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

2009IA012 Farmer Engulfed Then Asphyxiated by Corn in Grain Bin

2006IA007 Farmer Attacked and
Killed by Dairy Bull

2005IA075  Farmer Fatally Injured in Tractor Posthole Auger Entanglement

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

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

2004IA021   Farmer Run Over by Tractor and Rotary Cutter

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

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

2005IA015 Farmer Died When Tractor Overturned While Feeding Cattle on Hillside

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

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

 2004IA005 Hispanic Laborer Entangled in Auger at Pork Processing Plant

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

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

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 AgriculturalCooperative 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

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

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

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

00IA005 Sanitation assistant crushed between garbage truck and compactor

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00IA003 Operator of Horizontal Boring Machine Is Crushed To Death

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99IA093 Operator Crushed by Backhoe Boom While Doing Maintenance

99IA085 Construction worker crushed
between falling dumptruck box and frame

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

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99IA011 Farmer crushed to death under broken corn planter

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

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

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

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

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98IA075 Sawmill worker killed while unplugging woodchips from chipper duct

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

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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 gravity flow wagon filled with soybeans tipped over on her

98IA058 Tractor operator backs into tree branch and 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

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

97IA031 Farmer crushed under 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 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 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 leg caught in grain auger

95IA042 Farmer slips while climbing into tractor and 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

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

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

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