2006 Fatality Summaries

(Preliminary coding per 2007 NAICS, 2000 SOC, and 2007 ICD-10 subject to official verification.) 



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA001
1/17/2006
327320
533032
V68.5/S70.1
Truck Driver

Summary Case Report: A 47-year-old driver of a ready mix concrete delivery truck was taken to the hospital and subsequently died of heart failure after his truck exited the interstate to the right, went off the left shoulder of the exit ramp, and overturned.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA002
1/24/2006
484220
533032
W00.6/S06
Truck Driver

Summary Case Report: A 64-year-old construction dump truck driver exited the cab, slipped and fell in partially frozen mud, striking the back of his head, was treated for traumatic brain injury and then two weeks later died of respiratory complications following extended immobilization.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA003
2/5/2006
11
119012
V68.5/S07.1
Farmer

Summary Case Report: A 41-year-old farmer was thrown from a tractor built in 1950 when his tractor's left brake locked and it overturned going downhill on a public, gravel roadway.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA004
3/4/2006
237130
493031
W20.9/S22.3
Mechanic

Summary Case Report: A 46-year-old mechanic, who was performing maintenance alone on his transmission line installation crew's truck, drove it forward onto a slightly-elevated concrete slab in an open building at local fairgrounds and was crushed under its rear axle when the pickup rolled rearward off the edge of the concrete slab.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA005
3/8/2006
484121
533032
V64.5/T05.9
Truck Driver

Summary Case Report: A 39-year-old driver died when his trucking firm semi and cargo burned after it collided head-on with an oncoming semi-truck that crossed the median between sides of the interstate highway.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA006
3/16/2006
112
119012
V04.0/T02.8
Farmer

Summary Case Report: The 54-year-old wife of a farmer was backed over while walking toward the barn as the farmer backed a feed truck toward the barn.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA007
4/6/2006
11212
119012
W555.7/S28.0
Farmer

Summary Case Report: A 65-year-old, male, farmer was mauled by a 2 1/2-year-old dairy bull while walking alone among the herd to round up cows from the open feedlot and head them toward the parlor for evening milking. Full report with photos



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA008
4/9/2006
11212
119012
W55.7/S27.7
Farmer

Summary Case Report: 63-year-old, male farmer herding cows across a concrete slab toward the parlor for their morning milking was pinned against a fence and stomped on the concrete by a rented 2 1/2-year-old dairy bull running with the herd.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA009
4/11/2006
237110
472073
W77.9/S29.9
Owner-Operator

Summary Case Report: A 43-year-old excavation business owner-operator was buried when an additional portion of an unshored trench for a municipal sewer line caved in on him as he worked to rescue a partially buried coworker.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA010
4/12/2006
484220
533032
V68.5/S12.7
Truck Driver

Summary Case Report: An 81-year-old truck driver died when his semi-truck loaded with shelled corn failed to negotiate a curve, went off the side of the road, struck a rock embankment, and overturned.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA011
5/2/2006
517110
499052
W17.8/T02.8
Cable Installer

Summary Case Report: A 51-year-old man, wearing a fall protection harness while installing an antenna on top of a water tower with his crew, fell 40-feet to an internal landing as the crew fed cable for the antenna down the mechanical core of the water tower.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA012
5/2/2006
238220
499021
W13.5/S01.7
HVAC Repairman

Summary Case Report: A 46-year-old repairman, who was escorted to the roof of a distribution company building and left alone to work on an air conditioning unit, fell through a translucent section of corregated roofing to the concrete floor 40-feet below.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA013
5/5/2006
237990
472061
W12.8/S02.0
Construction

Summary Case Report: A 37-year-old construction worker fell, with the forms to which his fall protection harness was attached, onto rocks 35-feet below when the forms he was setting for the pathway to the drain tower of a silt-settling came loose and fell.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

IDC-10

Occupation
2006IA014
5/9/2006
11
119012
V84.0/T71
Farmer

Summary Case Report: A 50-year-old farmer was crushed underneath his tractor when it ran off the side of a public, gravel road on which it was towing a flatbed wagon.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA015
5/10/2006
531110
373010
V89.1/T04.9
Grounds Maintenance

Summary Case Report: A 59-year-old maintenance employee for a mobile home park was pinned underneath his lawn tractor when it went over a landscape retaining wall.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA016
5/10/2006
11194
119012
W20.7/T04.8
Farmer

Summary Case Report:A 70-year-old farmer died in an open operator station tractor when a 2000 pound bale rolled rearward out of the front-end loader onto him.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA017
5/20/2006
484121
533032
V63.5/T58
Truck Driver

Summary Case Report: A semi-truck headed east changed lanes and collided with an adjacent eastbound motor vehicle, overturned, crashed, and burned, killing the 58-year-old, male truck driver.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA018
5/31/2006
517210
492090
W13.5/T04.8
Owner-Operator

Summary Case Report: The 57-year-old, male, owner-operator of a high tower maintenance company fell 1100 feet from a cable hoist with two other workers who were also using it as a lift to access and maintain lighting near the top of a 1500-foot television tower when it collapsed.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA019
5/31/2006
517210
492090
W13.5/T04.8
Maintenance Worker

Summary Case Report: A male employee for a high tower maintenance company, age 27, fell 1100-feet from a cable hoist with two other workers who were also using it as a lift to access and maintain lighting near the top of 1500-foot television tower when it collapsed.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA020
5/31/2006
517210
492090
W13.5/T04.8
Maintenance Worker

Summary Case Report: A male worker for a tower maintenance company, age 19, fell 1100-feet from the cable hoist with two other workers who were also using it as a lift to access and maintain lighting near the top of 1500-foot television tower when it collapsed.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA021
6/7/2006
444190
533033
V64.5/T71
Truck Driver

Summary Case Report: The 26-year-old male driver of a lumber company straight truck failed to stop at an intersection with highway and was broadsided on his truck's driver's side by a semi-truck, partially ejected and pinned under his straight truck.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA022
6/12/2006
325920
519199
W40.6/T07
Production Worker

Summary Case Report: A male munitions factory production worker, age 48, was killed along with a co-worker in an explosion while working with bonded plastic explosives for missile warheads.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA023
6/12/2006
325920
172000
W40.6/T07
Mechanical Engineer

Summary Case Report: A 24-year-old engineer at a munitions factory was killed along with his co-worker in an explosion while working with bonded plastic explosives for missile warheads.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA024
6/12/2006
484121
533032
W64.5/T02.8
Truck Driver

Summary Case Report: A 61-year-old, male driver of a loaded semi that went through a stop sign at a rural intersection with a main highway, died in the collision with another semi that caused both semi-trucks to be forced off the road and overturn.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA025
6/12/2006
484121
533032
V64.5/T71
Truck Driver

Summary Case Report: A 48-year-old man was the driver of a loaded semi-truck hit broadside by another semi that went through a stop sign at a rural intersection causing both semi-trucks to leave the roadway and overturn.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA026
6/16/2006
711219
533039
W21.3/T04.0
Race Car Driver

Summary Case Report: A 62-year-old race car driver died when his 1960's era sprint car tangled wheels with another sprint car, collided, and flipped several times during a raceway exhibition.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA027
6/17/2006
11
119012
V65.5/T04.8
Farmer

Summary Case Report:A 68-year-old farmer, while driving on a gravel road, was ejected through his tractor's front window when the tractor overturned and broke into multiple pieces after being struck by the engine of a train at a railroad crossing.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA028
6/17/2006
11
119012
V84.0/S29.9
Farmer

Summary Case Report:A 61-year-old farmer was pinned under his old, small, tri-cycle front axle tractor with belly-mounted mower when it overturned while he was mowing a slope around buildings on the farmstead.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA029
6/17/2006
11194
119012
W30.7/S07.1
Farmer

Summary Case Report: A 75-year-old farmer was pulled off and run over by the baler he was operating when the hitch to the horse-drawn baler failed, the horses continued forward, and the baler rolled forward over him.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA030
6/19/2006
115112
533030
V84.0/T02.0
Equipment Operator

Summary Case Report:A 27-year-old operator of a self-propelled sprayer, doing custom chemical application work for a farm service, died when his sprayer was struck by the engine of a train at a railroad crossing near the edge of town.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA031
6/21/2006
11
119012
V84.5/T04.1
Farmer

Summary Case Report: A 38-year-old farmer was pitched from his tractor and runover while towing a rotary cutter on a rough slope in a pasture with scattered, large rocks on it.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA032
6/27/2006
326199
514022
W23.6/T04.9
Machine Operator

Summary Case Report: A 53-year-old vacuum form machine operator was crushed in the machine when it cycled as he was retooling the machine.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA033
6/30/2006
512110
274031
V95.0/T14.9
Photographer

Summary Case Report: A 50-year-old, self-employed photographer died in a helicopter crash when the helicopter struck an overhead electrical power line while he was taking aerial footage for a motion picture.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA034
7/4/2006
11
119012
V84.5/T71
Farmer

Summary Case Report: A 70-year-old farmer was using a narrow front-axle tractor built 1954-6 with a front-end loader to move dirt on a slope in farmstead when the tractor overturned, pinning him underneath.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA035
7/5/2006
11
119012
V84.5/T71
Farmer

Summary Case Report: A 46-year-old farmer was using a sicklebar mower mounted on an old, narrow front axle tractor, built 1960-67, to maintain a roadside ditch when the tractor-mower combination overturned pinning him underneath.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA036
7/11/2006
11221
119012
V84.5/S77.2
Farmer

Summary Case Report: A 73-year-old farmer was pinned under his 1974 model tractor with narrow front axle and a front-end loader installed when it overturned on a slope as he was positioning it alongside a hog confinement building on the his son's farmstead.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA037
7/1/2005
111
119012
X49/T95.8
Farmer

Summary Case Report: A 56-year-old male farmer died of pneumonia associated with an anhydrous ammonia over-exposure from a year earlier.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
20006IA038
7/19/2006
481219
532012
V95.3/T04.9
Pilot

Summary Case Report:A 42-year-old male pilot in co-pilot position died along with the pilot when their chartered, twin-engine turbo jet overshot the runway in inclement weather and crashed.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA039
7/19/2006
481219
532012
V95.3/T04.9
Pilot

Summary Case Report: A 62-year-old pilot in pilot's position died along with his co-pilot when their chartered, twin-engine turbo jet overshot the runway in inclement weather and crashed.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA040
7/19/2006
11
119012
V84.5/T71
Farmer

Summary Case Report: A 66-year-old farmer was operating his tractor, with wide front axle and a front-end loader installed, raking grass in a roadside ditch when the tractor's rear wheel dropped into the area near a culvert and the tractor overturned.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA041
7/19/2006
11
119012
V84.5/T75.4
Farmer

Summary Case Report: A 55-year-old male farmer was backing a wide front-axle tractor, built 1968-72, westbound with its front-end loader bucket lowered to level gravel along the south shoulder of the roadway when the tractor's right rear wheel went off the road's edge and the tractor overturned.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA042
7/22/2006
238210
472111
W86.6/T75.4
Electrical Foreman

Summary Case Report: A 42-year-old foreman for an electrical maintenance contractor was electrocuted while he worked with a coworker to replace a fan in a high voltage transformer.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA043
7/28/2006
238130
472031
W13.6/S02.0
Framer

Summary Case Report: A 28-year-old man was framing the second story of a new house when he fell 25-feet through the opening for the stairway to the concrete floor of the basement.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA044
7/31/2006
115112
452092
W84.7/T02.8
Laborer

Summary Case Report: A 68-year-old farm chemical application service employee was runover while he was refilling the water tank on a self-propelled sprayer when its operator drove the sprayer forward.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA045
8/9/2006
711219
533039
W21.3/S02.0
Race Car Driver

Summary Case Report: A 33-year-old, male driver died in a sprint car that flipped and crashed into a wall during a race at the raceway.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA046
8/10/2006
237310
474051
V85.4/T75.4
Laborer

Summary Case Report: A 49-year-old county road maintenance worker was electrocuted while he was installing a roadside sign when the truck's boom with posthole auger attachment was raised into an overhead electrical power line.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA047
8/11/2006
237110
472151
W77.5/S77.0
Laborer

Summary Case Report: A 56-year-old construction laborer was in a 5-foot deep trench installing a water line along the foundation of an old barn that was no longer present when a lengthy section of the foundation caved into the trench pinning him against the opposite side of the trench.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA048
8/14/2006
562111
537081
V64.5/T04.9
Truck Driver

Summary Case Report: A 40-year-old male driver of a garbage truck that failed to stop for a stop sign at an intersection, was ejected and landed underneath the chassis of a tandem axle dump truck, which also tipped over after it collided with the garbage truck.



FACE ID

Date

NAICS

SOC

ICD-10

Occupation
2006IA049
8/18/2006
561320
131071
V57.6/T04.9
Laborer

Summary Case Report: A 33-year-old labor contractor employee and his co-worker were ejected from labor contractor's van driven by a third coworker and were killed when the van went off the interstate, struck a tree, and overturned in rainy conditions as they returned from work at a food processing facility.



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NAICS

SOC

ICD-10