CASE |
MIFACE Summaries of MIOSHA Inspections |
Case 1 |
41-year-old millwright died after falling 30 feet through an unguarded 60-inch air duct in a dust collection plenum. |
Case 100 |
19-year-old janitor was killed when he became pinned between the mast of a Hyster Model H90XLS powered industrial truck and a dumpster. |
Case 106 |
30-year-old manufacturing engineer died when he was struck in the chest/head by a lid of a compression former that exploded while under pressure. |
Case 123 |
23-year-old forklift operator was killed when he attempted to stop a towed forklift truck from striking a personal vehicle. |
Case 135 |
46-year-old foreman died when a robot arm activated and he was pinned between the upper and lower die of a press. |
Case 136 |
33-year-old engineer and owner of a metal fabrication company died when the forklift he was charging with a battery charger lurched rearward and ran over him. |
Case 152 |
34-year-old truck driver was pinned under the forklift truck he had been operating. |
Case 157 |
43-year-old forklift operator was killed when the trailer he was boarding to unload pallets pulled away from the loading dock causing both the Hyster 55 forklift and the decedent to fall to the ground. |
Case 174 |
53-year-old maintenance worker died of complications after he was crushed between two forklift trucks. |
Case 175 |
26-year-old machine operator was crushed between the carriage and frame of a bench draw machine while manually resetting a pipe grip on the carriage. |
Case 177 |
40-year-old male machine operator was killed when the hydraulically operated door of a shot blast machine closed while the decedent’s head and upper chest was inside the machine |
Case 179 |
48-year-old male maintenance supervisor was killed when he was pinned by a clam-shell car carrier against the floor of an overhead platform |
Case 181 |
52-year-old foreman/machine operator at a sheet plastic manufacturing company was burned while he while performing a routine check of a plastic extruder machine. |
Case 196 |
50-year-old truck driver was killed when he was lowering a warehouse dock board into place while preparing to unload pallets of finished product from a tractor-trailer to the warehouse facility. |
Case 197 |
39-year-old die setter was killed when he was pinned between two bolster plates. |
Case 214 |
51-year-old toolmaker died when the second stage of a two-stage movable dowel pin inserter carriage was activated and descended on him, pinning his head between the carriage and a conveyor. |
Case 232 |
52-year-old forklift operator died due to crush injuries sustained while transporting a pallet of containers on the forks of a Crown Model 540 electric stand-up forklift. |
Case 251 |
65-year-old truck driver died when he was crushed between a rotating Cat 322L excavator and a semi-tractor trailer |
Case 262 |
45-year-old press operator at a steel plant died when his clothing became entangled and caught in a one-inch-wide nip point between a vertical stationary plate and the bottom/return side of a conveyor belt. |
Case 266 |
44-year-old laborer died when he was crushed between stacker transfer and stacker frame while retrieving a piece of lumber that had fallen to the floor. |
Case 269 |
58-year-old machine operator died when his clothing on his right arm became entangled on a part being turned on a lathe. |
Case 290 |
37-year-old maintenance worker died when he was crushed against the machine frame by a lowering a steel coil belt wrapper arm as he was adjusting its belt. |
Case 303 |
53-year-old forklift driver died when her Toyota forklift carrying two paper bales overturned to the side. |
Case 304 |
46-year-old foreman at a plastic recycling facility died when his torso was crushed by the platens of a closing horizontal expansion molding press. |
Case 318 |
38-year-old robot weld technician died when he was pinned by the clamping mechanism of a transfer robot against a part in a buffer rack. |
Case 326 |
61-year-old maintenance laborer at a paper manufacturing company died when he fell from a ragger spool frame into a partially filled paper pulper tank in operation. |
Case 34 |
44-year-old machinist was electrocuted while repairing an electrical transfer machine. |
Case 340 |
33-year-old laborer at a powder coating and e-coat firm died when a transfer cart pinned him between the leading edge of the transfer cart and a concrete curb at the bottom of a pit. |
Case 351 |
47-year-old factory maintenance worker died when he was entangled in the plastic drive gear of a food conveyor. |
Case 356 |
60-year-old shot blast operator died when a firm-built 632-pound steel plate guard fell on him. |
Case 359 |
23-year-old horizontal plastic injection mold machine (HPIMM) operator/material handler was crushed when he was inside the HPIMM adjusting a cardboard chute through the rear sliding door without lockout. |
Case 363 |
34-year-old process technician cleaning a Van Dorn 1500 ton horizontal injection mold machine was crushed when another operator started the machine. |
Case 37 |
32-year-old mechanic died from asphyxiation after being pinned in a rotary press. |
Case 379 |
52-year-old machine operator was crushed between the table and machine framing during the machine cycle while operating a Mori Seiki Model MV-Junior CNC machine. |
Case 388 |
53-year-old waste treatment operator died when he was crushed between the plates of a filter press. |
Case 404 |
57-year-old journeyman maintenance technician died when she was pinned between two parts while troubleshooting a robotic operation. |
Case 409 |
44-year-old sanitation worker died when he was struck by mixing blades in a scrape surface steam jacketed mixing tank. |
Case 411 |
36-year-old machine operator died when he was crushed between the platens of a 3,200 ton horizontal injection mold press. |
Case 427 |
32-year-old quality control employee died when he was pinned between a rotary carousel and part of the platen framework of a thermal forming machine. |
Case 431 |
35-year-old temporary worker crushed between mini-dumpster and a trash compactor. |
Case 49 |
57-year-old toolmaker was killed while performing maintenance on an indexing piece of equipment that had not been locked out. |
Case 55 |
37-year-old furnace operator died when she was crushed between the substructure of a lift platform and the floor. |
Case 501 |
60-year-old sawmill owner died when he slipped and fell from the cab of a front-end loader. |
Case 514 |
52-year-old manufacturing shift leader died when he was struck by a piece of 2.5-inch diameter metal tubing being cut by a tube cutting machine. |
Case 534 |
64-year-old male supervisor at a recycling/alloy manufacturing facility was struck and run over by a front-end loader. |
Case 61 |
23-year-old paper production maker was killed when his head was caught between a low hanging overhead water pipe and the fork-mast of a forklift that did not have overhead guard protection. |
Case 66 |
53-year-old brakeman died when he was crushed between a gate and train trackmobile engine while moving rail cars. |
Case 88 |
46-year-old feed room operator was crushed between a storage rack and a forklift truck. |
Case 89 |
53-year-old machine repairman was killed when the mast of a pick and place unit he was repairing slipped from the fabric web sling that was supporting its weight and crushed him. |
Case 90 |
49-year-old job setter was struck and run over by a powered industrial truck in the yard of an automobile engine manufacturing plant. |
Case 91 |
23-year-old male yardman died at a concrete prefabricating facility when he was struck in the head with a 10-inch PCE concrete extruder weighing approximately 9000 pounds being moved by an overhead crane. |
Case 2022-002 |
61-year-old Sawmill Loader Operator Crushed Performing Maintenance on Front End Loader |