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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 Manufacturing

 

Report No.

Incident State

Title

 
2006-02 SC Millwright killed when pinned between the feed rolls of a debarker during machine maintenance - South Carolina
2005-05 TN Hispanic youth dies in densifier at a plastics recycling plant - Tennessee
2004-03 TN Seventeen-year-old high school student working as a warehouse laborer in work-based learning program dies after forklift tips over and crushes him - Tennessee
2004-01 OH Hispanic laborer dies after being crushed between the frame of a skid steer loader and the scraper attachment on the loader lift arms - Ohio
2003-13 SC 18-year-old dies after being entangled in a portable mortar mixer - South Carolina
2002-09 NC Hispanic forklift operator dies after being caught between mast and cage of forklift - North Carolina
2002-05 SC Maintenance mechanic dies after being trapped in the pneumatic door of a vacuum cooler - South Carolina
2002-04 TN Plumber dies after being crushed between a tandem scissors lift platform and the I-beam frame of a mobile home -Tennessee
2002-02 AZ Seventeen-year-old warehouse laborer dies after the forklift he was operating tipped over and crushed him - Arizona
2001-03 AR Thirty-eight-year-old stevedore at river port materials handling facility struck by collapsing crane boom - Arkansas
2000-22 NY Seventeen-year-old laborer at salvage lumber operation crushed by forklift that tipped over - New York
2000-19 NY Sixteen-year-old produce-market worker dies from crushing injuries after being caught in a vertical downstroke baler - New York
2000-15 NC A plant production supervisor dies after being crushed between the boom arm and front chassis of a skid-steer loader - North Carolina
2000-12 OH Carpenter dies after being struck by uncontrolled concrete bucket when crane tips over - Ohio
2000-01 NC Worker dies from crushing injuries after falling into a baling machine - North Carolina
1998-14 PA Machine operator dies after being crushed by 9,700-pound coil cart - Pennsylvania
1998-10 SC Temporary laborer crushed by dump truck at landfill - South Carolina
1997-20 NC Laborer dies when caught between boom linkage of skid-steer loading machine - North Carolina
1997-19 NC Electric line technician dies after falling from forklift - North Carolina
1997-17 VA Maintenance electrician dies from crush injuries when caught between nip barrier and upper frame of paper rewinder - Virginia
1997-15 SC Laborer dies after falling into baler at paper products plant - South Carolina
1997-14 NC Maintenance worker dies after overhead crane collides with aerial platform at construction equipment plant - North Carolina
1997-12 VA Tree trimmer dies after 40-foot fall in aerial bucker - Virginia
1997-07 NC Order picker dies after falling from a lift truck suspended pallet - North Carolina
1997-01 NC Company president killed when forklift overturns - North Carolina, September 18, 1996
1996-24 SC Steel rack installer dies after being struck by 3,000 pound bundle of rack end pieces - South Carolina, July 25, 1996
1996-23 TN Recycling center laborer crushed in baling machine - Tennessee
1996-18 VA Supervisor dies as a result of injuries sustained in fall with powered vertical lift aerial platform - Virginia, May 7, 1996
1996-11 SC Welder dies after being struck by a three-ton steel roof truss - South Carolina, February 29, 1996
1996-04 NC Press operator dies after forklift rams scrap bin - North Carolina, October 19, 1995
1996-03 NC Trash collector dies after being caught in compactor of refuse vehicle - North Carolina, November 3, 1995
1996-02 SC Sanitation worker dies after being caught in chiller at poultry processing plant - South Carolina, September 16, 1995
1995-20 SC Assistant manager dies after 15-foot fall from forklift-suspended pallet - South Carolina, September 6, 1995
1995-14 TN Machine operator Fatally injured when struck by the elevator of a concrete block cuber machine - Tennessee, August 29, 1995
1995-13 TN Shift supervisor dies from injuries received after his arms were caught between two paper machine rollers - Tennessee, July 5, 1995
1995-12 TN Laborer fatally injured while cleaning concrete mixer - Tennessee, May 15, 1995
1995-11 VA Sanitation worker run over at solid waste transfer station - Virginia, June 2, 1995
1995-10 VA Tree trimmer dies after being run over by aerial bucket truck - Virginia, February 23, 1995
1995-02 TN Mill operator dies from injuries received after his upper torso was caught between lamination rollers - Tennessee, November 1, 1994
1995-01 TN Ironworker foreman dies after falling 24 feet from a forklift - Tennessee, October 24, 1994
1994-20 VA Clean-up person at veneer factory killed when cut-off saw inadvertently activated - Virginia, July 30, 1994
1994-06 SC Extrusion machine operator dies of head injuries received when his head became caught in extrusion machine rollers - South Carolina, March 14, 1994
1992-39 VA Maintenance man dies after being drawn into 17 1/2-inch-diameter positive pressure intake pipe - Virginia, August 30, 1992
1991-24 SC Order selector dies after jumping 16 feet from an elevated pallet on an overturning forklift in South Carolina, July 24, 1991
1989-45 PA Welder dies in fall from fork lift, July 16, 1989
1988-10 OH City worker dies when struck and dragged by mobile equipment in Ohio, November 16, 1987
1986-12 WV Welder dies in mine machine repair facility in West Virginia
1984-20 MI Die cast operator pinned by robot
1984-18 WV Struck and crushed by a backing forklift while cleaning up an auto salvage yard
1984-12 WV Supply motorman killed by load falling from a forklift

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