Iowa FACE Investigation Reports: ID# Directory
To report an occupational fatality, call the Iowa FACE Program at 800-513-0998 Full narrative reports written according to NIOSH protocol. This directory arranges the reports by ID number, starting with the most recent. For example, 2006IA007 stands for the year of the event/ the state it occured in (IA)/ and the number assigned to the incident. 2012IA041 Diesel Mechanic Died in Motor Vehicle Crash 2012IA009 Bathtub Refinishing Technician Died from Inhalation of Paint Stripper Vapors 2012IA001 Farmer Engulfed in Soybeans While Operating Grain Vacuum in Steel Bin 2011IA075 Truck Driver Died of Thermal Injuries After His Tractor-Trailer Crashed into Concrete Median on the Interstate and Burst into Flames 2011IA043 Farmer Dies from Injuries After Being Attacked by Bull 2011IA039 17-Year-Old Farm Worker Caught Between Bucket of a Wheel Loader and Door Header of a Cattle Shed 2011IA035 Convenience Store Cook Died from Smoke Inhalation 2011IA013 Law enforcement officer killed in line of duty 2010IA054 Construction laborer fell from ladder 2010IA017 Fatal Burn Injury While Bulldozing and Burning Brush 2010IA005 Special Needs Sanitation Route Helper Caught in Tailgate of Waste Collection Truck 2009IA037 Farmer Caught in Compression Rollers of Hay Baler 2009IA012 Farmer Engulfed Then Asphyxiated by Corn in Grain Bin 2008IA081 Farmer Crushed by Corn Head when Disengaging it from Combine NEW 2008IA074 Farm Worker Electrocuted While Pressure Washing in Swine Barn 2007IA081 Farmer killed when large round bale tumbled from forks in loader bucket 2006IA007 Farmer Attacked and Killed by Dairy Bull 2005IA075 Farmer Fatally Injured in Tractor Posthole Auger Entanglement 2005IA086 Truck driver entangled in drive train while freeing seized brakes 2005IA042 Handyman Plumber Asphyxiated in Entry into Water Service Manhole Vault 2005IA034 Farmer Crushed Against Tractor Tire by Gravity Flow Wagon Box while Unhitching 2005IA027 Farmer Killed When Raised Front-end Loader Bucket Attachment Falls NEW 2005IA024 & 025 Farmer and employee died after collapse and attempted rescue in manure storage pit 2005IA022 Man, 29, Died when Tractor with Front-end Loader Full of Rocks Overturned 2005IA020 Farmer engulfed and suffocated in soybeans during unloading of steel grain bin 2005IA019 Exit pit worker entangled in horizontal directional drill back reamer 2005IA015 Farmer Died When Tractor Overturned While Feeding Cattle on Hillside 2005IA013 Tractor moving large round bale on loader forks overturned onto farmer 2005IA004 Part-time Metal Salvager Died when Crushed in Tractor Overturn with Loader 2005IA002 Farmer Pitched from Cart that Tipped while Being Unloaded by Grain Vacuum 2004IA058 Farmer Asphyxiated when Entangled in Drives of Box-type Manure Spreader 2004IA051 Driver pinned under haul truck that went off quarry road and tipped over 2004IA021 Farmer Run Over by Tractor and Rotary Cutter 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 2004IA014 Farmer Crushed Under Falling Dump Trailer Box While Repairing Lift Cylinder 2004IA011 Mechanic Dies When Tractor Overturns While Removing Tree Stump in Cemetery 4IA06 Farmer Dies When Entangled in Old Flight Elevator PTO Shaft 2004IA005 Hispanic Laborer Entangled in Auger at Pork Processing Plant 3IA72 Overturn of a Tractor with ROPS Folded Down Kills Operator 3IA60 Farmer Crushed in Machine Shed Doorway While Using Skid-Steer Loader 3IA58 Hog Farmer Dies from Asphyxiation after Manure Pit Agitation 3IA57 Warehouse Forklift Operator Crushed Against Rack Beam 3IA56 Farmer Killed in Tractor Rollover While Setting a Fence Post 3IA55 Construction Worker Electrocuted When Boom Forklift Contacted Power Lines 3IA54 Farmer Crushed Under Bucket of a Skid-Steer Loader 3IA45 Auto Mechanic Dies from Explosion While Welding a Barrel in His Shop 3IA43 Worker Falls to His Death in a Telescoping Boom Forklift Overturn 3IA36 Satellite TV Company Manager Dies While Preparing Pickup Truck for Transport 3IA35 Tractor Operator Run Over and Killed While Making Repairs 3IA27 Anhydrous Ammonia Nurse Tank Rupture Kills Agricultural Cooperative Worker 2003IA022 Tractor with Cable Hitched to Tow Brush Overturned Rearward on Farmer 3IA21 Welder Falls from Boom Forklift Platform When Boom Shifts Laterally 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 2002IA031 Two Sewer Pipe Relining Workers Killed by Toxic Sewer Gas 2002IA030 Front Hopper Gate Operator Run Over by Chip Spreader during Street Resurfacing 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 Was 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 Was 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 is 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 00IA031 Water tower worker killed as mobile tower crane crashes to the ground 00IA005 Sanitation assistant crushed between garbage truck and compactor 00IA003 Operator of Horizontal Boring Machine Is Crushed To Death 99IA093 Operator Crushed By Backhoe Boom While Doing Maintenance 99IA085 Construction worker crushed between falling dumptruck box and frame 99IA038 Sewer maintenance worker killed by nozzle tip on Jet / Vac hose 99IA011 Farmer crushed to death under broken corn planter 99IA010 Driver of 3-wheeled agricultural sprayer killed during overturn 99IA007 Dairy farmer dies while cleaning his barn with skid-steer loader 99IA005 Tractor operator killed in an overturn while moving a sandblasting trailer 99IA003 Youth farm worker is killed when he becomes entangled in PTO driveline of an old grinder-mixer 98IA075 Sawmill worker killed while unplugging woodchips from a chipper duct 98IA074 Female machine operator killed when working on a punch press 98IA073 Farmer starts tractor, which then runs over and kills him 98IA072 Farmer slips off tractor step and falls into path of moving truck 98IA071 Two auto mechanics crushed to death under falling tow truck 98IA067 Farmwife was killed as a gravity flow wagon filled with soybeans tipped over on her 98IA058 Tractor operator backs into tree branch and is crushed against steering wheel 98IA056 Farmer crushed underneath rotary mower while changing blades 98IA053 Electrician falls to his death from an old wooden transformer platform 98IA048 Farmer falls to his death from combine during maintenance. 98IA045 Arc welder dies in explosion while using an old barrel as a worktable. 98IA043 Farm worker suffocates in flowing grain while clearing a blocked grain auger 98IA035 Farmer suffocates under grain while using a grain vacuum 98IA017 Salesman killed while lifting portable elevator that had tipped over in street 98IA003 Paper mill employee killed as safety plate pins him against a paper winder 97IA052 Mobile tower crane falls 180 feet to the ground killing the crane operator 97IA031 Farmer crushed under a skid-steer loader bucket 96IA067 Sheet metal roofer slips and falls through joint in ceiling 96IA065 Construction worker falls head-first into 16-foot concrete pit 96IA061 Wife is pinned between tractor loader bucket and foundation wall while helping husband build new home 96IA055 Asphalt machine runs over and kills worker 96IA042 Tractor avoids oncoming car but rolls in a ditch killing the operator 96IA041 Farmer crushed under planter while changing flat tire 96IA033 Gravel pit worker dies while cleaning off a stalled conveyor belt 96IA015 Farmer is killed by skid-steer loader when it rolls into creek bed 96IA008 Construction worker killed by hydraulic excavator while working in trench 96IA003 Iron worker falls 19 stories after welding lead melts steel cage cable 95IA047 Man dies after getting his leg caught in a grain auger 95IA042 Farmer slips while climbing into tractor, is run over and killed 95IA040 Farmer crushed to death while changing U-joint on older farm truck 95IA035 Farmer dies after getting caught in auger of a combine header 95IA033 Auto salvage yard worker crushed while working under car 95IA029 Farmer killed from tractor rollover while loading hay on hillside 95IA027 Metal conveyor belt slides down incline crushing supervisor. 95IA024 Aerial truck arm breaks, causing tree trimmer to fall to his death 95IA021 Youth falls from ladder and dies while changing lightbulb 95IA019 Loading dock worker crushed between forklift and flatbed truck 95IA017 Farmer dies when a tree falls on him from a front-end loader 95IA009 12-year-old boy dies from a tractor rollover in a roadside ditch 95IA007 Construction worker falls to his death while repairing elevator 95IA006 Retired farmer dies in barnyard from tractor rollover 95IA005 Silo maintenance worker dies after getting caught in unloading auger 95IA001 Farmer dies while cleaning foot pedals of skid-steer loader |