Case Summary
The table below contains preliminary information about Michigan workers who have died in 2025 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.
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Case Number |
Date of Injury |
Occupation | Description | Incident County | MIOSHA Program Related # | ||
| 127 | 09/08/2025 | Laborer | A laborer was riding on the tailgate of a pickup truck and pulling barrels for a lane closure when they fell off the tailgate and struck their head, ultimately dying from their injuries six days later. | Midland | 28 | ||
| 126 | 09/10/2025 | Farmer | A farmer lost control of their tractor and died in a single-vehicle crash. | Berrien | |||
| 125 | 09/09/2025 | Garbage Truck Driver | A garbage truck driver died in a multi-vehicle traffic crash. | Oakland | |||
| 124 | 09/09/2025 | Tree Trimmer | A tree trimmer was struck by a towable boom lift that had become unattached and rolled down the hill, sustaining a fatal head injury when it dragged them down the hill. | Kent | 27 | ||
| 123 | 09/06/2025 | Laborer | A laborer was found unresponsive at their packaging station. | Branch | |||
| 122 | 09/03/2025 | Laborer | A machine repair laborer was found unresponsive on top of a press. | St.Clair | |||
| 121 | 07/05/2025 | Laborer | A laborer fell and hit their head while dismounting from a fork-truck, ultimately dying over two weeks later. | Macomb | |||
| 120 | 08/29/2025 | Equipment Operator | An equipment operator was operating a paving roller alongside a driveway when it slid into a ditch, turning over and crushing them. | Mackinac | 25 | ||
| 119 | 08/28/2025 | Maintenance Technician | A maintenance technician died of a medical event after huffing vapors | Clare | |||
| 118 | 05/23/2025 | Fast Food Crew Member | A fast food crew member died of a medical event. | Kent | |||
| 117 | 08/26/2025 | Electric Foreman | An electric foreman died in a multi-vehicle crash. | Lapeer | |||
| 116 | 08/25/2025 | School Bus Driver | A school bus driver was trimming trees near energized power lines when they came into contact with the power lines and died from the injuries sustained. | Macomb | 24 | ||
| 115 | 08/20/2025 | Pawn Shop Owner | A pawn shop owner died of a drug overdose. | Kent | |||
| 114 | 08/22/2025 | Site Technician | A site technician was found unresponsive after reporting feeling unwell. | St.Clair | |||
| 113 | 08/22/2025 | Nursing Staff | A nursing staff scheduler died after being shot. | Wayne | |||
| 112 | 08/15/2025 | Executive Chef | An executive chef was found unresponsive in the bathroom after experiencing a medical event. | Oakland | |||
| 111 | 08/07/2025 | Blaster | A blaster was using a front loader to push a berm back into place when the loader went over the edge of a high wall and they fell approximately seventy feet, dying from their injuries. | Ontonagon | |||
| 110 | 07/21/2025 | Airplane pilot | An airplane pilot died in a plane crash. | Kent | |||
| 109 | 07/21/2025 | Airplane pilot | An airplane pilot died in a plane crash. | Kent | |||
| 108 | 08/12/2025 | Truck Driver | A pickup truck driver was killed in a multi-vehicle traffic crash. | Tuscola | |||
| 107 | 08/05/2025 | Mechanic | A mechanic was killed after a car fell off a jack and on top of them. | Lenawee | |||
| 106 | 08/06/2025 | Farmer | A farmer died in a traffic crash when their tractor was rear-ended. | Cass | |||
| 105 | 08/07/2025 | Truck Driver | A poured concrete foundation truck driver was killed in a single vehicle traffic crash. | Lapeer | |||
| 104 | 08/06/2025 | University Custodian | A university custodian was found deceased after their break. | Washtenaw | |||
| 103 | 07/28/2025 | Trade Owner | A building finishing trade owner was found unresponsive in a vacant building. | Muskegon | |||
| 102 | 07/31/2025 | Maintenance Worker | A maintenance worker was shot during an argument between unrelated individuals. | Oakland | |||
| 101 | 08/01/2025 | Security Guard | A security guard was found unresponsive after their shift. | St. Joseph | |||
| 100 | 06/12/2025 | Delivery Driver | A delivery driver died a month and a half after sustaining injuries from the propane tank they were filling up catching on fire. | Manistee | 23 | ||
| 099 | 07/30/2025 | Corrections Shift Supervisor | A corrections shift supervisor was found unresponsive next to their car in the parking lot. | Washtenaw | |||
| 098 | 07/29/2025 | Roofing Installer | A roofing installer died of a cardiac arrest. | Ingham | |||
| 097 | 07/27/2025 | Senior Researcher | A senior researcher was installing a machine at a customer location when it activated, resulting in them being caught between the frame and lifting mechanism and killing them. | Allegan | 22 | ||
| 096 | 07/22/2025 | Dairy and Frozen Food Worker | A dairy and frozen food worker fell from the standup powered industrial truck they were using to unload stock and struck their head on the walkway, dying from their injuries in the hospital six days later. | Isabella | 21 | ||
| 095 | 07/25/2025 | Electrical Service Worker | An electrical service worker died in a multi-vehicle traffic crash. | Ottawa | |||
| 094 | 07/23/2025 | Laborer | A laborer was in a truck bed, trying to adjust a chute that was being used to drop debris from a house renovation into said truck bed, when the building’s parapet wall collapsed, striking and killing them. | Wayne | 20 | ||
| 093 | 07/23/2025 | Highway Maintenance Laborer | A highway maintenance laborer was struck and killed by a passenger vehicle while doing road work. | Oakland | 19 | ||
| 092 | 06/19/2025 | Farmer | A farmer died ten days after falling over ten feet off a ladder. | Hillsdale | |||
| 091 | 07/15/2025 | Camp Counselor | A camp counselor drowned. | Muskegon | |||
| 090 | 07/10/2025 | Dairy Farmer | A dairy farmer died of a medical event. | Lapeer | |||
| 089 | 06/04/2025 | Semi-truck Driver | A semi-truck driver committed suicide via self-immolation. | Washtenaw | |||
| 088 | 07/12/2025 | Maintenance Worker | A recreational and vacation camp maintenance worker died of unknown causes. | Ogemaw | |||
| 087 | 07/14/2025 | Wholesale co-owner | A brick, stone, and related construction material merchant wholesaler co-owner died of a medical event. | Sanilac | |||
| 086 | 07/12/2025 | Rideshare Driver | A rideshare driver died as a result of a multi-vehicle crash. | Macomb | |||
| 085 | 07/13/2025 | Farmer | A farmer died when the tractor they were operating tipped over, resulting in a tree trunk going through the windshield and striking them in the chest. | Eaton | |||
| 084 | 07/11/2025 | Team Lead | A production work group team lead was found unresponsive while exercising. | Wayne | |||
| 083 | 07/10/2025 | Fast-food Manager | A fast-food manager was shot and killed in the restaurant. | Macomb | |||
| 082 | 04/20/2025 | Business Owner | A scrap metal recovery business owner was struck by a car and killed while picking up metal. | Kent | |||
| 081 | 07/06/2025 | Site Supervisor | A site supervisor was involved in a single vehicle crash and died two days later in the hospital. | Kalamazoo | |||
| 080 | 07/02/2025 | Mechanic Technician | A mechanic technician passed out after entering a propane tank to retrieve a mechanical component and died in the hospital after two days. | Roscommon | |||
| 079 | 07/04/2025 | Zoo Co-owner | A zoo co-owner was placing cones for customer parking when they were struck by a car, ultimately dying from their injuries in the hospital two days later. | Oceana | 18 | ||
| 078 | 07/02/2025 | Laborer | A laborer died after being pinned between a dumpster and a concrete mixing truck that had backed up into them. | Wayne | 17 | ||
| 077 | 07/02/2025 | Correction Officer | A corrections officer passed out while walking and later died at the hospital. | Manistee | |||
| 076 | 07/01/2025 | Semi-truck Driver | A semi-truck driver died as a result of a multi-vehicle traffic crash. | Ionia | |||
| 075 | 06/24/2025 | Subway Manager | A subway manager was driving to the facility when they died as a result of a multi-vehicle crash. | Kent | |||
| 074 | 06/30/2025 | Laborer | A laborer was between the bucket of a large excavator and a concrete structure and was killed when they were struck by the bucket after the operator of the excavator didn’t see them. | Livingston | 16 | ||
| 073 | 06/28/2025 | Commercial Banking Payments Work Lead | A commercial banking payments work lead was found deceased in a focus room at their workplace. | Oakland | |||
| 072 | 06/28/2025 | Gutter Installer | A gutter installer was in an elevated lift, installing a gutter replacement, when they came into contact with overhead energized electrical lines and fell 30 feet. | Mason | 15 | ||
| 071 | 06/24/2025 | Hardware Store Receiving Coordinator | A hardware store receiving coordinator collapsed at work, struck their head, and went home, where they were found deceased. | Oakland | |||
| 070 | 06/24/2025 | Ambulance Services field Supervisor | An ambulance services field supervisor was driving to pick up an ambulance when they were in a motor vehicle crash. | Kent | |||
| 069 | 06/24/2025 | Semi-truck Driver | A semi-truck driver hit two MDOT vehicles and jack-knifed with the driver being ultimately declared deceased on the scene. | Monroe | |||
| 068 | 06/23/2025 | Nonferrous Forging Surface Prep Technician | A nonferrous forging surface prep technician was working in a 95 degrees Fahrenheit environment before they moved to an air-conditioned area and collapsed, ultimately being declared dead on the scene. | Ingham | |||
| 067 | 06/21/2025 | Operations Supervisor | An operations supervisor was found hunched at their desk, transported to the hospital, and declared deceased. | Wayne | |||
| 066 | 06/22/2025 | Laborer | A laborer was tasked to cut up a felled tree at a residential location and, when found, was next to their chainsaw with a laceration to their neck. | Muskegon | 14 | ||
| 065 | 06/19/2025 | Truck Driver | A truck driver was backing up their truck for a stone delivery when the truck jack-knifed, causing it to tip over and crush the cab. | Washtenaw | 13 | ||
| 064 | 06/16/2025 | Laborer | A laborer was struck by unsecured steel trusses on an aerial lift and was hospitalized along with their coworker, later dying from their injuries. | Eaton | 12 | ||
| 063 | 06/16/2025 | Dump Truck Driver | A dump truck driver died after crashing into a tree following the dump truck tire blowing out. | Washtenaw | |||
| 062 | 12/26/2024 | Laborer | A laborer had a cardiac arrest after climbing a ladder at work and was transported to the hospital, where they died nineteen days later as a result of the cardiac arrest. | Allegan | |||
| 061 | 06/09/2025 | Delivery Driver Assistant | A delivery driver assistant rear ended a gravel truck and died on the scene. | Jackson | |||
| 060 | 06/09/2025 | Delivery Driver | A delivery driver rear ended a gravel truck and died on the scene. | Jackson | |||
| 059 | 2017 | Registered Nurse | A registered nurse was exposed to tuberculosis in 2017 and exhibited no symptoms until 2025, when they began to feel unwell and were hospitalized, dying a month later from complications from tuberculosis. | Wayne | 26 | ||
| 058 | 05/28/2025 | Laborer | A laborer was operating a riding lawn mower and ended pinned by it at the bottom of a drainage ditch for approximately five minutes before being transported to the hospital, where they died as a result of their injuries three days later. | Oakland | 10 | ||
| 057 | 06/04/2025 | Construction Truck Driver | A construction truck driver was in a single vehicle rollover traffic crash and died on scene. | Livingston | |||
| 056 | 03/19/2025 | Tree Cutter | A tree cutter was cutting down tree limbs when they became pinned between the tree limb and trunk; they were transported to the hospital, where they died five days later. | Kalamazoo | |||
| 055 | 05/20/2025 | Machine Operator | A machine operator was cutting the steel banding securing a bunch of 2 inch by 2 inch square metal tubing and after the banding was cut, the tubing collapsed and struck their legs, causing them to fall and strike their head; they were taken to the hospital, where they died four days later of their injuries. | Kent | 09 | ||
| 054 | 05/21/2025 | Truck Driver | A truck driver was discovered under the spring-loaded ramp at a work location where they had driven to pick up equipment. | Benzie | |||
| 053 | 05/14/2025 | Arborist | An arborist was working at a logging site and was struck by a tree affected by oak wilt 60 feet away from the work site after stepping onto the property following a break. | Newaygo | 08 | ||
| 052 | 05/08/2025 | Truck Driver | A truck driver died of a massive heart attack. | Midland | |||
| 051 | 05/03/2025 | Manager | A manager in training was found unresponsive in the break room and was pronounced on the scene. | Genesee | |||
| 050 | 01/11/2025 | Stagehand | A stagehand was struck by a vehicle while bicycling. | Kent | |||
| 049 | 04/30/2025 | Student Support Specialist | A student support specialist was discovered with a file cabinet on top of them. | Jackson | 11 | ||
| 048 | 04/30/2025 | Bus Driver | A bus driver died after rear ending a semi-truck in the bus that then caught fire. | Ingham | |||
| 047 | 03/25/2025 | General Manager | A metal heat treating general manager committed suicide via hanging. | Macomb | |||
| 046 | 04/30/2025 | Semi-truck Driver | A semi-truck driver started to feel unwell while working and was transported to the hospital, where they later died. | Lake | |||
| 045 | 01/03/2025 | Glass Glazer | A glass glazer committed suicide via hanging. | Wayne | |||
| 044 | 04/22/2025 | Senior Manager | The senior manager of plant operations was found unresponsive in their hotel room. | Macomb | |||
| 043 | 04/20/2025 | Semi-truck Driver | A semi-truck driver was struck by a vehicle while outside of their semi-truck. | Kent | |||
| 042 | 04/12/2025 | Business Owner | The business owner of a security company was shot and killed at an event where they were working security. | Kalamazoo | |||
| 041 | 03/09/2025 | Food Delivery Worker | A food delivery worker was shot and killed during a delivery. | Oakland | |||
| 040 | 04/21/2025 | Business Owner | A woodworking business owner died after being struck by a tree they were cutting down. | Delta | |||
| 039 | 04/15/2025 | Semi-truck Driver | A semi-truck driver had emptied a double trailer of aggregate and when he was hooking up the rear trailer to the front trailer, it began to roll downhill and struck him fatally | Washtenaw | 07 | ||
| 038 | 04/14/2025 |
Automotive Repair Technician |
A general automotive repair technician died of self-inflicted stab wounds. |
Lapeer | |||
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037 |
4/7/2025 | Machine Repairman |
A motor vehicle gasoline engine machine repairman was performing maintenance tasks when a motorized arm pinned them to the conveyor belt, causing fatal crushing injuries. |
Monroe | 06 | ||
| 036 | 03/02/2025 | Roofer | A roofer was installing a roofing membrane when they fell approximately 20 feet to the ground, resulting in injuries that killed them a week later. | Macomb | 05 | ||
| 035 | 03/26/2025 | A Framing Contractor | A framing contractor business owner died after being struck by a falling wall. | Livingston | |||
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034 |
03/24/2025 | Semi-truck Driver | A semi-truck driver died in a multi-vehicle crash. | Berrien | |||
| 033 |
03/18/2025 |
Construction Laborer | A general construction laborer died in a multi-vehicle crash. | Wexford | |||
| 032 |
03/12/2025 |
Police Officer | A police officer died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. | Wayne | |||
| 031 | 03/12/2025 | Engineering Technician | An engineering technician committed suicide via hanging. | Wayne | |||
| 030 | 02/25/2025 | Supervisor | Medical event | St. Clair | |||
| 029 | 02/19/2025 | Cattle Transport Truck Driver | A cattle transport truck driver died after he was found unresponsive by his truck. | Allegan | |||
| 028 | 02/22/2025 | Primary Service Representative | Medical event | St. Clair | |||
| 027 | 02/19/2025 | Lead Installer | Medical event | Otsego | |||
| 026 | 02/13/2025 | Supply Store Team Member | Medical event | Muskegon | |||
| 025 | 02/12/2025 | Senior Foreman | A senior foreman pipefitter died during a trench cave-in. | Sanilac | 04 | ||
| 024 | 02/10/2025 | Roofer | A roofer died as a result of an elevated fall from the roof of a residential building while cutting a tarp. | Grand Traverse | 03 | ||
| 023 | 02/11/2025 | Semi-truck Driver | A semi-truck driver died after as a result of a crash involving a train. | Gratiot | |||
| 022 | 02/07/2025 | Farmer | Medical event | Sanilac | |||
| 021 | 02/05/2025 | Semi-truck Driver | A semi-truck driver died after committing suicide with a firearm. | Presque Isle | |||
| 020 | 02/03/2025 | Press Operator | Medical event | Wayne | |||
| 019 | 02/03/2025 | Parts Driver | Medical event | Kent | |||
| 018 | 01/28/2025 | Office Assistant | Medical event | Ingham | |||
| 017 | 01/30/2025 | School Bus Driver | A school bus driver died as a result of a crash involving multiple vehicles. | Eaton | |||
| 016 | 01/28/2025 | Gas Station Attendant | A gas station attendant was found unresponsive. | Ingham | |||
| 015 | 01/20/2025 | Donor Specialist | A donor specialist driver died as a result of a traffic crash involving multiple vehicles. | Antrim | |||
| 014 | 01/13/2025 | Business Owner | A business owner of a marijuana growing facility was shot during a robbery. | Oakland | |||
| 013 | 01/16/2025 | Laborer | A laborer died after being struck by a metal pole. | Muskegon | 02 | ||
| 012 | 01/13/2025 | Maintenance Tech | Medical event | Oakland | |||
| 011 | 01/14/2025 | Box Truck Driver | A box truck driver died as a result of a traffic crash involving multiple vehicles. | Calhoun | |||
| 010 | 01/04/2025 | Sawmill Owner | A sawmill owner died after being struck by a falling tree. | Hillsdale | |||
| 009 | 12/27/2024 | Merchandiser | Medical event | Montcalm | |||
| 008 | 01/07/2025 | Operating Room Attendant | Medical event | Oakland | |||
| 007 | 11/20/2024 | Material Mover Supervisor | A material mover supervisor died after complications from a ground level fall after pulling crates off a stack. | Oakland | |||
| 006 | 01/08/2025 | Financial Aid Officer | A financial aid officer died after being struck by a vehicle. | Wayne | |||
| 005 | 01/07/2025 | Assembly Manager | An assembly manager died after a medical event. | Livingston | |||
| 004 | 01/06/2025 | Flooring Contractor | A flooring contractor business owner died after committing suicide with a firearm. | Kent | |||
| 003 | 01/03/2025 | Cement Finisher | A cement finisher died after using propane-powered equipment in an enclosed space without ventilation. | Lapeer | 01 | ||
| 002 | 01/03/2025 | Semi-truck Driver | A semi-truck driver died after collapsing in a parking lot twice. | Eaton | |||
| 001 | 01/02/2025 | Logistic Services Representative | Medical event | Arenac |