Case Summary
The table below contains preliminary information about Michigan workers who have died in 2023 as a result of an injury sustained while at work. The information has been obtained from public media sources, MIOSHA and stakeholder reporters. MIFACE has not verified this information; verification may conclude that the death is out of scope.
A MIOSHA Program-Related fatality is determined by whether the individual who died was employed in an industry included in MIOSHA jurisdiction as defined in Public Act 154 of 1974, as amended and the fatality may be related to a MIOSHA standard.
Case Number |
Date of Injury |
Occupation |
Description |
|
County |
|
MIOSHA Program Related |
108 |
7/26/2023 |
Truck Driver |
A truck driver died after being partially ejected from their vehicle when it left the roadway and rolled into a ditch. |
|
Genesee |
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107 |
1/13/2023 |
Delivery Driver |
A driver died as the result of being ejected from their car in an accident involving multiple vehicles. |
|
Macomb |
||
106 |
12/7/2023 |
Garbage Truck Driver |
A garbage truck driver died when he was crushed by an adjacent garbage truck that tipped over while dumping. |
|
Wayne |
33 | |
105 |
4/4/2023 |
Truck Driver |
A truck driver died from suicide by firearm. |
|
Van Buren |
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104 |
1/27/2023 |
Delivery Driver |
A delivery driver died in collision involving multiple vehicles. |
|
Barry |
||
103 |
7/17/2023 |
Fast Food Worker |
A fast food worker died from striking her head in a fall at work. |
|
Macomb |
||
102 |
7/20/2023 |
Occupational Therapist |
An occupational therapist died after being ejected from a car involved in a multiple vehicle collision. |
|
Benzie |
||
101 |
7/14/2023 |
Landscaper |
A landscaper died from suicide by asphyxiation. |
|
Calhoun |
||
100 |
3/3/2023 |
Farmer |
A farmer died when the skid steer tractor he was driving was struck by another motor vehicle. |
|
Kalamazaoo |
||
099 |
3/15/2023 |
Mechanic |
A mechanic died when he was crushed beneath a car that fell off of a car jack. |
|
Ingham |
||
098 |
7/6/2023 |
Delivery Driver |
A passenger in a delivery vehicle was killed when the delivery van he was riding in left the road and struck a tree. |
|
Lapeer |
||
097 |
2/26/2023 |
Truck Driver |
A truck driver died in a multiple vehicle collision. |
|
Wayne |
||
096 |
3/17/2023 |
Construction Manager |
A construction manager died from suicide by inhalation of exhaust fumes. |
|
Oakland |
||
095 |
7/5/2023 |
Owner |
A tree removal service business owner was killed when he was struck by a falling tree. |
|
Muskegon |
||
094 |
Unknown (DOD 8/20/2023) |
Maintenance Worker |
A maintenance worker died of complications as a result of Legionnaires disease. |
|
Sanilac |
||
093 |
11/8/2023 |
Driver |
A vehicle transport driver died when the passenger van he was traveling in was invlolved in a motor vehicle crash involving multiple vehicles. |
|
Eaton |
||
092 |
10/26/2023 |
|
A rail yard employee died after being pinned while loading vehicles onto a rail car. |
|
Macomb |
30 | |
091 |
11/4/2023 |
Tow Truck Driver |
A tow truck driver died when he was struck by a passing vehicle while attempting to catch a dog on the shoulder of the highway. |
|
Kent |
31 | |
090 |
11/2/2023 |
Custodian |
A custodian died when he was stabbed by a co-worker. |
|
Wayne |
||
089 |
11/1/2023 |
Farmer |
A farmer died when he was struck by a vehicle while helping to change a tire on the side of the road. |
|
Kent |
||
088 |
10/28/2023 |
Tree Trimmer |
A tree trimmer died when he was struck by a falling tree. |
|
Saginaw |
28 | |
087 |
10/30/2023 |
Truck Driver |
A truck driver died when he was crushed by a pre-cast concrete wall panel that fell off of his trailer. |
|
Lapeer |
29 | |
086 |
10/3/2023 |
Owner |
A farm owner died when he fell off off bin piling equipment. |
|
St. Joseph |
||
085 |
7/10/2023 |
Truck Driver |
A truck driver died when he was struck by a passing vehicle while making adjustments to his load. |
|
Mackinac |
19 | |
084 |
2/20/2023 |
Roofer |
A roofer died from a fall. |
|
Wayne |
||
083 |
10/6/2023 |
Service Technician |
A service technician died in a motor vehicle crash involving multiple vehicles. |
|
Jackson |
||
082 |
10/8/2023 |
Volunteer |
A volunteer died while canvassing when he suffered a fatal gunshot wound. |
|
Ingham |
||
081 |
10/4/2023 |
Maintenance |
A maintenance employee died from suicide by hanging. |
|
Otsego |
||
080 |
4/4/2023 |
Truck Driver |
A truck driver died when he suffered multiple gunshot wounds. |
|
Wayne |
||
079 |
9/26/2023 |
Sales |
A salesman died in a motor vehicle crash involving multiple vehicles. |
|
Kent |
||
078 |
9/22/2023 |
Team Leader |
A team leader died from suicide by firearm. |
|
Oakland |
||
077 |
9/22/2023 |
Farmer |
A farmer died when he was struck by a large tractor. |
|
Allegan |
||
076 |
9/19/2023 |
Grounds Crew |
A grounds crew member died when his zero turn lawnmower flipped over a retaining wall. |
|
Kent |
24 | |
075 |
9/15/2023 |
Pipefitter |
A pipefitter died when he was struck in the head by a valve that came off a pipe during pressure testing. |
|
Ottawa |
23 | |
074 |
9/7/2023 |
Farmer |
A farmer died when he was gored in the neck by his bull. |
|
Ingham |
||
073 |
1/30/2023 |
Owner |
A business owner died in a motor vehcile crash involving multiple vehicles. |
|
Macomb |
||
072 |
9/4/2023 |
Laborer |
A laborer died in a motor vehicle crash involving multiple vehicles. |
|
Lenawee |
||
071 |
9/4/2023 |
Laborer |
A laborer died in a motor vehicle crash involving multiple vehicles. |
|
Lenawee |
||
070 |
9/4/2023 |
Laborer |
A laborer died in a motor vehicle crash involving multiple vehicles. |
|
Lenawee |
||
069 |
9/4/2023 |
Foreman |
A foreman died in a motor vehicle crash involving multiple vehicles. |
|
Lenawee |
||
068 |
8/31/2023 |
Tree Trimmer |
A tree trimmer was electrocuted when he contacted a live powerline. |
|
Ingham |
22 | |
067 |
5/29/2023 |
Mechanic |
A mechanic died in a barn fire. |
|
Oakland |
||
066 |
8/25/2023 |
Bartender |
A bartender died from a gunshot wound. |
|
Wayne |
||
065 |
8/24/2023 |
Service Technician |
A service technician died in a single motor vehicle crash in a tornado. |
|
Ingham |
||
064 |
7/9/2023 |
Farmer |
A farmer died when the tractor he was working on started and ran him over. |
|
Monroe |
||
063 |
8/3/2023 |
Caretaker |
A caretaker died from multiple gunshot wounds. |
|
Washtenaw |
||
062 |
8/9/2023 |
Truck Driver |
A truck driver died in a motor vehicle crash involving multiple vehicles. |
|
Ionia |
||
061 |
8/4/2023 |
Groundskeeper |
A groundskeeper died from multiple gunshot wounds. |
|
Wayne |
||
060 |
2/23/2023 |
USPS |
A postal driver died when she was involved in a multiple vehicle crash. |
|
Grand Traverse |
||
059 |
3/28/2023 |
Broadcaster |
A radio broadcaster committed suicide. |
|
Kent |
||
058 |
3/9/2023 |
Technician |
A wind turbine technician died in a multiple vehicle crash. |
|
Huron |
||
057 |
2/26/2023 |
Owner |
A business owner died when he fell from a ladder. |
|
Wayne |
||
056 |
8/24/1982 |
Lineman |
A journeyman lineman died from complications related to a high volatage transformer explosion in 1982. |
|
Dickinson |
||
055 |
7/23/2023 |
Nurse |
A nurse at a skilled care home died when she was struck by a vehicle while attending to patient. |
|
Wayne |
||
054 |
6/28/2023 |
Tree Trimmer |
A tree trimmer died when he was struck by a falling tree. |
|
Calhoun |
20 | |
053 |
7/13/2023 |
Tree Trimmer |
A tree trimmer died when he fell 30 feet from a bucket truck. |
|
Saginaw |
25 | |
052 |
4/13/2023 |
Farmer |
A farmer died from thermal injuries he suffered while burning a brush pile. |
|
Berrien |
||
051 |
1/14/2023 |
Farmer |
A farmer died when he was struck by a tree he was attempting to dislodge from another tree by pulling it with a tractor and chain. |
|
Barry |
||
050 |
7/10/2023 |
Laborer |
A laborer died when the lawn mower he was riding flipped over a retaining wall. |
|
Allegan |
18 | |
049 |
5/22/2023 |
Scrap Metal Collector |
A scrap metal collector was crushed by a vehicle he was working under. |
|
Genesee |
||
048 |
5/20/2023 |
Towtruck Driver |
A towtruck driver died from a drug overdose. |
|
Oakland |
||
047 |
6/29/2023 |
Farmer |
A farmer died when he was engulfed inside a silo filled with soy beans. |
|
Allegan |
||
046 |
6/24/2023 |
Utility Contractor |
A utility contractor died when he was electrocuted while performing maintenance on powerlines. |
|
Wayne |
17 | |
045 |
1/1/1982 |
Farmer |
A farmer died from injuries sustained in 1982 when he fell from a tractor and was run over by a farm implement. |
|
Calhoun |
||
044 |
6/21/2023 |
Laborer |
A laborer died when he fell 18 feet while performing structral steel fire-proofing activities. |
|
Wayne |
16 | |
043 |
6/15/2023 |
Laborer |
A laborer died when he was crushed by a cooling tower he was demolishing. |
|
Wayne |
15 | |
042 |
6/13/2023 |
Teacher |
A teacher died when he was struck by a passing vehicle while changing a flat tire traveling from a team building exercise |
|
Wayne |
||
041 |
6/10/2023 |
Pit Crew |
A pit crew member died when a vehicle malfunction caused the car to reverse rapidly and strike the victim. |
|
Monroe |
||
040 |
6/6/2023 |
Laborer |
A laborer died when he fell 20 feet from a ladder while installing gutters. |
|
Benzie |
27 | |
039 |
6/7/2023 |
Farmer |
A farmer died when he was run over by a backhoe he was operating. |
|
Newaygo |
||
038 |
6/1/2023 |
Store Clerk |
A store clerk died when he suffered a fatal gunshot wound. |
|
Genesee |
||
037 |
5/25/2023 |
Traffic Control |
A traffic control worker died when he was struck by a pedestrian vehicle. |
|
Ingham |
14 | |
036 |
5/31/2023 |
Sales Representative |
A sales representative died in a multiple vehicle collision. |
|
Antrim |
||
035 |
5/28/2023 |
Painter |
A painter died when he fell 15 feet off of a ladder. |
|
Lapeer |
32 | |
034 |
1/19/2023 |
Owner |
A business owner died when she suffered a fatal gunshot wound. |
|
Washtenaw |
||
033 |
5/26/2023 |
COO |
A chief operating officer died when she suffered a fatal gunshot wound. |
|
Macomb |
||
032 |
5/20/2023 |
Manager |
A manager died when she suffered fatal gunshot wounds. |
|
Macomb |
||
031 |
1/6/2023 |
Salesperson |
A salesperson committed suicide. |
|
Livingston |
||
030 |
5/14/2023 |
Nurse |
A nurse suffered fatal gunshot wounds after being kidnapped. |
|
Wayne |
||
029 |
5/15/2023 |
Technician |
A motorcycle technician died in a multiple vehicle collison while test riding a customer's vehicle. |
|
Genesee |
||
028 |
5/11/2023 |
Farmer |
A farmer died when he was run over by a tractor he was performing maintenance on. |
|
Charlevoix |
||
027 |
5/8/2023 |
Farmer |
A volunteer committed suicide while working on his family's farm. |
|
Emmet |
||
026 |
4/24/2023 |
Tree Trimmer |
A tree trimmer died when he was struck by a rope that snapped while trying to free a stuck dump truck. |
|
Sanilac |
9 | |
025 |
4/25/2023 |
Laborer |
A laborer died when he was stuck by an exploding tire in the process of inflating it. |
|
Marquette |
12 | |
024 |
4/24/2023 |
Product Technician (Temp Agency Employee) |
A production technician died when he was crushed between an extending conveyor and a vacuum forming mold. |
|
Ingham |
10 | |
023 |
3/15/2023 |
Laborer |
A laborer died when he fell through a skylight while installing insulation on a flat roof. |
|
Wayne |
11 | |
022 |
4/18/2023 |
Laborer |
A laborer died when he was working with a co-worker to change the bucket on a backhoe and was caught between the bucket and a bollard. |
|
Kent |
8 | |
021 |
4/15/2023 |
Owner/Security Guard |
A security guard died when he suffered a fatal gunshot wound. |
|
Wayne |
||
020 |
4/10/2023 |
Sous Chef |
A sous chef died from a motorcycle crash involving multiple vehicles while driving to pick up supplies. |
|
Livingston |
||
019 |
4/4/2023 |
Farmer |
A farmer died when he was run over and pinned by his tractor . |
|
Montcalm |
||
018 |
4/4/2023 |
Electrical Maintenance Journeyman |
An electrical maintenance journeyman died when he was struck by a transformer radiator. |
|
Oakland |
7 | |
017 |
4/2/2023 |
EMT |
An EMT died when he was struck by a passing motor vehicle. |
|
Oakland |
6 | |
016 |
3/30/2023 |
Garbage Truck Driver |
A garbage truck driver died when he exited the truck and was struck by a passing motor vehicle. |
|
Emmet |
5 | |
015 |
3/24/2023 |
Investment Strategist |
An investment strategist committed suicide. |
|
Kent |
||
014 |
2/21/2023 |
Owner |
A business owner died from carbon monoxide exposure from a running vehicle indoors. |
|
Wayne |
13 | |
013 |
3/3/2023 |
Traffic Control |
A traffic control worker died when she was struck by a pedestrian vehicle. |
|
Van Buren |
4 | |
012 |
3/2/2023 |
Caregiver |
A senior caregiver died when they fell from a third story balcony. |
|
Kalamazoo |
||
011 |
1/7/2023 |
Laborer |
A service garage laborer died from multiple gunshot wounds. |
|
Wayne |
||
010 |
2/22/2023 |
Volunteer Fire Fighter |
A volunteer fire fighter died when he was struck by a live power line and electrocuted. |
|
Van Buren |
3 | |
009 |
2/13/2023 |
Service Worker |
A student service worker died when he suffered a fatal gunshot wound. |
|
Ingham |
||
008 |
2/7/2023 |
Plumber |
A plumber died when he was electrocuted while attempting to unclog a basement floor drain that had caused standing water. |
|
Wayne |
26 | |
007 |
2/4/2023 |
Lift Truck Operator |
A lift truck operator died from a drug overdose. |
|
Kalamazoo |
||
006 |
1/30/2023 |
Service Tech |
A service technician died in a motor vehicle crash involving multiple vehicles. |
|
Macomb |
||
005 |
1/31/2023 |
Supervisor |
A supervisor died from a drug overdose. |
|
Ionia |
||
004 |
1/23/2023 |
Truck Driver |
A truck driver died when a tire exploded while inflating. |
|
Wayne |
2 | |
003 |
1/9/2023 |
Truck Driver |
A gasoline tanker truck driver died in a motor vehicle crash involving multiple vehicles. |
|
Berrien |
||
002 |
1/9/2023 |
Truck Driver |
A liquid propane tanker truck driver died in a motor vehicle crash involving multiple vehicles. |
|
Berrien |
||
001 |
1/4/2023 |
Truck Driver |
A concrete truck driver was killed when a tow cable snapped. |
|
Presque Isle |
1 |