Construction worker dies after being pinned between equipment at Flint job site

A workplace fatality on Feb. 6 in Flint is Michigan's second worksite death during 2026, state officials said. 

The victim was a 53-year-old laborer, the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) said. 

According to a state database, the worker was among three people who were using a front-end loader for a task. Two employees stood in the loader bucket, while an operator started the machinery so the others could reinstall a pin on the arm of an excavator. During that process, the excavator cab and arm turned, pinning one of the workers between the excavator arm and the front-end loader bucket. 

The employee was taken to an area hospital and pronounced dead. 

There were 44 workplace-related deaths in Michigan during 2025, state officials said. 

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