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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: Michigan 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

2007MI136	MI	Hotel assistant manager dies due to a fall from a ladder during installation of wood trim
2007MI079	MI	Housekeeper died from complications sustained after falling down residential stairs
2007MI024	MI	Pipefitter/project foreman died when struck by ruptured sewer pipe/mechanical plug
2007MI013	MI	Construction foreman dies from fall while climbing the tower of a hydromobile scaffold
2007MI011	MI	Career fire fighter dies after ejection from his fire engine when it was struck by a vehicle
2007MI007	MI	Carpenter dies after fall from a ladder that slipped from its base while positioned on frozen sand
2006MI209	MI	Heavy equipment operator dies after being pinned between the boom and cab of an excavator
2006MI207	MI	Apprentice lineman dies when the vibratory plow he was operating struck a high pressure natural gas line
2006MI205	MI	Farmer dies leading heifer toward a loading chute to a livestock trailer
2006MI204	MI	Security guard died as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning
2006MI201	MI	Journeyman pipefitter dies when struck in chest while removing vic fitting end cap from a pressurized pipe
2006MI193	MI	Field technician dies when struck by geofoam block
2006MI188	MI	Welder dies during welding repair inside of cargo tank compartment
2006MI185	MI	Truck driver electrocuted when raised long-bed dump trailer contacted 4,800-volt overhead power line
2006MI174	MI	Hispanic laborer dies as a result of a trench collapse
2006MI135	MI	Unrestrained custom spray applicator died when ejected from a self-propelled sprayer after sprayer struck an oncoming semi-truck trailer
2006MI117	MI	Male siding installer dies after falling from a roof while installing a J channel on a dormer
2006MI068	MI	Surveyor dies when struck by oncoming vehicle
2006MI066	MI	Logger killed when struck by lodged tree that fell
2006MI009	MI	Machine operator dies after being struck by a shredder grate during shredding machine maintenance
2006MI007	MI	Forklift driver pinned under an overturned forklift dies
2006MI006	MI	Truck driver killed after falling through unprotected skylight
2006MI004	MI	29-year old male Hispanic landscape laborer dies when nine foot deep trench collapses
2005MI163	MI	Construction laborer dies after falling from ladder
2005MI123	MI	Truck driver dies when straw bales fall off truck and strike him
2005MI095	MI	Municipal tree trimmer dies when falling tree limb struck him
2005MI089	MI	Retired teacher/farmer dies when pinned under overturned tractor
2005MI088	MI	69-year-old male construction contractor dies after falling from open folding chair he was standing on
2005MI084	MI	Worker dies in trench collapse
2005MI078	MI	Forklift operator dies when head caught in lowering mast
2005MI077	MI	Race car fuel dispenser operator killed when methanol tank exploded
2005MI066	MI	Quality control operator dies after falling into cherry processing brine tank
2005MI065	MI	Hispanic brick mason electrocuted when rerod contacts powerline
2005MI064	MI	Farmer pinned under left rear tire of industrial tractor-loader with backhoe
2005MI060	MI	Golf course worker dies after being pinned under an overturned tee box mower
2005MI051	MI	Carpenter dies after he jumped/lost balance from an unsecured ladder that fell due to a wind gust
2005MI046	MI	Lawn technician dies when pinned between motorized spreader handles and roof of work van
2005MI045	MI	Tow truck operator dies when car being driven by intoxicated driver leaves road and strikes him
2005MI026	MI	Tow truck operator pinned under sport utility vehicle when working under it
2005MI024	MI	Owner of excavating company dies when excavator overturns into water/mud of gravel pit
2004MI223	MI	Young adult female waitress died from an asthma attack while working in a bar
2004MI180	MI	Mill hand dies when drill was thrown from shattered hardened steel tool extension and strikes him in chest
2004MI176	MI	6-year-old youth dies when he was run over by a skid-steer loader driven by his 9-year-old brother
2004MI160	MI	Carpenter dies when eight-foot trench wall collapses during sewer pipe replacement
2004MI130	MI	52-year-old female janitor died as a result of a vapor flashback while using flammable lacquer thinner to remove carpet glue from concrete basement floor
2004MI108	MI	Farmer died when run over by rear wheel when he started the tractor while standing on the ground
2004MI107	MI	Engineering technician dies when backed over by cement mixer
2004MI093	MI	Farmer died when run over by tractor’s rear wheel and chopper
2004MI074	MI	Millwright dies when struck by uncontrolled, flailing crane cable
2004MI066	MI	Landscaper died when the arms of a skid-steer loader crushed his upper body and head
2003MI202	MI	Farmer died when crushed between tractor steering wheel and enclosed feed auger
2003MI193	MI	Farmer died when electrocuted while welding feed bunker wagon
2003MI179	MI	Welder dies from fall off rigging
2003MI160	MI	Laborer died after 2000-pound flexible tote bag falls on him
2003MI146	MI	Electrician dies from being pinned between iron pipe and articulated boom-supported aerial work platform control panel
2003MI134	MI	Farmer died when tractor overturns to side while on a hill
2003MI108	MI	Farmer dies when grain in grain bin engulfs him
2003MI103	MI	Farmer dies when tractor with front-end loader overturns in ditch and pins him
2003MI098	MI	Farmer dies when pinned by flail mower
2003MI080	MI	Pyrotechnician dies when struck in head by firework while putting on a display
2003MI079	MI	Department of Public Works employee electrocuted attempting to read a water meter located behind an apartment boiler
2003MI067	MI	Farmer dies when he was pinned between the tractor seat and a tree in a ditch near his soybean field
2003MI066	MI	Farmer dies when he is crushed under overturned tractor in ditch
2003MI053	MI	Farm owner crushed underneath rotary mower while changing blades and untangling wire wrapped on cutting blades
2003MI052	MI	Farm youth died when he became entangled in an unguarded PTO shaft
2003MI029	MI	Co-owner of metal forge shop dies when an ejected piece of steel used as a stop block in a full revolution press strikes him in the chest
2003MI025	MI	DPW worker run over by pickup truck exiting the vehicle to open an overhead garage door
2003MI022	MI	Indoor amusement manager killed when struck by a moving roller coaster
2003MI020	MI	School custodian dies from blood clots after fall from ladder
2003MI018	MI	Manager of after-market truck bed liner store dies of asthmatic attack after spraying van with isocyanate-based truck bed Liner
2003MI005	MI	Worker dies as a result of being struck and pinned between two vehicles while repairing potholes
2002MI208	MI	Laborer electrocuted when antenna on top of steel pole building contacts 14400-volt energized line
2002MI157	MI	Hispanic laborer dies when dump mechanism of lift truck activates and crushes him between the truck bed bulkhead and bridge beam
2002MI152	MI	Guardrail post pounder operator electrocuted when hammer boom contacts energized overhead electrical line
2002MI151	MI	Farm laborer killed when he became entangled in an unguarded PTO shaft
2002MI143	MI	Farmer asphyxiated due to lack of oxygen after entering an oxygen limiting silo 3 days after filling
2002MI140	MI	Farm hand run over by tractor while starting the tractor while standing on the ground
2002MI121	MI	Electrocution of family member when welding on rotary disc mower on farm
2002MI120	MI	Farmer killed when his tractor leaves public road shoulder and overturns into a ditch
2002MI119	MI	Inside wireman electrician electrocuted working on exterior light pole
2002MI106	MI	Highway worker killed by passenger vehicle while setting up highway work zone warning signal
2002MI090	MI	Journeyman pipefitter killed when struck in head by grooved end cap under pressure
2002MI075	MI	Landscape mowing assistant dies from heat stroke
2002MI060	MI	Millwright dies from fall off ladder
2002MI040	MI	Truck driver killed when front-end loader secured by chains on a lowboy trailer broke free and rolled onto cab
2002MI029	MI	Farmer died after being struck while seated on the tractor by an unrestrained rectangular haylage bale that fell out of an elevated front-end loader bucket that independently elevated
2002MI028	MI	Rigger killed when equipment being unloaded from a semi-trailer fell from the high-lift fork truck and landed on him
2002MI016	MI	Rig hand entangled in rotating drive shaft while hanging light in rig structure
2001MI094	MI	Bridge painter dies when he falls out of an unsecured rough terrain forklift scaffold platform
2001MI068	MI	Worker falls from wooden pallet during remodeling work at a fruit processing facility
2001MI064	MI	Restaurant maintenance worker wedged between sump pump pipe support bar and sump pump crock rim
2001MI061	MI	Two individuals overcome by hydrogen sulfide gas while cleaning a farm facility water well with 28% liquid muriatic acid
2001MI058	MI	Farmer run over by a tractor and/or manure spreader
2001MI056	MI	Grader operator run over by rear tire while jumpstarting grader
2001MI047	MI	Corrections officer dies when he falls off ladder while supervising prison work crew
2001MI039	MI	Logger killed while freeing maple log with chainsaw during skidding operation
2001MI038	MI	Maintenance worker struck in head by exploding pressurized tank
2001MI029	MI	Farmer crushed between lift arms and frame of skid-steer loader
2001MI025	MI	Delivery man struck by vehicle while stopped on roadway to change delivery van flat tire
2001MI022	MI	Truck driver dies in excavation cave-in during diesel tank removal
2001MI015	MI	Farmer pinned beneath tractor overturned to the rear
2001MI011	MI	Machinist struck and killed by fragments from ruptured steam turbine housing
2001MI008	MI	Welder struck by falling steel frame
2001MI006	MI	Pastor struck by falling roof ice dam, subsequently died from complications
2001MI003	MI	Operator crushed between a rotating barrel and its hoist support bar
2001MI002	MI	Mold setter’s head struck by a cycling single-side gantry robot
2001MI001	MI	Operator pinned between the hydraulic tilt cylinder housing and the frame of a skid-steer loader