Summary Case Report: 48 year old operator of a horizontal boring / milling machine for a heavy equipment manufacturer did not show up at break time. Other workers found him lying on the floor next to his machine, having been crushed between the moving head and the frame of the machine. It is not known why the victim put himself in a hazardous position while working with his machine. Full Report with Photographs, PDF Document

Summary Case Report: 58 year old female truckdriver assistant was riding with her husband when they experienced mechanical difficulties and had to pull off of an interstate highway. A trucker in the opposite lane stopped to help them and while the victim was crossing the median, she was hit by a car in the opposite lane. She was dead at the scene. The accident occurred at 0053 hours.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA00501	3/7/00	4953	872	916	sanitation worker

Summary Case Report: 30 year old man was helping a relative collect garbage into a residential-type garbage truck which has a hydraulic rear compactor. While they were unloading at a landfill, the driver raised the compactor and dumped his load, then after getting verbal OK from the victim (out of sight), he started to close the compactor. After this the driver found the victim lying on the ground with fatal head injuries. His head was crushed between the frame of the compactor and the frame of the truck body as the compactor closed. Full Report with Photographs, PDF Document

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA00601	3/15/00	1711	616	9250	heating/refrig. contractor

Summary Case Report: 41 year old self employed heating-refrigeration contractor was installing an air conditioner at a business location. He was standing on a platform outside a building, helping to move the air conditioner onto the platform from a forklift. The air conditioner was in a cardboard box secured with plastic binding. While being moved, the plastic broke, the man lost his balance and fell 18 feet into an alley, suffering fatal head injuries.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA00701	1/18/00	5963	821	8120	rural newspaper carrier

Summary Case Report: 59 year old rural newspaper carrier was delivering newspapers on a gravel road driving a small-size Ford car. He was not wearing a seatbelt. When he crested a hill he was hit head-on by a full-size Oldsmobile driven by a teenage driver at high speed. The victim was sitting in the drivers seat, and air bags did activate during the collision. Autopsy revealed the man died from transection of the aorta.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA00801	4/7/00	5093	771	9239	salvage contractor

Summary Case Report: 68 year old man was salvaging one of two old 12,000 gallon diesel fuel tanks that were supported 10 feet off the ground by rusting metal supports. While cutting on these supports, he started a grass fire in the area from his cutting torch and volunteer firemen arrived and began to put out this fire. One of the tanks became hot in the fire and exploded, killing the salvage worker and a 25 year old volunteer fireman.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA00802	4/7/00	9224	512	9239	volunteer fireman

Summary Case Report: 25 year old volunteer fireman was at the scene of a fire where two old 12,000 gallon diesel fuel tanks were being salvaged. The tanks were supported 10 feet off the ground by rusting metal supports. While cutting on these supports, a welder started a grass fire in the area from his cutting torch . While firemen were putting out this fire, one of the tanks became hot in the fire and exploded, killing the salvage worker and one fireman.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA01201	3/22/00	5211	821	9192	truckdriver

Summary Case Report: 48 year old truckdriver for a building materials company was delivering a load of lumber to a farm that was constructing a new hog building. A skid steer loader was being used to unload the lumber. The load was too heavy and the loader began to tip, so the victim stood on the back of the loader to balance it out. The lumber shifted causing the loader to buck up and down, throwing the victim upwards and then he fell to the ground. He suffered broken wrists and was thought to be stable, but soon collapsed from severe internal lacerations that caused exsanguination.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA02301	5/4/00	9512	644	9258	volunteer painter

Summary Case Report: 16 year old high school student was part of a group doing community volunteer work by helping to clean up a local park. He was standing on a metal ladder using an electric grinder to remover paint from a swingset. There was a split in the insulation surrounding a hot wire in the electric box at the park shelter, and this came in contact with a ground wire. The grinder had a metal case and plastic handles. When the grainder was set on the top of the ladder, back current passed through the grinder, then the ladder, then the victim who was holding onto the swingset.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA02401	5/16/00	4213	821	816	truckdriver

Summary Case Report: 23 year old driver of a semi-truck tanker was riding with another driver, aged 22. They lost control of their semi on an interstate highway and crashed into a bridge abutment, which propelled the truck into a creek where it burst into flames. Both drivers were killed instantly from massive multiple injuries. The driver had 22 months experience with his out-of-state trucking company. Autopsy revealed no evidence of drugs or alcohol.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA02402	5/16/00	4213	821	816	truckdriver

Summary Case Report: 22 year old truckdriver was riding with a 23 year old friend in a semi-truck tanker. The driver lost control of their semi on an interstate highway and crashed into a bridge abutment, which propelled the truck into a creek where it burst into flames. Both drivers were killed instantly from massive multiple injuries. The driver had 22 months experience with his out-of-state trucking company. Autopsy revealed no evidence of drugs or alcohol.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA02501	5/16/00	9511	691	8699	city sewage treatment plant worker

Summary Case Report: 44 year old worker for a municipal sewage treatment plant climbed on top of a sludge storage tank and opened a door to check the level of sludge. Normally an electronic device would measure this, but it was malfunctioning. Hydrogen sulfide gas escaped from the open door and the man was overcome by the fumes. He was found dead by a co-worker.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA02601	6/5/00	1791	647	883	iron worker

Summary Case Report: 21-year-old iron worker with one year experience was working his first day on the job at a construction site for a new single-story business building. He was walking on the main level when he fell through a hole in the floor, which was actually an elevator shaft. The hole was surrounded only by DANGER tape, and had no physical barrier. The man fell 15 feet and suffered severe head and spinal injuries. He was in a coma for four days until he died.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA02701	4/21/00	5812	521	885	dishwasher

Summary Case Report: 64 year old female dishwasher was working in the kitchen of a restaurant when she apparently fell onto the floor, suffering a broken hip. The floor was dry in the area. The hip was surgically repaired and while in physical therapy four days after surgery, she suddenly collapsed and died. Autopsy revealed multiple arterial emboli to the lung.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA02801	6/18/00	5813	521	8902	tavern owner

Summary Case Report: 60 year old owner of a rural tavern had closed business for the evening, and was preparing himself some food in the kitchen of his business. He apparently had been drinking and fell asleep at a table. A fire developed on the stove and spread to the building itself. The man died from smoke inhalation.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA02901	7/8/00	0213	614	9109	hog confinement maintenance

Summary Case Report: 52 year old maintenance man for a hog confinement operation was mowing grass around a manure lagoon using a tractor equipped with a belly mower. He ran over a garden hose which was attached to a sump pump in a fenced off area used for fuel storage. The hose wound up in the mower, pulling the sump pump up and over a chain link fence, striking the man in the side of the head rendering his unconscious. The tractor then swerved downhill into the lagoon, threw off the operator,then overturned trapping the man underneath. The man drowned in the lagoon.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA03001	6/29/00	1521	642	883	carpenter

Summary Case Report: 19 year old carpenter working at a residential construction project was helping to feed roofing materials through a ceiling hole to other workers. He was working on the main floor of the building when he accidentally fell through the hole in the floor for the basement stairway. He landed on his head and received fatal head injuries.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA03101	7/20/00	1791	647	9192	Water Tank Ironworker

Summary Case Report: 29 year old worker for a tank company was killed while erecting a water tank for a town in rural Iowa. The tank company was in business to re-condition and re-locate used water tanks. They had hired a crane company to lift the water tower supports and the water tank into position. The crane company used a mobile tower crane which was positioned close to the new foundations for the water tower. After lifting the water tank and moving it into position, one main outrigger sank into the soft soil, and the tower crane fell in the direction of the water tower, causing everything to crash to the ground. The victim was standing on a horizontal support for the water tower and was caught in the falling iron. The crane company failed to recognize the condition of the soil and did not take adequate measures to support the outrigger. This crane company made the same mistake three years ago and killed one of their own employees in a similar accident. (Full Report with Photos)

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA03201	6/28/00	5153	562	910	grain terminal supervisor

Summary Case Report: 38 year old night supervisor for a grain terminal on the Mississippi River was found dead in the water near the barge loadout area. His cause of death was accidental drowning. It remains unknown why the victim was at that location, possibly to retrieve something that fell into the water. The man could not swim and had a great fear of water.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA03301	6/12/00	1799	864	8147	house moving worker

Summary Case Report: 19 year old worker for a house moving company was checking the rigging while a house was slowly being moved down the road. Apparently, the man crawled in between the rigging while the house was still moving, and fell into the path of the trailer wheels where he was crushed.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA03401	7/1/00	1721	644	8810	contract painter

Summary Case Report: 68 year old co-owner of a painting company was helping his brother paint a barn. They were using a conventional 18 foot scaffold raised to a platform height of 12 1/2 feet. The victim was using an 11 foot ladder adjacent to the scaffold, leaning on a wall of the barn. Apparently the victim pushed against the scaffold or the wall causing the scaffold, which was on wheels, to fall over. Both men fell to a concrete pad below. The vicitm was initially lucid, but soon lost consciousness and then died at the scene. His cause of death was heart arryhthmia induced by the fall.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA03501	6/23/00	1623	643	9251	lineman

Summary Case Report: 46 year old lineman was electrocuted while replacing a transformer on a pole that was damaged earlier in an apartment fire. He was working in the bucket of a cherry picker when he came into contact with a 7000 volt jumper line. His company was cited by OSHA for allowing him to work too close to electrical hazard without proper protection. His company did not obtain notification and assurance that all switches and disconnects were turned off or that protective grounds were applied to their equipment.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA03601	6/19/00	1731	615	8120	cable company driver/installer

Summary Case Report: 38 year old driver for a local cable company was involved in a motor vehicle accident on a two-lane state highway. An oncoming passenger car turned left in front of him and they collided almost head-on. He died from massive internal injuries.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA03701	7/26/00	4214	475	8810	warehouse inventory worker

Summary Case Report: 67 year old worker was doing inventory work in a warehouse when he fell six feet off a ladder sustaining severe head injuries. He was flown to a regional hospital, but became unresponsive and continued to deteriorate until he died the next day.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA03801	8/22/00	3353	613	9192	aluminum plant mechanic

Summary Case Report: A 43 year old mechanic at an aluminum products plant was killed in the cold mill area. Apparently a cable on an overhead crane snapped causing the hook to fall into the work area below. The hook hit other machinery, then hit the victim causing fatal injuries. A limiting switch was malfunctioning, and workers were suing this as the main operating switch, therefore the crane had no safety stop.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA03901	9/5/00	4213	821	8160	truckdriver

Summary Case Report: 44 year old truckdriver from out of state exited the interstate and failed to stop his truck at the crossing highway. His truck continued across the highway and plowed into the lawn of a company on the far side of the highway. The man was dead at the scene.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA04001	7/8/00	1761	646	9258	roofing assistant

Summary Case Report: 21 year old man was helping a friend repair his roof. On one low flat section of the roof, the victim stood up and came into contact with bare power lines. The man was electrocuted and fell to the ground, landing on a pile of shingles. The involved wires were on the private, residential side of the meter, and were not the responsibility of the electric company.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA04101	7/30/00	7692	771	9190	self-employed welder

Summary Case Report: 37 year old self-employed welder was using a tractor equipped with a front-end loader to smooth out the driveway to his rural home business. While backing down into a ditch across from his driveway, the tractor rolled over backwards and the man was instantly killed underneath.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA04201	8/20/00	0191	561	9139	farm worker

Summary Case Report: 18 year old man working on his parents farm was riding a horse chasing a runaway steer, trying to lasso the animal with a rope which was attached to the horn of his saddle. He was apparently thrown off his horse while trying to lasso the steer and his neck became intangled in the rope. He was dragged 100 feet into some trees by the horse. Relatives were alerted when the horse returned to the house without its saddle. The victim died of asphyxiation due to strangulation.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA04301	4/7/00	4493	863	8810	temp employee general labor

Summary Case Report: 35 year old worker for a boat storage company was working as a temporary employee doing odd jobs. He was standing on top of a 12-foot step ladder trying to repair a door when he fell to the ground landing on his head. The man died from massive head trauma. There was a family history of osteogenesis imperfecta, which may have contributed to the severity of the mans injuries.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA04401	8/9/00	2011	687	9552	meat locker owner / butcher

Summary Case Report: 27 year old owner of a meat locker was found dead in the office area of the business. Death was a suicide from a sawed off 22-caliber rifle. The man had a history of depression and was currently under medical treatment. He had bought the business one year prior to this time and may have had financial difficulties.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA04501	10/3/00	4231	821	8160	truckdriver

Summary Case Report: 57 year old truckdriver was driving his semi-trailer down a state highway hauling office furniture. For an unknown reason he lost control of the rig and crashed into a farm driveway. The truck caught on fire, however the official cause of death was listed as craniocerebral injuries. There was no evidence of natural causes.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA04601	9/11/00	0212	551	9190	cattle farmer

Summary Case Report: 46 year old cattle farmer was mixing feed for cattle using a tractor with an attached silage wagon. He had backed the silage wagon into a confinement building and was preparing to add feed supplement. The tractor was left running in neutral, however the PTO was not engaged. The tractor started to roll and the victim attempted to mount the tractor and stop it. He was run over by the tractor and was found dead underneath the silage wagon.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA04701	7/25/00	0115	561	8120	corn detasseler

Summary Case Report: 21 year old female college student was working for a seed corn company doing crew detasseling. She was traveling in her personal car going from one field to another when she entered an unprotected gravel intersection and was struck broadside by a grain truck. She was wearing a seatbelt, but was hit directly on the drivers side door. She died instantly.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA04801	9/2/00	3011	767	9199	tire machine operator

Summary Case Report: 46 year old worker at a tire plant was caught in a tire assembly machine and suffered massive crush injuries to the left abdomen and left pelvis. He required multiple surgeries while in the hospital and had multiple system failures, eventually acquiring sepsis which took his life 34 days after admission.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA04901	7/21/00	1761	646	9258	construction worker / roofer

Summary Case Report: 18 year old construction worker was shingling a rural farmhouse with his brother. They were using an aluminum ladder equipped with a motorized shingle lift attached to the ladder. While moving or lowering the ladder, it fell backwards and the top came in contact with high voltage wires above the transformer on the electric service pole, which was 20 feet from the house. Both men were shocked, but one was only stunned. The other died from electrocution.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA05001	9/9/00	4011	823	8050	railyard worker

Summary Case Report: 53 year old worker for a freight railroad was found dead on the tracks having been run over by a rail car. The event was not witnessed and no one knows exactly what the man was doing. They assume he tripped while working and fell under the moving car. Autopsy could not discover any signs of natural disease which lead to his death.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA05101	9/10/00	5541	611	916	service station owner /mechanic

Summary Case Report: 36 year old owner of an auto service station was working under a pick-up truck elevated off the floor with a hydraulic single-cylinder hoist. Suddenly the truck rolled backwards off the hoist and crushed the man before it rolled out into the street. Apparently they always used chocks when using this old hoist, but did not this time. The man had set the parking brake, but then was underneath working on the drive shaft, which when disconnected, allowed the truck to roll backwards off the hoist. The mans wife noticed the truck and ran to find her husband crushed by the truck. The man was initially conscious but soon died from exsanguination.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA05201	9/28/00	4213	821	8120	truckdriver

Summary Case Report: 38 year old truckdriver was driving a load of used oil filters when his truck crossed the centerline and collided with a semi-truck in the opposite lane.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA05301	10/16/00	4213	821	8120	truckdriver

Summary Case Report: 45 year old truckdriver was driving his rig on a 2-lane highway when he suddenly tried to stop for a car that was turning left in front of him. The truckdriver swerved to his right, entered the ditch, hit a farm driveway, and eventually crossed the centerline and collided with a semi truck coming in the opposite lane. The driver of the first truck was killed in the collision.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA05401	10/2/00	1611	646	9197	construction worker

Summary Case Report: 32 year old construction worker for a road building contractor was one of four men riding in the bucket of a large front-end loader as it traveled down a two-lane gravel road. The man fell out of the bucket and was run over and killed by the front-end loader.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA05501	10/9/00	0191	551	9068	farmer

Summary Case Report: 79 and 84 year old brothers were found dead in a livestock pen, killed by an 800 pound yearling Angus bull that was at their farm. They were found by another brother who had just returned from the hospital, where he had spent three days recuperating after being attacked by the same bull. (Full Report Available)

Summary Case Report: 79 and 84 year old brothers were found dead in a livestock pen, killed by an 800 pound yearling Angus bull that was at their farm. They were found by another brother who had just returned from the hospital, where he had spent three days recuperating after being attacked by the same bull. Full Report Available

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA05601	10/16/00	0191	551	9190	farmer

Summary Case Report: 55 year old grain farmer was working under a rotary stalk cutter when it fell on him and crushed him. He hoisted the heavy cutter off the floor of his machine shed using a skid-steer loader and a chain, then put wood blocks under the cutter. While repairing / adjusting the cutter, the blocks shifted and the cutter fell on him causing fatal head injuries.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA05701	10/19/00	1541	647	9530	construction worker / salvage

Summary Case Report: 27 year old construction worker was helping his father demolish a building at a business location. Next to this building was a warehouse / office where the father went to make a phone call. He then saw his son hanging from a rope in the warehouse section of the building. The victim had hung himself apparently after talking with relatives on the phone.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA05801	11/7/00	6513	617	9530	apartment bldg. maintenance

Summary Case Report: 38 year old maintenence man at an apartment complex lost his job on the day of his death. He did not come home that night and the next day was found hanging from a crossbeam in the maintenance garage for the apartment complex. He had left a suicide note in the apartment office, along with some personal belongings. The man had a history of depression and alcohol abuse, and recently broke up with his wife.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA05901	12/12/00	0191	551	8682	farmer

Summary Case Report: 71 year old farmer and his 41 year old son were in a machine shed warming up a tractor preparing to go push snow. The tractor was a 4-cylinder gas machine with a front end loader. The shed door was shut but building vents were open. A wife found both men dead, lying on the floor next to the tractor, which was still running. The shed was 48 x 30.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA05902	12/12/00	0191	551	8682	farmer

Summary Case Report: 71 year old farmer and his 41 year old son were in a machine shed warming up a tractor preparing to go push snow. The tractor was a 4-cylinder gas machine with a front end loader. The shed door was shut but building vents were open. A wife found both men dead, lying on the floor next to the tractor, which was still running. The shed was 48 x 30.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA06201	6/5/00	0191	551	9190	farmer

Summary Case Report: 66 year old farmer was mowing a ditch when the left rear tire hit a culvert causing the tractor to roll in the ditch. The man was working at his daughter's farm.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA06301	12/1/00	4213	821	8160	truckdriver

Summary Case Report: 53 year old truckdriver was driving a single-axle semi tractor when he lost control of it on an interstate covered with ice and snow. The tractor went into the ditch and rolled over. The man was wearing a lap and shoulder belt but died from head injuries.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA06401	02/12/1999	783	573	9192	tree trimmer

Summary Case Report: 49 year old owner of an auto repair shop got into an argument with another man over a recent card game. This happened at his auto repair business. The other man left and returned with an illegal handgun and killed the shop owner. The assailant was convicted of second degree murder.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
00IA06601	08/22/1999	6022	524	8809	custodian

<Summary Case Report: 79 year old cleaning lady for a bank was coming to work at approximately 5:30 PM. After unlocking the front door to the bank, she apparently slipped and fell backwards down the steps of a 6-foot landing, hitting her head on the concrete acquiring head injuries and subdural hemorrhage. She died two months later in a nursing home. The landing was not icy, and it was a sunny clear day.