Commercial Insurance
1998 Fatal Accidents
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1. A 39-year-old airport employee was struck by a rising door while driving a low motor pulling two baggage carts.

2. A 39 year old died three weeks after receiving a 227-volt electrical shock while removing a light switch.

3. A 31-year-old subcontractor employee was killed instantly when he was struck by a rolling tractor-trailer.

4. A 66-year-old sawmill worker was struck by a board on the side of his head.

5. A 36-year-old construction worker died three weeks after falling onto concrete from a 45-foot scaffold.

6. A 43 year old died when his head was crushed by a 2,500 ton forging press.

7. A 33-year-old electrician fell 14 feet onto a concrete slab while pulling wires from a building.

8. A 50 year old died when a drive systems cabinet fell on his chest.

9. A 48-year-old subcontractor employee died when he was run over by a highlander forklift.

10. A 27 year old died when he walked into the spinning propeller of a plane.

11. A 17 year old died when he was trapped between the lift mechanism and the front wheel of a skid steer vehicle.

12. A 42 year old died when he came in contact with an overhead high voltage line.

13. A 52 year old died when he fell onto concrete while removing a planking access from roof construction.

14. A 30 year old fell to 19 feet to his death while installing windows.

15. A 40 year old fell 25 feet while removing roofing.

16. A 34 year old died when the extension ladder he was moving came in contact with overhead high voltage line.

17. A 33 year old died when he fell 8 feet and hit his head on a log on the ground.

18. A 53 year old was killed when he was crushed by a low-motor powered industrial truck.

19. A 41 year old died when he was pinned to the ground by the forks and carriage of a forklift.

20. A 38 year old received a fatal electrical shock when the boom of his truck came in contact with a power line.

21. A 22-year-old construction worker died when he fell 10 feet onto a concrete floor.

22. A 32 year old died from internal injuries when he was pinned between a Bobcat and the edge of a dump bed.

23. A 33 year old died five days after burning more than 70 percent of his body during a chemical explosion.

24. A 29 year old died from a seizure caused by heat stress after working in a non-temperature regulated area of a slaughterhouse.

25. A 20 year old died when he was crushed by an uprooted tree.

26. A man died several days after he fell into a 32-foot pit of hot water.

27. A 59-year-old truck driver died when he was hit by another truck.

28. A 19-year-old sanitation worker was killed when he was pulled into the venter sprocket and shackle chain of a machine in cleaning mode.

29. A 61 year old died when he fell 64 feet from a manually propelled scaffold.

30. A 32 year old was fatally struck by a vehicle while placing cones around a construction zone on a two-lane street.

31. A construction worker died when he slid off a roof and fell more than 30 feet onto wood debris.

32. A 21 year old died when his arm came in contact with a high-voltage power line.

33. A 53 year old died while operating his farm tractor.

34. A 34 year old died a day after he was severely burned by a gasoline explosion.

35. An 83-year-old sanitation worker died four days after sustaining skull and collarbone fractures and broken ribs while spraying down equipment in a poultry slaughtering facility.

36. A 32 year old died by electrocution while pouring concrete from a crane that contacted an overhead power line.

37. A 65 year old was fatally struck by a tree during a tree-felling operation.

38. A 38 year old and a 43 year old were fatally burned while disassembling a fuel boiler silo.

39. A 28 year old died instantly when his tractor overturned.

40. A 20 year old died when he fell into a wood chipper while the conveyor was running.

41. A 27 year old died when a 40-foot XXrebar column of the westbound lane bridge support for Route 895.

42. A 20 year old died when he fell 22 feet from a roof onto a concrete floor.

43. A 24 year old died the day after 70 percent of his body was burned while he was spraying toluene into a 55-gallon drum.

44. A 47-year-old company owner died when he fell through a window opening while unrolling plastic sheeting.

Source: Virginia Department of Labor and Industry