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A post remained standing in the cluster of dead tree saplings broken off in the bull’s attack on the farmer, who was unable to hide behind them or escape.

 

2006IA007 Farmer Attacked and
Killed by Dairy Bull

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tractor shown with three-point hitch, PTO-powered posthole digger attachment as it was found early in the morning after the incident.

 

2005IA075  Farmer Fatally Injured in
Tractor Posthole Auger Entanglement

 

 

 

 

 

 

Handyman’s van parked on lawn between houses near water service manhole in boulevard along dead-end side street.

 

2005IA042 Handyman Plumber Asphyxiated
in Entry into Water Service Manhole Vault

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bottom of access pit, showing end of liner in narrow duct, direction of sewage flow, and steel legs of overhead tower.

 

 

2002IA031 Two Sewer Pipe Relining Workers
Killed by Toxic Sewer Gas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PTO-powered rotary cutter attached to the tractor’s three-point hitch.

 

2004IA021   Farmer Run Over by
Tractor and Rotary Cutter

 

 

 

 

 

 

Incident scene after wagon had been pulled backward to free the victim from front left corner of gravity flow wagon box and tractor’s left rear wheel.

 

2005IA034 Farmer Crushed Against Tractor
Tire by Gravity Flow Wagon Box while Unhitchin
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Tractor and feed wagon where they were found (not where incident occurred) with loader still raised and tractor wheels dug deeply into the ground.

 

2005IA027 Farmer Killed When Raised
Front-end Loader Bucket Attachment Falls

 

 

 

 

 

Victim (not shown) was pinned against tree with loader frame across his abdomen.

 

2005IA004 Part-time Metal Salvager Died when
Crushed in Tractor Overturn with Loader

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grain cart tipped onto its rear beside tractor used to power the portable grain vacuum that conveyed corn into the machine shed.

 

 

2005IA002 Farmer Pitched from Cart that
Tipped while Being Unloaded by Grain Vacuum

 

 

 

 

 

 

4IA60 53-Year-Old Cattle Farmer Entangled
in Exposed Rotating Conveyor Shaft

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4IA59 45-Year-Old Cattle Farmer Entangled
in Exposed Rotating Conveyor Shaft

 

 

 

 

 

 

4IA36 Metalworking Shop Owner Crushed Between
Skid Steer and Forklift Attachment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4IA19 Farm Boy Dies in ATV Rollover
While Helping Father Chop Silage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4IA17 12-Year-Old Farm Boy Dies
While Hitching Up Hay Wagon

 

 

 

 

 

 

4IA06 Farmer Dies When Entangled
in Old Flight Elevator PTO Shaft

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3IA72 Overturn of a Tractor with
ROPS Folded Down Kills Operator

 

 

 

 

 

 

3IA58 Hog Farmer Dies from
Asphyxiation after Manure Pit Agitation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3IA27 Anhydrous Ammonia Nurse
Tank Rupture Kills Agricultural
Cooperative Worker

 

 

 

 

 

 

3IA36 Satellite TV Company Manager
Dies While Preparing Pickup Truck
for Transport

 

 

 

 

 

 

3IA56 Farmer Killed in Tractor Rollover
While Setting a Fence Post

 

 

 

 

 

 

3IA45 Auto Mechanic Dies from
Explosion While Welding a Barrel in
His Shop

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3IA57 Warehouse Forklift Operator
Crushed Against Rack Beam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3IA21 Welder Falls from Boom
Forklift Platform When Boom
Shifts Laterally

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3IA55 Construction Worker Electrocuted
When Boom Forklift Contacted Power Lines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3IA43 Worker Falls to His Death in a
Telescoping Boom Forklift Overturn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3IA60 Farmer Crushed in Machine Shed
Doorway While Using Skid-Steer Loader

(Report revised May 1, 2007)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3IA54 Farmer Crushed Under Bucket
of a Skid-Steer Loader

 

 

 

 

 

 

3IA35 Tractor Operator Run Over and
Killed While Making Repairs

 

 

 

 

 

 

3IA20 Teenager Dies in Tractor Overturn
When Home-Made Rollbar Fails 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2IA61 Swine Confinement Worker Dies
from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2IA57 Man Crushed Between
Skid-Steer Loader and Dump Truck

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2IA56 Farmer Killed When Tricycle
Tractor With Front-End Loader Overturns

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2IA51 Farmer Falls to His Death
from Grain Bin Ladder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2IA50 Young Farmer Crushed
Under Rolling Silage Wagon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2IA24 Tanker Truck Driver Killed
by Unshielded PTO Shaft

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2IA3 Construction Worker Killed
When Cement Forms Fell From Crane

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

01IA042 Tree Excavator Killed While
Using Skid-Steer Loader and Tree Shear

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

01IA038 Operator of Skid-Steer Loader
Killed When Thrown Out of Seat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

01IA21 Two Railroad Repair Workers
Asphyxiated in Damaged Tank Car

 

 

 

 

 

01IA020 City Street Worker Struck
and Killed by a Speeding Car

 

 

 

 

 

 

01IA017 Farmer Suffocates In
Grain Bin While Unloading Corn

 

 

 

 

 


 

01IA005 Farmer Caught and Killed by
Input Shaft of Roller Mill.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

01IA004 Farmer Killed When
Pinned by Old Skid-Steer Loader

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

01IA002 Towman Crushed To Death
While Hooking Up Disabled Propane Truck

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

01IA001 Extra Rider on Garbage Truck
Killed When He Falls Under Truck

 

 

 

 

 

 

00IA082 Farmer Fatally Injured by Rotary
Mower When Tractor Seat Falls Off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

00IA064 Tree Trimmer Falls to
His Death as Boom Truck Collapses

 

 

 

 

 

 

00IA055 Two Farmers / Brothers
Killed By Young Angus Bull

 

 

 

 

 

00IA048 Worker Crushed in Rubber Tire Assembly Machine

(Sorry--no photos)

 

 

 

00IA031 Water tower worker killed as
mobile tower crane crashes to the ground.


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00IA005 Sanitation assistant crushed
between garbage truck and compactor.

Alert

PDF Report

 

 

 

 

 

00IA003 Operator of Horizontal Boring Machine Is Crushed To Death.

PDF Report

 

 

 

 

 

99IA093 Operator Crushed By
Backhoe Boom While Doing
Maintenance

PDF Report

 

 

 

 

 

 

99IA085 Construction worker crushed
between falling dumptruck box and frame.

Alert

PDF Report

 

 

 

 

 

 

99IA038 Sewer maintenance worker killed
by nozzle tip on Jet / Vac hose.

Alert

PDF Report

 

 

 

 

 

 

99IA011 Farmer crushed to death
under broken corn planter.

Alert

PDF Report

 

 

 

 

 

 

99IA010 Driver of 3-wheeled
agricultural sprayer killed
during overturn.

Alert

PDF Report

 

 

 

 

 

 

99IA007 Dairy farmer dies while
cleaning his barn with skid-steer loader.

Alert

PDF Report

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

99IA005 Tractor operator killed
in an overturn while moving a
sandblasting trailer.

Alert

PDF Report

 

 

 

 

99IA003 Youth farm worker killed
when he becomes entangled in
PTO driveline of old grinder-mixer.

Alert

PDF Report

 

 

 

 

98IA075 Sawmill worker killed
while unplugging woodchips from
chipper duct.

Alert

PDF Report

 

 

 

 

98IA074 Female machine operator killed when working on a punch press.

Alert

PDF Report (Sorry--no photos)

 

 

 

98IA073 Farmer starts tractor which
then runs over and kills him.

Alert

PDF Report

 

 

 

 

 

98IA072 Farmer slips off tractor step
and falls into path of moving truck.

(Alert)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

98IA071 Two auto mechanics crushed
to death under falling tow truck.

Alert

 

 

 

 

 

98IA067 Farmwife was killed as
gravity flow wagon filled with soybeans
tipped over on her.

Alert

 

 

 

 

 

98IA058 Tractor operator backs into
tree branch and is crushed against
steering wheel.

Alert

 

 

 

 

98IA056 Farmer crushed underneath
rotary mower while changing blades.

Alert

 

 

 

 

 

98IA053 Electrician falls to his death
from an old wooden transformer platform.

Alert

 

 

 

 

 

98IA048 Farmer falls to his death
from combine during maintenance.

Alert

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

98IA045 Arc welder dies in explosion
while using an old barrel as a worktable.

Alert

 

 

 

 

 

 

98IA043 Farm worker suffocates in
flowing grain while clearing a blocked
grain auger.

Alert

 

 

 

 

 

 

98IA035 Farmer suffocates under grain
while using a grain vacuum.

Alert

 

 

 

 

 

 

98IA017 Salesman killed while lifting
portable elevator that had tipped
over in street.

Alert

 

 

 

98IA003 Paper mill employee killed as safety
plate pins him against a paper winder.

Alert)

PDF Report (Sorry--no photos)

 

 

97IA052 Mobile tower crane falls
180 feet to the ground killing the
crane operator.

Alert

 

 

 

 

 

97IA031 Farmer crushed under
skid-steer loader bucket.

Alert

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

96IA067 Sheet metal roofer slips and
falls through joint in ceiling.

Alert

 

 

 

 

 

96IA065 Construction worker
falls head-first into 16-foot
concrete pit.

Alert

 

 

 

 

96IA061 Wife is pinned between tractor
loader bucket and foundation wall while
helping husband build new home.

Alert

 

 

 

 

96IA055 Asphalt machine runs over
and kills worker.

Alert

 

 

 

 

 

96IA042 Tractor avoids oncoming car
but rolls in a ditch killing the operator.

Alert

 

 

 

 

 

96IA041 Farmer crushed under
planter while changing flat tire.

Alert

 

 

 

 

 

 

96IA033 Gravel pit worker dies while
cleaning off a stalled conveyor belt.

Alert

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

96IA015 Farmer killed by skid-steer
loader when it rolls into creek bed.

Alert

 

 

 

 

 

 

96IA008 Construction worker killed
by hydraulic excavator while working
in trench. 

Alert

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

96IA003 Iron worker falls 19 stories
after welding lead melts steel cage cable.

Alert

 

 

 

 

 

95IA047 Man dies after getting his leg
caught in a grain auger.

Alert

 

 

 

 

 

 

95IA042 Farmer slips while climbing
into tractor and is run over and killed.

Alert

 

 

 

 

 

95IA040 Farmer crushed to death
while changing U-joint on older
farm truck.

Alert

 

 

 

95IA035 Farmer dies after getting
caught in auger of a combine header.

Alert

 

 

 

 

 

95IA033 Auto salvage yard worker
crushed while working under car.

Alert

 

 

 

95IA029 Farmer killed from tractor rollover
while loading hay on hillside.

(Sorry--no photos)

 

 

 

95IA027 Metal conveyor belt slides down
incline, crushing supervisor.

Alert

 

 

 

 

 

 

95IA024 Aerial truck arm breaks,
causing tree trimmer to fall to
his death.

Alert

 

 

 

 

 

 

95IA021 Youth falls from ladder and
dies while changing lightbulb.

Alert

 

 

 

 

95IA019 Loading dock worker crushed
between forklift and flatbed truck.

Alert

 

 

 

 

95IA017 Farmer dies when a tree falls on him from a front-end loader.

(Sorry--no photos)

 

 

95IA009 12-year-old boy dies from
tractor rollover in a roadside ditch.

Alert

 

 

 

 

95IA007 Construction worker falls to his death while repairing elevator.

(Sorry--no photos)

 

 

 

 

95IA006 Retired farmer dies in
barnyard from tractor rollover.

Alert

 

 

 

95IA005 Silo maintenance worker dies
after getting caught in unloading auger.

Alert

 

 

 

 

 

95IA001 Farmer dies while cleaning foot
pedals of skid-steer loader.

Alert