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CASE MIFACE Summaries of MIOSHA Inspections
Case 10 20-year-old worker was killed when the wheel of a skid-steer loader crushed his head.
Case 20 45-year-old laborer was killed when he was struck by a road grader at a road construction site.
Case 240 33-year-old male landscape worker drowned when the Toro Z Master riding lawnmower he was using to cut grass on a 24- to 27- degree culvert slope overturned into a water-filled ditch.
Case 261 39-year-old heavy equipment operator died when he was ejected from the driver’s seat of the Daewoo loader equipped with a tree fork and then pinned under the driver’s side rear tire.
Case 332 59-year-old landscaping business owner died when he was crushed between the lift bucket arms connecting cross member and the front frame of a Gehl Model 7800 skid steer loader.
Case 80 37-year-old landscaper was killed when the zero-turn radius riding lawnmower he was operating went over a sea wall and landed on top of him in the water.
Case 81 50-year-old chain saw operator for a tree service died when he was pinned between a tree and tire of a Hydro Ax .