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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.

In-house Case Reports: Machine General

Report No.	Incident State	Title

2007-03	OH	Company owner dies from fall after upper boom failure on aerial lift - Ohio
2006-05	TN	Equipment operator dies from burns after a hydraulic line burst on a bulldozer and sprayed hydraulic fluid across the exhaust manifold - Tennessee
2005-09	TN	Operator dies from crushing injuries after being pinned between a track drill control console and exterior wall of courthouse - Tennessee
2004-08	MD	Fifteen-year-old Hispanic youth dies after entering the hopper of a bark blower - Maryland
2003-09	NC	Two Hispanic guardrail installers die after being struck by a guardrail - North Carolina
2000-21	FL	Fourteen-year-old youth pulled into operating wood chipper - Florida
2000-14	CT	Sixteen-year-old mechanic's assistant dies after being run over by the rear wheels of a tub grinder - Connecticut
2000-13	UT	Fifteen-year-old part-time worker at retail grocery store suffers amputation while assembling meat grinder - Utah
2000-09	OH	Sixteen-year-old laborer at a building supply center crushed by forklift that tipped over - Ohio
1999-06	CT	16 year-old ride attendant dies after being caught and dragged by amusement park ride - Connecticut
1999-05	OH	15 year-old campground laborer dies after striking a camper trailer hitch while operating a utility vehicle - Ohio
1998-13	NC	Groundsman on tree trimming crew caught in wood chipper - North Carolina
1997-06	VA	Tree trimming crew leader caught in wood chipper - Virginia
1997-02	TX	Laborer's legs amputated inside paper baler at resource recovery center
1996-09	VA	Public-utility foreman dies after being struck against the protective cab of a tractor - Virginia, December 21, 1995
1995-16	VA	Janitorial worker dies as result of injuries sustained in fall with personnel lift - Virginia, August 17, 1995
1995-07	NC	Machine operator struck and killed by cutting head of feller buncher machine - North Carolina, January 11, 1995
1992-26	VA	Warehouse supervisor dies after being caught between a pallet stacking machine and a storage rack support - Virginia, July 9, 1992
1983-10	VA	Overturning of a forklift