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 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.
Pub. Date | Report No. | State | Title |
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3/15/2023 | 2022CA002 | CA | Warehouse worker dies when material falling off of pallet strikes him - California. |
8/1/2022 | 2022KY00601 | KY | Delivery driver crushed by granite slab - Kentucky. |
7/15/2022 | 2019MA058 | MA | Automotive mechanic fatally burned while using welder when washer fluid drum explodes - Massachusetts. |
8/13/2021 | 2018MA035 | MA | Property maintenance worker caught between industrial sweeper and low ceiling - Massachusetts. |
6/1/2019 | 2018OR029 | OR | Rubber equipment operator died after his head was caught between bars of operating machinery. |
12/10/2018 | 2018WA054 | WA | Supervisor at used clothing processing facility and warehouse dies when struck by falling clothing bales. |
11/7/2018 | 2016NY024 | NY | A 23-year-old worker pulled into a wood chipper on his first day on the job. |
5/8/2018 | 2016NY066 | NY | Worker crushed unloading steel waste container. |
1/22/2018 | 2012WA015 | WA | Forklift operator dies when crushed between forklift overhead guard and mast. |
10/20/2017 | 2015WA029 | WA | A 19-year-old landscape laborer dies when entangled in auger after entering the hopper of a bark blower truck. |
3/31/2017 | 2015MA1NF | MA | High school student sustains a partial thumb tip amputation while using a sander in shop class - Massachusetts. |
8/12/2016 | 2015MA004 | MA | Tree service foreman fatally injured while repairing a skid-steer loader - Massachusetts. |
6/29/2016 | 2015KY067 | KY | Teen laborer rides on side of forklift, falls while jumping, and is run over by rear tire. |
12/21/2015 | 2014MA1NF | MA | High school student sustains a partial fingertip amputation while using a jointer in wood shop - Massachusetts. |
5/15/2015 | 2014CA001 | CA | A floorhand dies when he falls off a mobile oil well servicing rig. |
3/3/2015 | 2013NJ049 | NJ | Warehouse worker falls from elevated forklift platform. |
2/2/2015 | 2009NY095 | NY | Tower technician killed when guyed tower collapsed. |
7/17/2014 | 2012NY033 | NY | Restaurant co-owner fatally crushed by a dumbwaiter car. |
2/24/2014 | 2010WA048 | WA | Timber harvester operator killed following a chain shot incident. |
11/1/2013 | 2011OR016 | OR | Millwright fatality involving a hydraulic accumulator. |
10/26/2013 | 2012MI069 | MI | Business owner killed when pulled into wood chipper. |
8/27/2013 | 2012NJ024 | NJ | Mechanic crushed underneath four-ton wood chipping machine. |
6/1/2013 | 2011CA007 | CA | A laborer dies when he is crushed by an industrial washing machine. |
10/22/2012 | 2012CA001 | CA | A supervisor dies when he is decapitated by a rope that was pulled into a wood chipper. |
7/25/2011 | 2009MI082 | MI | Golf course mechanic died when struck by falling ash tree. |
7/11/2011 | 2009MA044 | MA | Mechanic repairing a multi terrain loader pinned between the loader's lift arm and frame - Massachusetts. |
4/26/2011 | 2010CA010 | CA | A groundsman working on a tree trimming crew dies when he is dragged or propelled onto a wood chipper feed table. |
11/4/2010 | 2010CA001 | CA | A laborer dies when he is struck by an exploding forklift multi-piece rim. |
7/27/2010 | 2007NY013 | NY | Mechanic dies after being pulled into a snow thrower. |
5/26/2010 | 2009CA008 | CA | A welder dies when the scissor lift he was operating tips over. |
10/1/2009 | 2007OR011 | OR | Salesman killed when forklift falls off truck loading ramp. |
4/6/2009 | 2005NJ099 | NJ | Crane failure kills worker at scrap metal recycling yard. |
8/29/2008 | 2008CA005 | CA | Tree trimmer dies when he is pulled into a wood chipper. |
7/28/2008 | 2007MA019 | MA | Laborer struck by skid-steer loader while exiting from a tarp-enclosed area on a construction site - Massachusetts. |
6/5/2008 | 2004IA005 | IA | Hispanic laborer entangled in auger at pork processing plant. |
12/10/2007 | 2005OR043 | OR | Mill worker killed by flying chunk of wood from chipper. |
12/6/2007 | 2005OR039 | OR | Logging worker killed while riding on step of skidder. |
9/10/2007 | 2005MA018 | MA | Temporary laborer was fatally injured when caught between an idler pulley and conveyor belt at a recycling facility - Massachusetts. |
8/14/2007 | 2005MI026 | MI | Tow truck operator pinned under sport utility vehicle when working under it. |
8/14/2007 | 2006NJ063 | NJ | Worker pinned between forklift and boom truck in industrial yard. |
7/9/2007 | 2006MA1NF | MA | Two 10th grade students injured in separate incidents in the same mill/carpentry vocational school shop - Massachusetts. |
6/11/2007 | 2006OR006 | OR | Worker killed when jacket pocket activated machinery. |
6/8/2007 | 2006MI009 | MI | Machine operator dies after being struck by a shredder grate during shredding machine maintenance. |
3/20/2007 | 2005MA074 | MA | Landscaper dies inside the hopper of a truck mounted pneumatic blower - Massachusetts. |
3/1/2007 | 2006NY084 | NY | Truck driver buried by mulch at town solid waste site. |
1/5/2007 | 2005MI060 | MI | Golf course worker dies after being pinned under an overturned tee box mower. |
11/27/2006 | 2005MI078 | MI | Forklift operator dies when head caught in lowering mast. |
11/27/2006 | 2004OR021 | OR | Truck driver crushed by front-end loader in mill yard. |
11/1/2006 | 2005WI059 | WI | Machine operator dies when struck by flying wood chipper guard. |
10/1/2006 | 2005OK040 | OK | A gas well drilling floorhand died when he was struck by a hoisted wellhead equipment stack. |
9/6/2006 | 2005WI049 | WI | Car carrier truck driver dies when crushed by ramp of car carrier. |
9/6/2006 | 2005WI054 | WI | Maintenance worker dies after pinned between overhead bridge crane and roof truss. |
8/24/2006 | 2004WI093 | WI | Snow plow driver dies when caught in auger of salt spreader. |
8/24/2006 | 2005WI001 | WI | Hispanic butcher dies after being struck by semi-trailer gate. |
8/24/2006 | 2005NJ077 | NJ | Recycling collector dies after falling under the wheels of his truck. |
8/18/2006 | 2005MI024 | MI | Owner of excavating company dies when excavator overturns into water/mud of gravel pit. |
8/4/2006 | 2005OR024 | OR | Excavation worker killed by flying rigging when hook fails. |
7/18/2006 | 2005CA011 | CA | A facility maintenance mechanic died when crushed between an overhead bridge crane and light fixture. |
6/28/2006 | 2004OR052 | OR | Logger killed by swinging tree in yarding operation. |
5/19/2006 | 2005NE028 | NE | Hispanic carpenter killed when struck by piece of concrete that fell from rigging device during hoist in highway work zone. |
5/18/2006 | 2004OR023 | OR | Ranch hand killed by bulldozer while logging. |
2/9/2006 | 2004OR037 | OR | Janitor using propane buffer killed by carbon monoxide. |
2/9/2006 | 2005OR007 | OR | Technician crushed when aerial platform lift engaged. |
2/1/2006 | 2004WI003 | WI | Laborer dies when crushed between forklift cage and mast. |
1/28/2006 | 2005CA007 | CA | An apprentice mechanic died when the truck tire he was standing over exploded. |
1/27/2006 | 2005CA008 | CA | A mechanic died when crushed by the lift bed of a trash roll-off truck. |
1/25/2006 | 2003OR029 | OR | Operator killed when bulldozer slides off logging road. |
12/6/2005 | 2005MI046 | MI | Lawn technician dies when pinned between motorized spreader handles and roof of work van. |
12/1/2005 | 2005CA001 | CA | A backhoe operator died when his backhoe pinned him against a retaining wall. |
11/30/2005 | 2003MA041 | MA | City equipment operator killed when run over by a rotary riding mower - Massachusetts. |
11/23/2005 | 2005CA004 | CA | A car wash attendant dies when pulled into a side arm rotating brush in a car wash. |
11/4/2005 | 2005NY034 | NY | Guatemalan tree-service worker killed when pulled into brush chipper. |
10/11/2005 | 2004CA012 | CA | A forklift operator died when he was crushed in the mast of a forklift. |
9/30/2005 | 2004OR004 | OR | Parked forklift crushes operator against semi-trailer. |
9/25/2005 | 2003WI033 | WI | Youth dies in tractor rollover attempting to pull trailer out of mud. |
9/23/2005 | 2005IA004 | IA | Part-time metal salvager died when crushed in tractor overturn with loader. |
8/1/2005 | 2004CA013 | CA | Two maintenance mechanics died when a suspended steel dock plate fell on them. |
7/28/2005 | 2005NY007 | NY | City employee killed when clothing became entangled around an unguarded PTO shaft on a salt truck. |
7/6/2005 | 2003MA034 | MA | Youth killed while operating a forklift at a plumbing supply company - Massachusetts. |
6/3/2005 | 2004OK066 | OK | A forklift operator was killed when his forklift was struck from behind by a motor vehicle. |
6/1/2005 | 2004IA011 | IA | Mechanic dies when tractor overturns while removing tree stump in cemetery. |
3/24/2005 | 2004OK071 | OK | A lumberyard forklift operator died after being crushed between two railcar couplings. |
3/3/2005 | 2004NJ013 | NJ | 20-year-old man killed when struck by tree falling from tree-cutting machine. |
3/1/2005 | 2004OK058 | OK | An elevator operator was killed when he fell from a manlift. |
2/15/2005 | 2003NJ100 | NJ | DPW employee dies after falling off the trailer hitch of a leaf vacuum. |
2/4/2005 | 2004OK027 | OK | A driller died after falling through an opening in the oil rig floor. |
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. |
1/7/2005 | 2004CA007 | CA | A youth dies when a forklift rolls over on him. |
12/10/2004 | 2004OK010 | OK | Hispanic heavy equipment operator was killed while jump-starting a pad-foot drum compactor. |
12/3/2004 | 2004CA005 | CA | A laborer dies when struck by a packer panel in the hopper of a rear-loading trash truck. |
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. |
9/23/2004 | 2003NJ093 | NJ | Motocross track owner killed when tractor overturned. |
9/23/2004 | 2004NY013 | NY | Department store employee crushed in a baling machine. |
9/17/2004 | 2003OK096 | OK | A concrete saw operator was killed when he was pinned between the boom and the rear of a backhoe. |
9/15/2004 | 2004CA003 | CA | A crane oiler dies when crushed between the counterweights and the rotating superstructure of a mobile crane. |
9/2/2004 | 2004CA009 | CA | A tractor operator died when his tractor rolled over on him. |
8/30/2004 | 2003NJ042 | NJ | Hispanic tree trimmer killed after being pulled into a wood chipper. |
8/25/2004 | 2003IA021 | IA | Welder falls from boom forklift platform when boom shifts laterally. |
8/24/2004 | 2003IA057 | IA | Warehouse forklift operator crushed against rack beam. |
8/12/2004 | 2003CA008 | CA | A butcher died after getting his hand caught in a meat grinder. |
8/10/2004 | 2004OR003 | OR | Sawmill worker crushed during debarker maintenance. |
8/5/2004 | 2000WA041 | WA | City worker killed when struck by a dump truck in Washington State. |
7/30/2004 | 2004OK001 | OK | A 54-year-old Hispanic worker was killed when he was crushed by a forklift. |
7/15/2004 | 2004NY002 | NY | Contractor run over by front-end loader at city salt stockyard. |
4/6/2004 | 2003NJ020 | NJ | Forklift operator killed when his forklift is overturned by a backing truck. |
3/3/2004 | 2003KY056 | KY | 28-year-old man dies after falling with lift. |
2/24/2004 | 2002MA001 | MA | Massachusetts laborer dies after arm is caught in rock crushing machine conveyor belt. |
2/20/2004 | 2003NJ021 | NJ | Hispanic quarry supervisor struck by machine part during maintenance. |
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. |
1/17/2004 | 2003NY036 | NY | Truck driver dies during payloader crushing incident. |
12/30/2003 | 2002MA002 | MA | Machine operator dies after becoming caught in a shirt pressing machine - Massachusetts. |
12/11/2003 | 2003NY034 | NY | Millwright killed when aerial work platform tipped over. |
12/6/2003 | 2003OR039 | OR | Worker is thrown from cab of crane and is crushed. |
12/2/2003 | 2003MN016 | MN | Roll-off box truck driver dies after being pinned between hydraulic ram and hydraulic reservoir tank. |
11/20/2003 | 2003CA002 | CA | A laborer died when crushed between the forks and the cab of a trash truck. |
10/30/2003 | 2003OR007 | OR | Logger killed as skyline cable whips free of slash pile. |
10/28/2003 | 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. |
10/23/2003 | 2003CA003 | CA | An apprentice mechanic died when crushed in a machine that stacks wooden pallets. |
10/21/2003 | 2003OR022 | OR | Shipyard welder ignites hydraulic fluid and is fatally burned. |
10/21/2003 | 2003OR006 | OR | Logger killed by falling sheave when yarder tower collapses. |
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. |
9/5/2003 | 2003NY006 | NY | Worker dies after falling through a steel grid plate into an underground frozen coal cracker. |
4/22/2003 | 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. |
4/8/2003 | 2002NE032 | NE | Trailer court owner killed in mobile trash compactor. |
3/12/2003 | 2002NY055 | NY | Contractor dies in tractor overturn while skidding logs. |
3/9/2003 | 2003CA005 | CA | A maintenance mechanic died when the forklift he was working on slipped off a jack and fell on him. |
10/17/2002 | 2002NE011 | NE | Standup forklift operator asphyxiated by warning chain. |
9/19/2002 | 2000MA069 | MA | State worker fatally injured while operating a bulldozer at a state mental health facility - Massachusetts. |
9/4/2002 | 2001CA012 | CA | A heavy equipment spotter died when he was backed over by a front-end loader inside a trash collection transfer station. |
8/27/2002 | 2002NY007 | NY | Truck driver run over by trash compactor at municipal landfill. |
6/13/2002 | 2001CA010 | CA | An industrial washing machine operator died when pulled inside a machine while loading sheets. |
6/3/2002 | 2000MA070 | MA | A 61-year-old salesman dies after falling 10 feet from an operator-up high lift truck. |
5/6/2002 | 2001CA009 | CA | An elevator mechanic helper died when he was crushed in an escalator while performing maintenance. |
3/6/2002 | 2000NJ111 | NJ | Laborer killed when a truck struck a backhoe and pinned the victim between the backhoe and a dumpster. |
3/1/2002 | 2001WI011 | WI | Snowmobile mechanic dies when he is ejected from snowmobile operator's seat and strikes a tree. |
2/26/2002 | 2002MN034 | MN | City maintenance worker dies after being pinned in street sweeper. |
12/21/2001 | 2001CA005 | CA | Maintenance worker is killed when backed over by a bucket loader at a glass recycling center. |
12/1/2001 | 2000IA064 | IA | Tree trimmer falls to his death as boom truck lift arm collapses. |
9/5/2001 | 2001CA001 | CA | A mechanic dies when struck in the head by a forklift that slipped off a jack. |
5/20/2001 | 2000MA058 | MA | Massachusetts youth killed while operating forklift at seafood processing facility. |
4/19/2001 | 2000CA010 | CA | Tree trimmer dies when pulled into in a brush chipper. |
3/18/2001 | 2000WI048 | WI | Youth newspaper delivery person killed when he fell out of the open door of a minivan and was run over. |
2/26/2001 | 2000MN044 | MN | Worker dies after being crushed between manlift and horizontal I-beam in Minnesota. |
1/7/2001 | 2000OK040 | OK | County road maintenance worker died when he was run over by a rotary cutter. |
1/5/2001 | 2000MA003 | MA | Massachusetts stock clerk dies from fall out of a tipped vertical lift. |
12/21/2000 | 2000MA035 | MA | Massachusetts laborer crushed in baler at paper recycling facility. |
9/8/2000 | 1999MA032 | MA | A self-employed welder fatally injured during an explosion while welding a rim wheel to repair air leaks. |
7/13/2000 | 1999AK027 | AK | Heavy equipment operator killed during rollover of front-end loader. |
6/7/2000 | 1999MA058 | MA | Massachusetts inventory control clerk dies after falling from a high lift order picker truck. |
6/1/2000 | 2000IA005 | IA | Sanitation assistant crushed between garbage truck and compactor. |
12/30/1999 | 1998IA071 | IA | Two mechanics crushed to death when tow truck falls from jack stand. |
11/30/1999 | 1998WA063 | WA | Night foreman killed after falling from a hay de-stacker in Washington State. |
10/29/1999 | 1999CA005 | CA | Laborer/forklift operator dies when crushed by a forklift driven by a co-worker in California. |
6/4/1999 | 1998MA049 | MA | Operator dies when caught between mast and cage of forklift in a Massachusetts warehouse. |
4/20/1999 | 1998CA015 | CA | Crane operator/foreman is impaled and dies when moving crane strikes gate in California. |
2/26/1999 | 1998CA013 | CA | Janitor falls from personnel platform resting on forklift prongs and dies in California. |
2/25/1999 | 1998MA043 | MA | Self-employed electrician dies while driving aerial lift in parking garage. |
2/4/1999 | 1998KY116 | KY | Road construction worker killed in tractor overturn. |
1/30/1999 | 1998MA035 | MA | Temporary laborer dies in fish processing plant in Massachusetts. |
1/10/1999 | 1999MN032 | MN | Laborer run over by dump truck while paving parking lot. |
10/30/1998 | 1998TX146 | TX | A hotel maintenance engineer died when struck by the counter weights of an elevator in Texas. |
10/29/1998 | 1998TX071 | TX | A computer support technician at a communications company in Texas died after being crushed in a stationary trash compactor. |
9/1/1998 | 1998IA017 | IA | Salesman killed while lifting portable elevator that had tipped over in street. |
7/9/1998 | 1998NE011 | NE | Worker run over by compactor at landfill. |
7/9/1998 | 1997NJ115 | NJ | Municipal road worker run over by a leaf vacuuming truck. |
10/3/1997 | 1997CA006 | CA | Machinist repairman dies when a large mail bucket swings free during repair and crushes him in California. |
8/29/1997 | 1996MA016 | MA | Landscaper dies when struck by front end loader in Massachusetts. |
4/25/1997 | 1997MN002 | MN | Forklift operator dies after being crushed between a loading dock and a railroad box car. |
3/6/1997 | 1996MA037 | MA | Independent contractor dies when struck by protective hood from chipper/shredder at waste management facility in Massachusetts. |
2/24/1997 | 1996MN080 | MN | Operator dies after being crushed inside a side-loading waste-hauling truck. |
1/7/1997 | 1996NE051 | NE | Forklift overturn. |
1/7/1997 | 1996CA010 | CA | Operator dies when his front-end loader falls into an excavation and crushes him in California. |
12/3/1996 | 1996NJ044 | NJ | Municipal maintenance worker killed when struck with the steel coupling of an out-of-control high pressure water hose. |
11/7/1996 | 1995MA026 | MA | Foreman dies when struck by front end loader at a Massachusetts scrap metal recycling plant. |
10/31/1996 | 1995CA021 | CA | Developmentally disabled worker dies after being run over by a front-end loader in California. |
9/4/1996 | 1996CA001 | CA | Truck driver dies when crushed by forklift in California. |
6/6/1996 | 1996NE006 | NE | Worker crushed in forklift overturn. |
4/3/1996 | 1996MN002 | MN | Mechanic dies as result of injuries sustained in fall with personnel lift. |
1/2/1996 | 1995IA024 | IA | Boom truck arm breaks causing tree trimmer to fall to his death - Iowa. |
11/30/1995 | 1995AK008 | AK | Operator crushed when dockside crane tips over. |
7/30/1995 | 1994WI355 | WI | Front-end loader operator dies when loader falls 40 feet onto quarry floor. |
7/17/1995 | 1994NJ150 | NJ | Laundry worker killed when struck by ejected ring of a commercial laundry extractor. |
6/9/1995 | 1995MN005 | MN | Sawmill foreman dies of injuries after legs were severed by a saw blade. |
6/9/1995 | 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. |
6/9/1995 | 1995CA001 | CA | Maintenance mechanic died after falling approximately 30 feet from an elevated forklift platform in California. |
2/25/1995 | 1994MA021 | MA | Massachusetts laborer dies when caught in conveyor machinery at scrap metal business. |
2/22/1995 | 1994NE039 | NE | Commercial garage door falls, fatally crushing worker. |
12/8/1994 | 1994MA014 | MA | Massachusetts landscaper/laborer dies when crushed in small skid steer loader. |
6/9/1994 | 1994MA010 | MA | Massachusetts concrete plant driver/yardman asphyxiated in materials hopper. |
3/24/1994 | 1992CA015 | CA | Warehouse laborer falls and dies after being lifted by a forklift to retrieve boxes in warehouse in California. |
7/13/1993 | 1992MA001 | MA | Massachusetts public utility lineman dies of thermal burns when aerial lift hydraulic hoses ruptured and ignited. |
5/21/1993 | 1992MA020 | MA | Massachusetts trash collection company operations manager dies when crushed between conveyor truck and dumpster. |
9/15/1992 | 1992MN009 | MN | Landscape laborer dies after being struck by the bucket of a case skid steer loader. |
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