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A maintenance mechanic at an aluminum foil processing facility died after being exposed to a solution of boric acid and water – estimated to be heated to about 180° F – while trying to remove a recirculation pump from its housing.

A 43-year-old bathtub refinisher, working alone in a small apartment bathroom, died from exposure to methylene chloride.

A 24-year-old oil and gas delivery truck driver was fatally injured when he was crushed between a dozer and the front of his vehicle.

A landscaper died after entering the hopper of a bark blower truck and becoming entangled in its rotating auger system.

A 24-year-old laborer and a 37-year-old pipefitter were crushed by a falling block wall when it failed.

A 34-year-old mechanic was performing maintenance on a bin destacker when part of the machinery came down and crushed him.

A 46-year-old owner of a residential siding company died from injuries sustained from a 20- to 25-foot fall onto a concrete slab.

A 54-year-old construction worker fell 12 feet and died after he stepped on a portion of a metal roof of a dairy cow barn and it gave way.