The 53-year-old laborer was fatally injured Friday while disassembling an excavator, according to MIOSHA's workplace fatality tracker ... The victim and another worker were attempting to reinstall a pin on the arm of an excavator, MIOSHA said.
MIOSHA responded and conducted an investigation alongside MSP... There were 36 MIOSHA-reported deaths for all of 2023 and 31 overall in 2024; 2009 saw the lowest number in recent years with 24.