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In the last few months, the following workplace accidents involving vehicles resulted in the death, according to OSHA:
- Employee killed when oncoming vehicle crashed into work vehicle;
- Worker died after being struck and pinned beneath the landing gear of a semi-truck backing up to loading dock;
- Worker struck and killed by vehicle while securing gate at facility lift station;
- Worker died when a hydraulic lift fell, crushing him underneath;
- Worker died from injuries after falling off and being run over by a tractor;
- Worker died after falling off tractor and striking head on rake of the tractor;
- Employee died from injuries after a traffic accident with a 18-wheel truck;
- Worker killed when concrete pipe rolled off truck bed and crushed him;
- Worker killed after vehicle was hit by oncoming train;
- Worker killed after being run over by another vehicle while disconnecting a semi from a trailer;
- Worker died after ATV flipped over embankment and landed on top of him;
- Employee died after being struck by a forklift;
- Employee struck and killed by vehicle while surveying roadway activity;
- Employee for indoor/outdoor recreation distributor died after his work vehicle was struck by a semi-truck;
- Worker killed after being struck by vehicle while flagging traffic during roadside construction;
- Worker died after lawn tractor tipped over, pinning worker between ground and equipment;
- Two employees died after being struck by a vehicle that entered a construction work zone;
- Worker died after falling from trailer being loaded with lumber;
- Worker died from injuries after vehicle hit work truck, causing a fiber optic line to strike and sever worker’s arm;
- Worker died after another vehicle struck his taxicab;
- Employee died after being struck by a falling load while unloading 40′ lengths of pipe from a flatbed trailer;
- Employee died after being struck by a front end loader on a construction site;
- Employee died after falling 10 feet from a powered industrial truck while accessing a rack storage system;
- Two workers electrocuted when the boom truck basket they were inside contacted a 7,200-volt power line while they performed chimney repair work;
- Worker died after being pinned between tree and sanitation truck and then run over by truck;
- Employee killed after being crushed by the rear axle of forklift;
- Employee died after falling from courier/delivery vehicle;
- Employee struck and killed by the front axle of a tandem axle trailer;
- Employee died after being crushed between truck bed edge and a load of construction materials;
- Worker died after being caught between a semi truck and loading dock;
- Employee killed after being struck by vehicle when he stepped out of his truck on the side of the highway;
- Worker died from head injuries after falling from a tractor;
- Employee died while riding as a passenger in a delivery vehicle that collided with an 18-wheel truck;
- Worker died after being struck by vehicle while testing repaired motorcycle;
- Worker died after being struck by semi-truck while assisting a motorist;
- Worker died after being struck by vehicle while performing controlled forestry burns in the park;
- Employee died from injuries after being crushed by a forklift;
- Worker died after vehicle collided with another on interstate highway;
- Employee struck and killed by forklift;
- Worker crushed and killed after the tractor trailer he was repairing fell on him;
- Worker died after being struck by a chain and hook from an extended forklift;
- Worker died after being crushed by cylinders that rolled off fork-truck;
- Worker died from injuries when forklift overturned and rolled down hill; and
- Worker was killed when he was struck by company truck and dragged approximately 200-300 feet.