Iowa FACE Investigation Reports: Pictorial Directory

To report an occupational fatality, call the Iowa FACE Program at 800-513-0998

These are full narrative reports written according to NIOSH protocol. This directory contains pictures and the titles from each report, which when clicked, take the user to the actual report (PDF).

2010IA017 Fatal Burn Injury While Bulldozing and Burning Brush

 

 

 

 

 

2009IA037 Farmer Caught in Compression Rollers of Hay Baler

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo of grain bin site2009IA012 Farmer Engulfed Then Asphyxiated by Corn in Grain Bin

 

 

 

 

IA2006 report photo

 

 

2006IA007 Farmer Attacked and
Killed by Dairy Bull

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo of tractor with auger entanglement

 

2005IA075  Farmer Fatally Injured in Tractor Posthole Auger Entanglement

 

 

 

 

Entry into Water Service Manhole Vault

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

Photo of flow in 2 ft. wide sewer pipe

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo of tractor with rotary cutter

 

 

2004IA021   Farmer Run Over by Tractor and Rotary Cutter

 

 

 

 

Photo of wagon

 

 

2005IA034 Farmer Crushed Against Tractor Tire by Gravity Flow Wagon Box while Unhitching

 

 

 

 

photo of overturned tractor without ROPS

2005IA022 Man, 29, Died when Tractor with Front-end Loader Full of Rocks Overturned

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

picture of overturned tractor2005IA015 Farmer Died When Tractor Overturned While Feeding Cattle on Hillside

 

 

 

 

Photo of overturned tractor

 

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

 

 

 

photo of overturned tractor

 

2004IA011 Mechanic Dies When Tractor Overturns While Removing Tree Stump in Cemetery

 

 

 

 

photo of auger

 2004IA005 Hispanic Laborer Entangled in Auger at Pork Processing Plant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo of tipped over cart

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

 

 

 

 

Photo of conveyor shaft

 

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

 

 

 

Photo of conveyor shaft

 

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

 

 

 

Photo of skid loader

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo of ATV

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

Photo of the hay wagon

 

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

 

 

 

Front of trailer box supported by pallet fork tines of skid steer

2004IA014 Farmer Crushed Under Falling Dump Trailer Box While Repairing Lift Cylinder

 

 

 

 

Photo of

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

Photo of overturned tractor

 

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

 

 

 

Photo of interior of hog confinement building

 

3IA58 Hog Farmer Dies from Asphyxiation after Manure Pit Agitation

 

 

 

Photo of the anhydrous ammonia tank

 

3IA27 Anhydrous Ammonia Nurse Tank Rupture Kills AgriculturalCooperative Worker

 

 

 

Photo of the two trucks

 

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

 

 

 

Photo of tractor

 

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

 

 

 

Photo of auto mechanic's shop

 

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

 

 

 

Photo of forklift inside warehouse

 

 

 

3IA57 Warehouse Forklift Operator
Crushed Against Rack Beam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo of the crane

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo of forklift touching power lines

 

 

3IA55 Construction Worker Electrocuted
When Boom Forklift Contacted Power Lines

 

 

 

Photo of overturned forklift

 

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

 

 

 

Photo of skid steer loader near doorway of machine shed

 

 

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

(Report revised May 1, 2007)

 

 

 

 

 

Photo

 

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

 

 

 

Photo of tractor

 

3IA35 Tractor Operator Run Over and
Killed While Making Repairs

 

 

 

Photo of tractor

 

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

 

 

 

Front view of rock-chip spreader machine

 

2002IA030 Front Hopper Gate Operator Run Over by Chip Spreader during Street Resurfacing (Revised 6/16/08)

 

 

 

Photo of heater unit

 

 

 

2IA61 Swine Confinement Worker Dies
from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo of front view of skid-loader

 

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

 

 

 

 

Photo of rear of tractor

 

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

 

 

 

 

Full view of grain bins

 

2IA51 Farmer Falls to His Death from Grain Bin Ladder

 

 

 

 

PHoto of the silage wagon

 

 

2IA50 Young Farmer Crushed
Under Rolling Silage Wagon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo of truck with broken PTO

 

2IA24 Tanker Truck Driver Killed by Unshielded PTO Shaft

 

 

 

Photo of crane by tower

 

 

2IA3 Construction Worker Killed
When Cement Forms Fell From Crane

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo of loader

 

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

 

 

 

 

Photo of loader

 

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

 

 

 

 

Photo of train car

01IA21 Two Railroad Repair Workers Asphyxiated in Damaged Tank Car

 

 

 

Photo of street intersection

 

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

 

 

 

 

Photo of grain bin

 

01IA017 Farmer Suffocates in Grain Bin While Unloading Corn

 

 

 

 

Side shot of roller mill

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo of skid-steer loader

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo of tow bar

 

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

 

 

 

Photo of garbage truck

 

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

 

 

 

Photo of seating area of tractor

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo of side of the truck

 

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

 

 

 

Photo of site of bull attack

 

00IA055 Two Farmers / Brothers
Killed By Young Angus Bull

 

 

 

Photo of tower

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo of garbage truck with back half open

00IA005 Sanitation assistant crushed between garbage truck and compactor

HTML version of report

 

 

 

Photo of Bore Machine

 

00IA003 Operator of Horizontal Boring Machine Is Crushed To Death

HTML version of report

 

 

Photo of backhoe

 

99IA093 Operator Crushed by Backhoe Boom While Doing Maintenance

 

 

 

Photo of the dump truck

99IA085 Construction worker crushed
between falling dumptruck box and frame

HTML version of report

 

 

 

Photo of workers holding jetvac hose

 

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

HTML version of report

 

 

 

 

Photo of the corn planter

99IA011 Farmer crushed to death under broken corn planter

HTML version of report

 

 

 

 

Photo of overturned sprayer

 

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

HTML version of report

 

 

 

Photo of skid-steer loader

 

 

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

HTML version of report

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo of overturned tractor

 

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

HTML version of report

 

 

 

Photo of the flywheel

 

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

HTML version of report

 

 

 

Photo of wood chipper

 

98IA075 Sawmill worker killed while unplugging woodchips from chipper duct

HTML version of report

 

 

 

Photo of

98IA073 Farmer run over by tractor while starting it when not in the operator's seat

HTML version of report

 

 

Photo of tractor steps

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo of tilting jack

 

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

 

 

 

 

Photo of wagon

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo of tractor under tree branch

 

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

 

 

 

Photo of rotary motor

 

98IA056 Farmer crushed underneath rotary mower while changing blades

 

 

 

 

Photo of platform next to transformer

 

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

 

 

 

Photo of combine

 

 

98IA048 Farmer falls to his death from combine during maintenance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo of barrel after the explosion

 

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

 

 

 

 

Photo of grain bin

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo (staged) of worker vacuuming grain

 

98IA035 Farmer suffocates under grain
while using a grain vacuum

 

 

 

 

 


Photo of tipped-over

 

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

 

 

Photo of crane

 

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

 

 

 

Photo of skid-steer loader

 

 

97IA031 Farmer crushed under skid-steer loader bucket

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo of metal roof

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo of the concrete pit

 

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

 

 

 

 

Photo of the

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

 

 

 

Photo of asphalt machine

 

96IA055 Asphalt machine runs over and kills worker

 

 

 

Photo of red tractor

 

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

 

 

 

 

Photo of planter

 

96IA041 Farmer crushed under planter while changing flat tire

 

 

 

 

photo of the gravel conveyor

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

photo of skid-steer loader

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diagram of hydraulic excavator in trench box

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo of welding cage and cable after the fall

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo (staged) of leg caught in auger

 

95IA047 Man dies after getting leg caught in grain auger

 

 

 

Photo of the tractor

 

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

 

 

 

Photo of the grain truck

 

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

 

 

 

Photo of the combine

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo of fork lift in salvage yard

 

95IA033 Auto salvage yard worker crushed while working under car

 

 

 

Photo of the metal conveyor

 

 

95IA027 Metal conveyor belt slides down incline, crushing supervisor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo of the aerial truck arm

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diagram of lightbulb in metal halide lamp

 

 

95IA021 Youth falls from ladder and dies while changing lightbulb

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo of the forklift and stack of drywall

 

95IA019 Loading dock worker crushed
between forklift and flatbed truck

 

 

 

 

Photo of overturned tractor

 

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

 

 

 

 

Photo of FACE Trauma Investigator in the barnyard

 

95IA006 Retired farmer dies in barnyard from tractor rollover

 

 

 

Photo of open doorway in grain bin

 

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

 

 

 

 

Photo of skid-steer loader in barn doorway

 

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

 


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