumber was killed when a skid-steer loader tipped forward and struck him in the head.
6/7/2005 2005OK024 OK A temporary production worker died when he was caught in a tread scrap machine.
6/3/2005 2004OK066 OK A forklift operator was killed when his forklift was struck from behind by a motor vehicle.
3/24/2005 2004OK071 OK A lumberyard forklift operator died after being crushed between two railcar couplings.
3/1/2005 2004OK058 OK An elevator operator was killed when he fell from a manlift.
2/25/2005 2004OK046 OK Hispanic youth laborer died after being struck by lightning.
2/4/2005 2004OK027 OK A driller died after falling through an opening in the oil rig floor.
2/2/2005 2004OK025 OK A county employee died when he was crushed between two heavy equipment compaction vehicles.
1/26/2005 2004OK028 OK A yard hand was killed when he was crushed between the mast and the rollover protective structure of a forklift.
1/8/2005 2005OK038 OK A farmer was killed while bypass-starting his tractor.
12/10/2004 2004OK010 OK Hispanic heavy equipment operator was killed while jump-starting a pad-foot drum compactor.
10/8/2004 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.
9/17/2004 2003OK096 OK A concrete saw operator was killed when he was pinned between the boom and the rear of a backhoe.
8/17/2004 2003OK098 OK Hispanic laborer died after being struck by a vehicle in a roadway work zone.
7/30/2004 2004OK001 OK A 54-year-old Hispanic worker was killed when he was crushed by a forklift.
3/25/2004 2003OK058 OK Three workers died following a propane gas explosion on a quail/pheasant farm.
2/22/2004 2003OK047 OK A road construction worker was killed when he was run over by an asphalt dump truck.
2/19/2004 2003OK034 OK A gas drilling rig worker died during a well cleanout operation.
2/18/2004 2003OK060 OK An oil field worker died after being struck by a falling pump jack head.
11/15/2003 2003OK032 OK A farmer was killed when he was run over by a combine.
9/25/2003 2003OK017 OK A secretary/treasurer at a stone cutting company was killed when she was crushed by a forklift that was being jump-started.
9/24/2003 2003OK016 OK Waste disposal worker was crushed between a waste disposal truck and a dumpster.
7/8/2003 2003OK007 OK A county road worker died when a tow rope connection broke loose and struck him in the head.
5/14/2002 2001OK076 OK A 13-year-old construction laborer died when he fell from a scaffold board and struck a scaffold cross-brace.
4/13/2002 2001OK10 OK A bowling facility worker died when he was caught in a pinsetter machine.
2/10/2002 2001OK063 OK Rancher died when he was crushed beneath an overturned tractor.
2/7/2002 2001OK053 OK Mineworker was crushed between the couplings of a rail car and the tractor used to move loaded cars on a rail spur.
1/30/2002 2001OK014 OK Worker was run over by his tractor as he tried to jump-start it.
12/20/2001 2001OK061 OK Farmer died when she was thrown from the tractor she was operating.
11/2/2001 2001OK036 OK Farmer died when he was crushed within a hay baler.
4/5/2001 2000OK073 OK Truck driver died when concrete mixer truck overturned.
1/8/2001 2000OK045 OK A 17-year old on a hay hauling crew died from injuries received when he fell from a moving hay truck and was apparently run over by the vehicle's tire.
1/7/2001 2000OK040 OK County road maintenance worker died when he was run over by a rotary cutter.
12/8/2000 2000OK037 OK A 17-year old laborer for a boat dock construction company drowned while attempting to swim approximately 35 yards to shore from a construction barge.
10/14/2000 1999OK106 OK A rancher was killed when he was crushed by a round hay bale.
10/14/2000 2000OK009 OK A 67-year old maintenance worker for a feed and seed retail store was killed when he was crushed by a forklift that ran off a loading dock and overturned onto him.
7/12/2000 2000OK004 OK Oilfield trainee died after being struck by a bull plug, needle valve and gauge assembly blown out of a wellhead connection.
5/23/2000 1999OK088 OK A roller operator and a work crew foreman died when they were struck by a motorist in a highway work zone.
4/4/2000 1999OK001 OK Sign installation crew foreman dies after 30-foot fall from upper catwalk of billboard.
4/4/2000 1999OK009 OK Construction laborer dies from injuries received in a 33-foot fall through a skylight opening.
4/4/2000 1999OK013 OK Supervisor for a drywall contractor was fatally injured when he fell and became entangled in the frame of a manually propelled 6-foot mobile scaffold.
4/4/2000 1999OK018 OK Assemblyman dies from injuries received in the failure of a gasket during a hydrostatic test.
12/18/1998 1998OK025 OK Farm worker dies of burn-related injuries while trapped in a burning hay baler - Oklahoma.
12/15/1998 1997OK028 OK Farmer dies of burn-related injuries after being trapped in a burning hay baler - Oklahoma.
10/5/1998 1998OK001 OK Construction worker dies of crush injuries after being struck by falling concrete form - Oklahoma.
9/18/1998 1998OK008 OK Derrick man dies of a crush injury following a 65-foot fall with a collapsing oil drilling rig in Oklahoma.

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