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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-based Case Reports: Colorado 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

1996CO080	CO	Landscaper died of injuries incurred when he was catapulted from the operator's seat of a truck-mounted boom
1996CO029	CO	24-year-old farm laborer dies when the aluminum irrigation pipe he is handling contacts a high voltage line
1995CO094	CO	Landscape laborer dies when the tractor he is driving overturns
1995CO082	CO	A Colorado farmhand is killed when a tractor rolls over him
1995CO054	CO	A car wash employee is electrocuted while working on equipment
1995CO033	CO	Maintenance worker dies when he falls from roof of apartment building
1995CO032	CO	Colorado equipment maintenance laborer dies when crushed in small skid steer loader
1994CO040	CO	Two workers were injured (one died and one was hospitalized with burns) when the truck-mounted conveyor they were using was raised and contacted a 7,620-volt overhead power line
1994CO035	CO	A 35-year-old painter was electrocuted when the aluminum ladder he was moving contacted a 7,620-volt power line
1994CO031	CO	A 35-year-old owner of a construction company died as a result of a fall from an unguarded floor opening
1994CO029	CO	A 38-year-old recycle technician died as a result of injuries sustained when he fell into a cardboard compactor
1994CO007	CO	Welder killed as result of a spinal cord injury that occurred when the 12,600 gallon capacity sheet metal crude oil tank on which he was working collapsed
1994CO006	CO	17-year-old worker at a plastic products manufacturing plant died as a result of an overexposure to tetrachloroethylene (also known as perchloroethylene)
1994CO004	CO	Sign installer fatally injured in 47 foot fall from billboard
1994CO003	CO	Foreman on electrical line crew is electrocuted when an energized line contacts a guy wire
1993CO068	CO	Maintenance worker dies when he falls into a railroad tank car in Colorado
1992CO065	CO	Construction company owner dies when he falls from roof of home under construction in Colorado
1992CO056	CO	Warehouse worker dies from fall Inside an elevator shaft in Colorado
1992CO049	CO	Carpenter dies when the trusses on a home under construction collapse in Colorado
1992CO039	CO	Maintenance electrician dies from burns received when electrical panel is shorted
1992CO025	CO	A farm owner/operator in Colorado died of suffocation when his clothing became entangled in the machinery he was attempting to adjust
1992CO001	CO	Two workers die when a structural steel beam collapses in Colorado
1991CO084	CO	Truck driver electrocuted when the discharge chute of a hay grinder contacts 7200 volt power line
1991CO079	CO	Tree trimmer dies after falling 12 feet when exiting the personnel bucket on an aerial bucket truck
1991CO074	CO	Sanitation worker dies when rescuing co-worker from underground sewer vault
1991CO024	CO	A golf course greenskeeper is killed when a tractor rolled over him
1991CO020	CO	University employee is fatally injured in 120-foot fall from roof
1991CO017	CO	Crane operator dies after falling 14 feet from icy embankment
1991CO004	CO	Self-employed wood cutter dies when tree falls on him
1991CO002	CO	Mason dies after falling 18 feet from scaffolding
1990CO063	CO	Carbon monoxide kills 65 year-old rancher in Colorado
1990CO062	CO	A 79 year-old Colorado farmer dies after falling five feet from a haystack
1990CO058	CO	A Colorado farm wife was killed in a tractor run-over incident
1990CO057	CO	Garbage collector dies after falling from back of moving garbage truck
1990CO045	CO	An asphalt plant loader/operator died when crushed in the machinery he was attempting to clean
1990CO042	CO	Dairy farmer electrocuted when the grain auger he was relocating contacts 7200 volt power line in Colorado
1990CO033	CO	Antenna technician dies after falling 310 feet from a television tower to the ground
1990CO032	CO	Spray painter dies after falling 30 feet to the ground from roof
1990CO029	CO	Wheat farm employee electrocuted when the aluminum irrigation pipe contacted a 7200 volt power line
1990CO027	CO	Part-time cable vision camera operator dies from injuries received in fall from scaffolding
1990CO024	CO	Wife of a sheep rancher was fatally injured while attempting to round up a flock of sheep
1990CO018	CO	Farm worker dies from burns received while fighting range fire
1990CO007	CO	Cattle ranch employee was fatally injured while moving a one ton bale of hay with a tractor mounted front end loader
1990CO006	CO	Owner of commercial sign painting firm died because of injuries that occurred when he fell 9 feet at a job site
1989CO029	CO	Mechanic in a construction firm died after becoming entrapped in a roofing tar tank truck
1989CO027	CO	Cattle ranch foreman was fatally injured while unloading portable corral
1989CO020	CO	Oil field worker killed when pressure relief valve broke off from pump and struck victim in the back of the head
1989CO006	CO	Automobile repair business owner killed when auto he was working on slipped off the supporting hydraulic jacks