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Agriculture

• Contract agricultural worker dies after being engulfed by tons of nuts (22CA004)
• Farm laborer dies when he is caught in the rotating feed roller of a brush shredder (21CA002)
• Farm laborer dies when he is struck by a tomato harvester (21CA003)

Auto Repair

• 16-year-old tire repair assistant dies when a vehicle slips off a hydraulic jack and falls on him while he is changing oil (21CA001)
  
• Automotive mechanic dies from thermal burns when the gasoline he was pouring into a vehicle ignited (11CA006)
• Mechanic dies when he is crushed by the hydraulic arm of a recyclable refuse collection truck (10CA005)
• Diesel mechanic dies when he is crushed between the tire and the cab of a fire truck (08CA009)
• Apprentice mechanic dies when a truck tire explodes (05CA007)
• Mechanic dies when he is crushed by the lift bed of a trash roll-off truck (05CA008)
• Maintenance mechanic dies when the forklift he is working on slips off a jack and falls on him (03CA005)
• Automotive mechanic dies when the vehicle he is working under slips off a lift and falls on him (03CA010)
• Service writer for a car dealership dies when he is struck by an alignment rack that rolls off a handcart (02CA005)
• Mechanic dies when he is struck in the head by a forklift that slipped off a jack (01CA001)
• Mechanic dies when the bus he is working under falls off a jack stand and crushes him (99CA006)

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Chemical/Other Exposure

• NEW! Welder dies from methylene chloride exposure while removing oil residue from the inside of a motor oil tank (23CA005)
  
• Maintenance worker dies from exposure to dichloromethane (methylene chloride) while stripping the floor of a baptismal font in a church (12CA002)
• Machine operator in a food processing plant dies when trapped inside a steam pressure cooker (12CA012)
• Two laborers die from hydrogen sulfide exposure in a confined space at an organic waste recycling facility (11CA008)
• Paint maker dies from exposure to dichloromethane (methylene chloride) while cleaning a paint tank (11CA009)
• Research associate dies from burns sustained while working with a pyrophoric chemical (09CA001)
• Chemist dies from burns caused by mixing chemicals (09CA004)
• Boat repairman dies when he is burned by an exploding battery (07CA004)
• Maintenance supervisor dies when he falls off a ladder into a hot water tank (07CA005)
• General laborer dies when he falls into a process tank of heated nickel acetate (00CA002)
  
• Warehouse worker dies when he is asphyxiated in a salt storage bin (94CA009)
• Three oil field workers die from carbon monoxide gas inhalation when entering an oil well (94CA016)
• Laborer dies after he inhales trichloroethane fumes and drowns (92CA001)
• Laborer dies when he drowns in a pipeline after a backhoe ruptures a water main (92CA007)

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Confined Space

• Poultry Processing Production Worker Drowns in an Open Offal Wastewater Pit (23CA002)
  
• Ironworker Working in a Trench Dies When He Is Crushed by an Adjacent Retaining Wall That Fell on Him (23CA003)
  
• Hydroblasting laborer dies when he falls into an underground vertical pipe and suffocates (16CA001)
• Day laborer dies when he is buried in a trench collapse (12CA004)
• Machine operator in a food processing plant dies when trapped inside a steam pressure cooker (12CA012)
• Two laborers die from hydrogen sulfide exposure in a confined space at an organic waste recycling facility (11CA008)
• Paint maker dies from exposure to dichloromethane (methylene chloride) while cleaning a paint tank (11CA009)
• Plumber dies when a trench collapses around him (05CA002)
• Laborer dies in a trench cave-in at a residential site (96CA007)
• Laborer dies in trench cave-in (95CA017)

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Construction

• Ironworker Working in a Trench Dies When He Is Crushed by an Adjacent Retaining Wall That Fell on Him (23CA003)
  
• Heavy equipment operator dies when he is struck by an excavator bucket that detached from a quick coupler (20CA001)
• Pipefitter, working in a trench, dies when he is struck by an excavator bucket that detached from a quick coupler (20CA002)
  
• Construction laborer dies when he is struck by an excavator bucket that detached from a quick coupler (21CA004)
  
• Laborer dies of carbon monoxide poisoning when he operates a gasoline-powered concrete saw indoors (17CA001)
• Day laborer dies when he is buried in a trench collapse (12CA004)
• Construction worker dies when a fully extended scissor lift falls over (10CA008)
• Construction laborer dies after being crushed under a concrete patio foundation (09CA002)
• Laborer operating an overhead crane dies when he is crushed between two steel frames (06CA001)
• Backhoe operator dies when a backhoe pins him against a retaining wall (05CA001)
• Plumber dies when a trench collapses around him (05CA002)
• Equipment operator dies when he is run over by a double-trailer truck (03CA009)
• Heavy equipment operator dies when the dump truck he is driving slides down an embankment and overturns (02CA001)
• Construction laborer dies when a rubber tire bulldozer backs over him as he is doing a grade check (02CA002)
• Construction carpenter dies when he is struck by the bucket of a backhoe (01CA013)
• Construction worker dies when he is crushed by steel beams when overloaded nylon slings fail (00CA001)
• Electrician apprentice dies when he is crushed between a scissors lift and a door (98CA003)
• Laborer dies when he is run over by heavy equipment at a construction site (98CA012)
• Heavy equipment operator dies when the excavator he is driving slips down a muddy hill (97CA005)
• Construction worker dies when a crane bucket slips off the hook and crushes him (97CA009)
• Heavy equipment operator dies when he is crushed by a front end loader that falls off the trailer while backing (97CA011)
• Construction superintendent dies when he is crushed by a falling crane boom (96CA003)
• Laborer dies in a trench cave-in at a residential site (96CA007)
• Welder dies when he is crushed by a falling structural steel beam (96CA008)
• Truck driver dies when he is run over by heavy equipment at a construction dump site (96CA012)
• Carpenter dies in a fall from ladder when a circular saw slashes his neck (96CA013)
• Plumber dies when he is electrocuted by the frayed wires of his work light (96CA014)
• Laborer dies in trench cave-in (95CA017)
• Construction foreman dies when he falls from a roof (94CA005)
• Construction laborer dies when he is electrocuted by an energized crane (92CA006)
• Roofer is electrocuted after falling on power lines (92CA008)
• Equipment operator dies when he is crushed by a beam during a demolition operation (92CA010)
• Pipefitter is electrocuted while closing a metal gate at a construction site (92CA013)

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Drowning

• Poultry Processing Production Worker Drowns in an Open Offal Wastewater Pit (23CA002)
  

• Lake maintenance worker drowns while removing weeds from a golf course lake (15CA001)
  

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Electrocution

• Tree trimmer is electrocuted while trimming a palm tree (18CA001)
• Two tree trimmers die when they are electrocuted while pollinating date palm trees (16CA003)
• Tree trimmer dies from electrocution when a tree branch falls onto energized power lines (11CA003)
• Electrical worker dies when he falls through a skylight while installing solar panels (09CA003)
• Laborer dies when he falls 35 feet from a scaffold after being electrocuted (08CA006)
• Electrician dies when he is electrocuted while repairing a lighting circuit (06CA007)
• Hotel maintenance worker dies from injuries received in an electrical flash (06CA008)
• Two heavy equipment mechanics die when they are electrocuted while working on a large piece of construction equipment called a scraper (04CA004)
• Laborer is electrocuted when a street light contacts a high voltage power line (96CA002)
• Two well drillers are electrocuted when a truck-mounted boom contacts an overhead power line (96CA006)
• Plumber dies when he is electrocuted by the frayed wires of his work light (96CA014)
• Electrician apprentice dies when he falls from a ladder (96CA015)
• Two equipment operators are electrocuted while elevating an irrigation pipe (94CA001)
• Coil tester is electrocuted while testing insulation on a conduit coil (94CA004)
• Traction power inspector is electrocuted during routine maintenance at a substation (94CA006)
• Tree trimmer is electrocuted by a high voltage line (93CA006)
• Maintenance worker is electrocuted while at work on top of a water tank (93CA008)
• Plumber is electrocuted while working in a crawlspace (92CA003)
• Insulation plant operator is electrocuted while changing an electrode (92CA005)
• Construction laborer dies when he is electrocuted by an energized crane (92CA006)
• Roofer is electrocuted after falling on power lines (92CA008)
• Maintenance laborer dies when he is electrocuted by a ceiling wire (92CA011)
• Pipefitter is electrocuted while closing a metal gate at a construction site (92CA013)
• Electrician dies when he is electrocuted in a restaurant freezer (92CA014)
• Facilities journeyman electrician is electrocuted while doing electrical maintenance (92CA016)

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Energy Production

• Solar company owner dies when he falls through skylight (17CA005)
• Floor hand dies when he falls off a mobile oil well servicing rig (14CA001)
• Solar panel installer dies when he falls off a roof (10CA003)
• Electrical worker dies when he falls through a skylight while installing solar panels (09CA003)
• Laborer dies when he falls 35 feet from a scaffold after being electrocuted (08CA006)
• Three oil field workers die from carbon monoxide gas inhalation when entering an oil well (94CA016)

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Explosion/Fire

• Mechanic dies when the multi-piece tire and wheel he was removing explodes (19CA004)
  
• Stationary engineer dies when the multi-piece tire and wheel he was disassembling explodes (19CA002)
• Welder dies when the diesel fuel tank he was welding explodes (07CA006)
• Heavy equipment mechanic dies when a scraper tire explodes (06CA004)
• Apprentice mechanic dies when a truck tire explodes (05CA007)
• Car wash supervisor dies when an air tank explodes in a car wash equipment room (05CA010)
• Shipfitter/welder dies when a oxygen cylinder explodes (96CA009)
• Two oil field mechanics die in an explosion at an oil refinery (95CA014)
• Crew lead man and general foreman die in a fire at a sanitation plant (94CA002)
• Two engineers die when the chemical compounds they were testing explode (94CA015)
• Welder dies in an explosion while working inside a tanker trailer (93CA009)
• Electrical engineer dies when he is burned in an electrical fire (92CA002)

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Falls in Construction

• Solar company owner dies when he falls through skylight (17CA005)
• Plumber dies when he falls from the second floor of a building after stepping on unsupported plywood formwork (11CA001)
• Day laborer dies when he falls off a scaffold (11CA002)
• Roofing supervisor dies when he falls through skylight (11CA004)
• House painter dies when he falls through a roof opening (11CA005)
• Solar panel installer dies when he falls off a roof (10CA003)
• Electrical worker dies when he falls through a skylight while installing solar panels (09CA003)
• Welder dies when the scissor lift he was operating tips over (09CA008)
• Construction worker dies when he falls through the ceiling of a refrigerator freezer unit (08CA004)
• Laborer dies when he falls 35 feet from a scaffold after being electrocuted (08CA006)
• Ironworker dies when he falls 50 feet through a floor opening (07CA009)
• Laborer dies when he falls through an opening in roof to the floor below (98CA005)
• Sheet metal worker dies when he falls off a step ladder and strikes his head on the metal floor plate (98CA006)
• Structural ironworker foreman dies when he falls off a beam of a warehouse roof (98CA010)
• Laborer dies when he falls through skylight opening to the floor below (98CA011)
• Tile roofer supervisor dies when he falls from the roof of multi-story building (98CA016)
• Hod carrier dies when he falls from a rolling tower scaffold (98CA017)
• Electrician apprentice dies when he falls from a ladder (96CA015)
• Crane operator dies when he falls off a toppling crane (95CA011)
• Iron worker foreman dies after falling 43 feet from a catwalk (95CA015)
• Journeyman iron worker dies when he falls 60 feet from a freeway bent cap (95CA016)
• Carpenter dies after falling 20 feet while doing earthquake repair work (94CA003)
• Construction foreman dies when he falls from a roof (94CA005)
• Handyman dies when he falls 20 feet from a scaffold on a residential building (94CA013)
• Construction supervisor dies when he falls from an unguarded mezzanine during a restaurant renovation project (93CA001)
• Painter dies when he falls out of a third story window. (92CA009)
• Apprentice roofer dies after he falls nine feet from a roof (92CA012)

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Falls (Other)

• Grocery worker dies when he slips and falls off a ladder at a grocery market (19CA001)
• Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) contractor dies when he falls through a skylight (16CA005)
• Custodian dies when he falls off a step ladder (16CA006)
• Floor hand dies when he falls off a mobile oil well servicing rig (14CA001)
• Stagehand falls from the ceiling of an amphitheater (12CA005)
• Tree trimmer dies when he falls from a tree (12CA010)
• Gardener dies when he falls out of a tree while trimming the branches (10CA006)
• Horticulture nursery owner dies when he slips and falls off a tractor (10CA007)
• Warehouse worker dies when he falls through a skylight (09CA007)
• Tree trimmer dies when he falls from a tree and is struck by a limb (09CA010)
• Maintenance worker dies when he falls off the roof of an apartment building (08CA001)
• Truck driver dies when he falls off the top of a tank trailer (08CA002)
• Roof man dies when he falls from the roof of a two-story house while applying a tent for fumigation (08CA010)
• Maintenance supervisor dies when he falls off a ladder into a hot water tank (07CA005)
• Maintenance worker dies when he falls through a skylight (07CA007)
• Window washer dies when he falls 60 feet off a swing stage scaffold when one of the electric hoists fails (00CA003)
• Plant manager dies when he falls from the top of a boiler (99CA004)
• Fumigator dies when he falls off a residential roof (98CA002)
• Longshoreman dies when he falls from a man basket being lowered onto a ship (98CA009)
• Janitor dies when he falls from a personal platform that was resting on forklift prongs (98CA013)
• Maintenance engineer dies when he falls 45 feet from a catwalk (96CA005)
• Maintenance mechanic dies when he falls 30 feet from an elevated forklift cage (95CA001)
• Elevator maintenance worker dies when he falls in an elevator shaft (94CA014)
• Tile setter dies after he falls 30 feet off a parking structure (94CA017)
• Stuntwoman dies after jumping 44 feet in a backward fall from a building while filming a movie (94CA018)
• Fire department paramedic dies after falling from helicopter during a retrieval operation (93CA002)
• Manufacturing supervisor dies when he falls in an elevator shaft (93CA003)
• Plant supervisor dies when he falls from loading dock (93CA004)
• Tree trimmer dies when he falls from tree (93CA007)
• Warehouse laborer when he falls from a forklift (92CA015)
• Courtesy clerk at grocery store dies when he falls from a ladder (92CA017)

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Firefighter

• 38-year-old volunteer firefighter dies during SCBA confidence training at fire academy - California (F2023-02, PDF)
  
• 47-year-old captain suffers fatal heart attack at fire station - California (F2022-08, PDF)
  
• 57-year-old engineer suffers fatal heart attack after multi-vehicle fire in a commercial parking garage - California (F2021-16, PDF)
• 40-year old firefighter dies while driving a water tender to a fire (F2021-06)
• Firefighter dies from exercise induced pulmonary hemorrhage during physical fitness training (F2021-01, PDF)
• Seasonal wildland firefighter dies from hyperthermia during training hike (F2020-06, PDF)
  
• 36-year old  probationary  firefighter  suffers cardiac arrest after completing  SCBA drill (F2019-04 )
  
• Firefighter trainee suffers sudden cardiac death during physical fitness exercise (F2018-17, PDF)
• Two firefighters die when an upstairs floor falls on them while they are fighting a residential fire (97CA003)
  
• Firefighter dies from heat stroke while fighting a wildland fire (97CA010)
• Fire department paramedic dies after falling from helicopter during a retrieval operation (93CA002)
  

Heat-Related

• Maintenance diver dies from hyperthermia as he was preparing to do routine maintenance on a water tank (20CA003)
  

Highway & Street Work Zones

• Laborer dies in a street work zone after being backed over by a dump truck (07CA001)
• Construction foreman dies when the construction equipment he was operating tipped over on him (06CA003)
• Construction laborer dies when he is struck by a vehicle in a street construction work zone (04CA008)
• Construction worker dies when he is struck by an oncoming vehicle in a highway work zone (02CA003)
• Traffic controller dies when he is backed over by a dump truck (01CA004)
• Construction surveyor dies when he is run over by a backing motor grader (01CA008)
• Highway worker dies when he is struck by a speeding vehicle while picking up cones on an interstate highway (00CA004)
• Construction inspector dies after being backed over by a ten-wheel asphalt dump truck (00CA005)
• Construction flag person dies after he is struck by a backing truck (00CA006)
• Equipment operator dies when he is run over by the rear wheels of a pavement compactor (98CA014)
• Operating engineer dies when he is crushed by a backhoe attachment that detached from the tractor (97CA008)
• Construction worker dies when a crane bucket slips off the hook and crushes him (97CA009)
• Journeyman iron worker dies when he falls 60 feet from a freeway bent cap (95CA016)
• Truck driver dies when he is run over by heavy equipment (95CA020)

Landscaping

• NEW!Palm tree trimmer dies from asphyxia when crushed by palm fronds (24CA001)
• Palm tree trimmer dies from asphyxia when crushed by palm fronds (23CA001)
• Tree trimmer is electrocuted while trimming a palm tree (18CA001)
• Laborer dies when he is pulled into a tree stump grinder (18CA002)
• Date palm worker dies after being stung by bees (17CA003)
• Tree feller dies when struck by a tree limb while felling a fire-damaged tree (17CA004)
• Two tree trimmers die when they are electrocuted while pollinating date palm trees (16CA003)
• Landscaper dies from asphyxia when compressed by palm fronds (16CA007)
• Lake maintenance worker drowns while removing weeds from a golf course lake (15CA001)
• Supervisor dies when he is decapitated by a rope that was pulled into a wood chipper (12CA001)
• Tree trimmer dies when he is crushed by palm tree fronds (12CA006)
• Tree trimmer dies when he falls from a tree (12CA010)
• Tree trimmer dies from asphyxia when compressed by palm fronds (12CA011)
• Tree trimmer dies from electrocution when a tree branch falls onto energized power lines (11CA003)
• Tree trimmer dies when he is crushed by palm tree branches (10CA002)
• Gardener dies when he falls out of a tree while trimming the branches (10CA006)
• Horticulture nursery owner dies when he slips and falls off a tractor (10CA007)
• Groundsman working on a tree trimming crew dies when he is dragged or propelled onto a wood chipper feed table (10CA010)
• Orchard caretaker dies when he is pulled into a wood chipper (10CA011)
• Tree trimmer dies when he falls from a tree and is struck by a limb (09CA010)
• Tree trimmer dies when he is pulled into a wood chipper (08CA005)
• Tree trimmer dies when he is pulled into in a brush chipper (00CA010)
• Tree trimmer is electrocuted by a high voltage line (93CA006)
• Tree trimmer dies when he falls from tree (93CA007)

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Machine-Related

• NEW! Warehouse worker dies after falling from an order picker forklift (23CA006)
  

• Forklift operator dies after falling into recycling baler (22CA001)
  
• Warehouse worker dies when material falling off pallet strikes him (22CA002)
  
• Farm laborer dies when he is caught in the rotating feed roller of a brush shredder (21CA002) 
  
• Farm laborer dies when he is struck by a tomato harvester (21CA003)
• Construction laborer dies when struck by an excavator bucket that detached from a quick coupler (21CA004) 
  

• Heavy equipment operator dies when he is struck by an excavator bucket that detached from a quick coupler (20CA001)
  

• Pipefitter, working in a trench, dies when he is struck by an excavator bucket that detached from a quick coupler (20CA002)
• Laborer dies when he is pulled into a tree stump grinder (18CA002)
• 18-year-old laborer dies when pulled into a clay molding machine (pug mill) (18CA003)
• Laborer dies of carbon monoxide poisoning when he operates a gasoline-powered concrete saw indoors (17CA001)
• Foreman dies when he is crushed in a hay baling machine (16CA002)
• Laborer is crushed between a trash compactor and receiving container (16CA004)
• Floor hand dies when he falls off a mobile oil well servicing rig (14CA001)
• Supervisor dies when he is decapitated by a rope that was pulled into a wood chipper (12CA001)
• Machine operator in a food processing plant dies when trapped inside a steam pressure cooker (12CA012)
• Laborer dies when he is crushed by an industrial washing machine (11CA007)
• Laborer dies when he is struck by an exploding forklift multi-piece rim (10CA001)
• Mechanic dies when he is crushed by the hydraulic arm of a recyclable refuse collection truck (10CA005)
• Construction worker dies when a fully extended scissor lift falls over (10CA008)
• Groundsman working on a tree trimming crew dies when he is dragged or propelled onto a wood chipper feed table (10CA010)
• Orchard caretaker dies when he is pulled into a wood chipper (10CA011)
• Maintenance worker dies when he falls into a baling machine that bales cardboard for recycling (09CA005)
• Print machine operator is strangled when his shirt is caught on a rotating knob (09CA006)
• Welder dies when the scissor lift he was operating tips over (09CA008)
• Janitor dies when he falls into a baling machine that bales cardboard for recycling (09CA009)
• Tree trimmer dies when he is pulled into a wood chipper (08CA005)
• Machine operator in a plastic recycling facility dies after being caught in a bale breaker machine (08CA007)
• Material handler dies when she is crushed against a podium by a backing forklift (07CA008)
• Machine operator dies when a molding press machine closes on him (07CA011)
• Laborer operating an overhead crane dies when he is crushed between two steel frames (06CA001)
• Machine operator's helper dies when he is caught in a slitting machine (06CA002)
• Construction foreman dies when the construction equipment he was operating tipped over on him (06CA003)
• Machine operator dies when struck in the abdomen by a piece of acrylic being milled on a vertical milling machine (06CA005)
• Machine operator dies when caught in the threads being wound onto the take-up spool of a warping machine (06CA006)
• Backhoe operator dies when a backhoe pins him against a retaining wall (05CA001)
• Helper on a steel-slitting machine dies when he is caught between sheet metal and the rewind cylinder (05CA003)
• Car wash attendant dies when he is pulled into a side-arm rotating brush in a car wash (05CA004)
• Supervisor dies when he is crushed by a machine that manufactures concrete blocks (05CA006)
• Construction elevator operator dies when he is struck by the counterweights of a construction elevator in motion (05CA009)
• Car wash supervisor dies when an air tank explodes in a car wash equipment room (05CA010)
• Facility maintenance mechanic dies when he is crushed between an overhead bridge crane and light fixture (05CA011)
• Machine operator dies when he is crushed inside a knitting machine (04CA001)
• Saw operator dies when he is struck by an aluminum plate that falls from a vacuum crane (04CA002)
• Crane oiler dies when he is crushed between the counterweights and the rotating superstructure of a mobile crane (04CA003)
• Laborer dies when he is struck by a packer panel in the hopper of a rear-loading trash truck (04CA005)
• Youth dies when a forklift rolls over him (04CA007)
• Tractor operator dies when his tractor rolls over on him (04CA009)
• Machine operator dies when he is caught between a conveyor belt and a tension roller underneath an industrial machine (04CA011)
• Forklift operator dies when he is crushed in the mast of a forklift (04CA012)
• Two maintenance mechanics die when a suspended steel dock plate falls on them (04CA013)
• Machine operator dies when he is crushed in an automatic feed system of a cardboard box waxing machine (03CA001)
• Laborer dies when he is crushed in between the forks and the cab of a trash truck (03CA002)
• Apprentice mechanic dies when he is crushed in a machine that stacks wooden pallets (03CA003)
• Machine operator dies when he is caught in a plastic injection molding machine (03CA004)
• Maintenance mechanic dies when the forklift he is working on slips off a jack and falls on him (03CA005)
• Machine operator dies when he is crushed in a plastic injection molding machine (03CA006)
• Butcher dies when his hand is caught in a meat grinder (03CA008)
• Construction laborer dies when a rubber tire bulldozer backs over him as he is doing a grade check (02CA002)
• Welder dies when he is crushed by a hydraulic door on a scrap metal shredding machine (02CA004)
• Truck driver dies when he falls off a backhoe and is crushed (02CA006)
• Security guard dies when he is run over by a heavy-duty industrial forklift while directing traffic in a cargo container storage yard (02CA007)
• Female laborer dies when she is run over by a forklift in a waste transfer and recycling station (02CA008)
• Machine operator dies when he is pulled into a wire drawing machine (02CA009)
• Construction laborer dies when he is run over by a front-end loader (02CA010)
• Tractor operator dies when his tractor rolls over on him (01CA002)
• Traffic controller dies when he is backed over by a dump truck (01CA004)
• Maintenance worker dies when he is backed over by a bucket loader at a glass recycling center (01CA005)
• Crane operator dies when he is knocked off a truck bed and crushed by an unsecured 40-foot tower crane jib (01CA006)
• Machine operator dies when he is crushed between the plates of an injection mold while performing maintenance (01CA007)
• Construction surveyor dies when he is run over by a backing motor grader (01CA008)
• Elevator mechanic helper dies when he is crushed in an escalator while performing maintenance (01CA009)
• Industrial washing machine operator dies when he is pulled inside an industrial washing machine (01CA010)
• Heavy equipment spotter dies when he is backed over by a front-end loader at a trash collection transfer station (01CA012)
• Construction carpenter dies when he is struck by the bucket of a backhoe (01CA013)
• Electrician dies when he is crushed between the rails of a workbasket mounted on a hydraulic crane and the face of a billboard sign (00CA007)
• Punch press operator dies when he is struck in the abdomen by a piece of metal from the machine (00CA008)
• Maintenance repairman dies when he is struck in the chest by a piece of metal from a punch press machine (00CA009)
• Tree trimmer dies when he is pulled into in a brush chipper (00CA010)
• Ornamental iron installer dies when he is crushed by load that falls off a forklift (99CA002)
• Maintenance welder dies when the electric cart he is driving is struck by a forklift (99CA003)
• Laborer dies when he is crushed by a forklift driven by a co-worker (99CA005)
• Forklift operator dies when the straddle fork he is driving overturns and crushes him (99CA009)
• Supervisor dies when he is crushed by an injection molding machine (98CA001)
• Electrician apprentice dies when he is crushed between a scissors lift and a door (98CA003)
• Poultry worker dies when he is caught in a feather drying machine (98CA004)
• Janitor dies when he falls from a personal platform that was resting on forklift prongs (98CA013)
• Equipment operator dies when he is run over by the rear wheels of a pavement compactor (98CA014)
• Crane operator dies when the mobile crane he is driving strikes a gate (98CA015)
• Crane oiler dies when he is crushed between the underside of the crane crab and its track (97CA001)
• Mechanic dies when he is caught between a metal bar and the frame of a knitting machine (97CA002)
• Heavy equipment operator dies when the excavator he is driving slips down a muddy hill (97CA005)
• Machinist dies when he is crushed by a mail hopper during repair work at bulk mail facility (97CA006)
• Operating engineer dies when he is crushed by a backhoe attachment that detached from the tractor (97CA008)
• Construction worker dies when a crane bucket slips off the hook and crushes him (97CA009)
• Heavy equipment operator dies when he is crushed by a front end loader that falls off the trailer while backing (97CA011)
• Truck driver dies when he is crushed by a forklift (96CA001)
• Construction superintendent dies when he is crushed by a falling crane boom (96CA003)
• Maintenance mechanic dies when a spreader beam falls and crushes him (96CA004)
• Welder dies when he is crushed by a falling structural steel beam (96CA008)
• Front-end loader operator dies when a loader falls into trench and crushes him (96CA010)
• Backhoe operator dies when he is run over by his backhoe (96CA011)
• Truck driver dies when he is run over by heavy equipment at a construction dump site (96CA012)
• Warehouseman dies when he is crushed in between a forklift and rail boxcar (96CA016)
• Maintenance mechanic dies when he falls 30 feet from an elevated forklift cage (95CA001)
• Transportation coordinator dies after being crushed by a large wind machine (95CA004)
• Recycling packer dies when he is crushed by a recycling ram (95CA006)
• Shop foreman dies when he is crushed by a forklift (95CA008)
• Equipment operator dies when the backhoe he is driving rolls off an embankment (95CA010)
• Crane operator dies when he falls off a toppling crane (95CA011)
• Sheet operator dies when he is crushed by the forks on a sheeter unit (95CA012)
• Vineyard equipment operator dies when he is crushed by a forklift (95CA018)
• Truck driver dies when he is run over by heavy equipment (95CA020)
• Developmentally disabled worker dies after he is run over by a front end loader (95CA021)
• Forklift driver dies when he is crushed by a forklift (94CA011)
• Elevator service technician dies after being crushed by an elevator counter-weight (93CA010)
• Machine operator dies when he is crushed in a conveyor belt (92CA004)
• Construction laborer dies when he is electrocuted by an energized crane (92CA006)
• Laborer dies when he drowns in a pipeline after a backhoe ruptures a water main (92CA007)
• Equipment operator dies when he is crushed by a beam during a demolition operation (92CA010)
• Warehouse laborer when he falls from a forklift (92CA015)

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Towing

• Tow truck operator dies on a highway when he is struck by a car while loading a vehicle onto a tow truck (23CA004)
• NEW! Tow truck operator dies when he is struck by a car while loading a disabled vehicle onto a tow truck (23CA007)

Trenching

• Ironworker working in a trench dies when he is crushed by an adjacent retaining wall that fell on him (23CA003)
  
• Day laborer dies in a collapsed trench being dug to repair a sewer line (22CA003)
  
• Plumber dies when a trench collapses around him (05CA002)
  
• Laborer dies in a trench cave-in at a residential site (96CA007)
• Laborer dies in trench cave-in (95CA017)
  

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Warehousing

• NEW! Warehouse worker dies after falling from an order picker forklift (23CA006)
  
• Warehouse worker dies when material falling off pallet strikes him (22CA002)
  
• Warehouse worker dies when he falls through a skylight (09CA007)
• Material handler dies when she is crushed against a podium by a backing forklift (07CA008)
• Janitor dies when he falls from a personal platform that was resting on forklift prongs (98CA013)
• Warehouseman is crushed by paper roll while unloading box car (97CA007)
• Warehouseman dies when he is crushed in between a forklift and rail boxcar (96CA016)
• Warehouse worker dies when he is asphyxiated in a salt storage bin (94CA009)
• Warehouse laborer when he falls from a forklift (92CA015)

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Waste Management, Recycling, & Remediation Services

• Two laborers die from hydrogen sulfide exposure in a confined space at an organic waste recycling facility (11CA008)
• Mechanic dies when he is crushed by the hydraulic arm of a recyclable refuse collection truck (10CA005)
  
• Maintenance worker dies when he falls into a baling machine that bales cardboard for recycling (09CA005)
• Janitor dies when he falls into a baling machine that bales cardboard for recycling (09CA009)
• Machine operator in a plastic recycling facility dies after being caught in a bale breaker machine (08CA007)
• Laborer dies when a stack of paper bales collapses onto him (07CA002)
• Laborer dies when he is struck by a packer panel in the hopper of a rear-loading trash truck (04CA005)
• Laborer dies when he is crushed in between the forks and the cab of a trash truck (03CA002)
• Female laborer dies when she is run over by a forklift in a waste transfer and recycling station (02CA008)
• Maintenance worker dies when he is backed over by a bucket loader at a glass recycling center (01CA005)
• Heavy equipment spotter dies when he is backed over by a front-end loader at a trash collection transfer station (01CA012)
• Truck driver dies when he is run over by a tractor-trailer at a trash transfer station (99CA001)
• Front-end loader operator dies when a loader falls into trench and crushes him (96CA010)
• Backhoe operator dies when he is run over by his backhoe (96CA011)
• Recycling packer dies when he is crushed by a recycling ram (95CA006)

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Workplace Violence

• Psychiatric technician dies from a patient assault at a forensic psychiatric facility (10CA009)

Young Worker

• 16-year-old tire repair assistant died when a vehicle slipped off a hydraulic jack and fell on him while he was changing oil (21CA001)
  
• 17-year-old laborer dies when he is crushed by concrete and stone castings (05CA005)
• Youth dies when a forklift rolls over him (04CA007)

Other

• Water truck operator dies after being struck by a pressurized hose (19CA003)
  
• Welder dies when he is struck by a projectile from a truck's hydraulic tank (13CA003)
• Electrician dies when he is crushed between a traveling hoist and a plating tank (13CA004)
• Day laborer dies when he is pinned between a loading dock and backing truck (12CA009)
• Packer in a manufacturing facility dies when struck by a pipe that rolled off a storage rack (07CA003)
• Fitter/welder dies when he is crushed in between two pressure vessels (99CA010)
• Industrial machinery mover dies when he is crushed by a heavy cabinet that falls off a jury-rigged dolly (98CA008)
• Wood fabricating assembler dies after being crushed by a wooden flange (95CA005)
• Truck driver dies after a load of lumber falls and crushes him (95CA019)
• Delivery driver dies after being crushed by a truck while making a delivery to a market (94CA007)
• Lumberyard order man dies when a laminated beam falls on him (94CA012)

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