2025 Fatality Information

Use the information in this table to build hazard awareness and prevent risk for similar occurrences in your workplace. This table shares preliminary details about many of the fatalities reported to the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration. These descriptions reflect information provided to MIOSHA at the initial report of the incident and are not the result of the official MIOSHA investigation.

INCIDENT NUMBER	DATE	OCCUPATION	AGE	TYPE OF INCIDENT	DESCRIPTION	CITY
1.	1/3/2025	Cement Finisher	43	Inhalation	On January 3, 2025, two cement finishers were grinding and polishing a concrete floor in a customer's pole barn. When the employer had not heard from them by 8:30 p.m., he contacted the homeowner, who found both employees unconscious. One was hospitalized in critical condition. The 43-year-old victim was pronounced deceased at the scene. The employees had used propane-powered equipment in the enclosed barn without ventilation.	Almont
2.	1/16/2025	Laborer	41	Struck by	On January 16, 2025, a 41-year-old laborer was pulling a trailer with a side-by-side Utility Task Vehicle (UTV) when the trailer came off the hitch. The trailer’s tongue went underneath the truck causing it to collide with a stationary metal pole. The pole penetrated the cab of the truck fatally injuring the worker.	Ravenna
3.	2/10/2025	Roofer	29	Fall (from elevation)	On February 10, 2025, a 29-year-old roofer was working on a residential roof. The roof of this home was covered with plywood and tarps. The victim went on the roof to remove the tarp. While the victim was cutting the tarp, the victim fell approximately 20 feet onto their head. The victim was found on the ground wearing a harness. The victim was pronounced deceased at the worksite.	Traverse City
4.	2/12/2025	Senior Foreman Pipefitter	34	Cave-in	On February 12, 2025, a 34-year-old senior foreman pipefitter was performing underground piping when the trench caved in burying the victim. The employee died as a result of the injuries at the worksite.	Carsonville
5.	3/9/2025	Roofer	32	Fall (from elevation)	On March 2, 2025, a 32-year-old roofer was installing a roofing membrane when they fell off the roof approximately 20 feet to the ground. The victim was transported to the hospital, placed on life support, and died as a result	Sterling Heights
6.	4/7/2025	Machine Repairman	63	Struck by	On April 7, 2025, a 63-year-old machine repairman was performing maintenance tasks near a conveyor line. During the task, a motorized arm pinned the victim to the conveyor causing fatal crushing injuries.	Dundee
7.	4/15/2025	Truck Driver	64	Struck by	On April 15, 2025, a 64-year-old truck driver was parked on a hill to unload a double trailer of aggregate for a water and sewer project. The rear trailer needed to be unhooked in order to dump the front trailer. After both trailers were emptied, the victim was in the process of hooking up the rear trailer when it began rolling down the hill, striking the driver, causing fatal injuries.	Ann Arbor
8.	5/14/2025	Arborist	38	Struck by	On May 14, 2025, a 38-year-old Arborist was working at a logging site. After taking a break, the victim walked onto the property line and was struck by a tree affected by oak wilt, approximately 60 feet away and not part of the work area. The victim died at the scene.	White Cloud
9.	5/24/2025	Machine Operator	71	Struck by	On May 20, 2025, a 71-year-old machine operator was cutting steel banding securing a bundle of 2-inch by 2-inch square metal tubing. After the banding was cut, the tubing collapsed and struck the victim’s legs, causing them to fall and hit their head. The victim was transported to the hospital and placed on life support but died from their injuries on May 24, 2025.	Comstock Park
10.	5/31/2025	Laborer	33	Struck by	On May 28, 2025, a 33-year-old laborer was operating a riding lawnmower along the edge of a steep embankment with a 10-foot drop to a drainage ditch. The lawnmower overturned, pinning the victim at the bottom of the ditch for about five minutes before being removed by coworkers. The victim was transported to the hospital and died from their injuries on May 31, 2025.	Oakland Township
11.	4/30/2025	Student Support Specialist	46	Asphyxiation	On April 30, 2025, a 46-year-old student support specialist was found unresponsive with a metal file cabinet on top of them. Emergency services were called. The employee was pronounced on scene. The autopsy indicated the cause of death to be traumatic (compression) chest asphyxia from the file cabinet.	Jackson
12.	6/16/2025	Laborer	27	Struck by	On June 16, 2025, a 27-year-old laborer, and another employee were working on a high school gymnasium setting steel trusses. A few hours before the fatal incident, there was a near miss when unsecured steel trusses fell, one landing on the ground and one landing on an aerial lift occupied by the two employees. As the two employees were in an aerial lift going up to reinforce the trusses on a second attempt, several unsecured steel trusses fell. The steel trusses struck both employees trapping them in the aerial lift resulting in them both being hospitalized. One of the two employees died from their injuries.	Potterville
13.	6/19/2025	Driver	48	Caught in or between	On June 19, 2025, a 48-year-old truck driver was backing up his truck for stone delivery. While backing up, the truck jack-knifed causing the truck to tip over crushing the cab.	Ann Arbor
14.	6/22/2025	Laborer	17	Other	On June 22, 2025, a 17-year-old laborer was tasked to cut up a felled tree at a residential location. The owner found the victim next to the chainsaw with a laceration to their neck.	Muskegon
15.	6/28/2025	Gutter Installer	24	Shock	On June 28, 2025, a 24-year-old gutter installer was replacing a gutter system at a customer location. While the victim was in an elevated lift, they came into contact with overhead energized electrical lines and fell out of the lift approximately 30-feet.	Ludington
16.	6/30/2025	Laborer	23	Struck by	On June 30, 2025, a 23-year-old laborer was between the bucket of a large excavator and a concrete structure. The bucket was resting on the ground. The operator of the excavator didn’t see the employee and moved the bucket and struck the victim.	Brighton

There were 34 MIOSHA-related deaths in 2024. 2009 saw the lowest number with 24.

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