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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: Oregon 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

2006OR025	OR	Ranch worker killed by pressurized water striking eye
2006OR006	OR	Worker killed when jacket pocket activated machinery
2006OR005	OR	Mechanic killed when collar caught on PTO driveline
2006OR003	OR	Novice drywall installer dies in 7-foot fall from scaffold
2005OR043	OR	Mill worker killed by flying chunk of wood from chipper
2005OR039	OR	Logging worker killed while riding on step of skidder
2005OR038	OR	Window cleaner killed in fall due to unsecured line
2005OR028	OR	Bulldozer movement kills operator standing on track
2005OR024	OR	Excavation worker killed by flying rigging when hook fails
2005OR018	OR	Temporary mill worker dies in fall from tower catwalk
2005OR008	OR	Mechanic killed while inspecting masonry stacker machine
2005OR007	OR	Technician crushed when aerial platform lift engaged
2005OR005	OR	Operator crushed while repairing running machine
2004OR052	OR	Logger killed by swinging tree in yarding operation
2004OR037	OR	Janitor using propane buffer killed by carbon monoxide
2004OR023	OR	Ranch hand killed by bulldozer while logging
2004OR021	OR	Truck driver crushed by front-end loader in mill yard
2004OR015	OR	Fabricator killed by ruptured hydraulic press fitting
2004OR010	OR	Forklift crushes operator working underneath on starter
2004OR007	OR	Nursery laborer killed in skid-steer loader
2004OR005	OR	Machine operator electrocuted while shoveling pellets
2004OR004	OR	Parked forklift crushes operator against semi-trailer
2004OR003	OR	Sawmill worker crushed during debarker maintenance
2004OR002	OR	Mechanic dies from lack of oxygen in transport tank
2003OR040	OR	Effort to clear rock jam in operating rock crusher fatal
2003OR039	OR	Worker is thrown from cab of crane and is crushed
2003OR033	OR	Farm driver overturns truck in irrigation ditch and drowns
2003OR032	OR	Vehicle strikes utility worker in short-duration work zone
2003OR029	OR	Operator killed when bulldozer slides off logging road
2003OR022	OR	Shipyard welder ignites hydraulic fluid and is fatally burned
2003OR021	OR	Worker killed in wood-dust fire sparked by faulty fuse
2003OR020	OR	Young camp counselor killed when cannon bursts to pieces
2003OR019	OR	Farmer is killed when he falls beneath moving combine
2003OR018	OR	Auto salvage worker killed by unsecured car on transporter
2003OR016	OR	Load of lumber shifts and falls on construction worker killing him
2003OR015	OR	Construction worker dies when he leans out of the protective cage of a skid steer forklift and is crushed
2003OR010	OR	Home construction worker falls down elevator shaft
2003OR008	OR	Hispanic laborer drowns after falling into landscaping pond
2003OR007	OR	Logger killed as skyline cable whips free of slash pile
2003OR006	OR	Logger killed by falling sheave when yarder tower collapses
2003OR001	OR	Roofer’s family member helping at work site dies after falling through skylight