Suffocation

Date	Location	State	Name	Age	Cause of Death
9/22/1905	Hardwick	VT	2 boys		dirt cave-in
2/23/1906	New York	NY	Willie Ebert	5	dirt cave-in
4/13/1906	Washington	TX	boy, 2-months	0.2	suffocated when a 3-year-old dumped a can of snuff on his face
7/10/1906	New York	NY	Jimmie McCullom	6	suffocated in a tool chest
8/11/1906	New York	NY	Joseph Eidelberg	2	dirt cave-in
3/16/1907	New York	NY	John Meara	16	snow fort collapse
8/2/1907	Cedar Grove	NJ	George Nelson	6	sand cave-in
8/29/1907	Holderness	NH	2 boys		sand cave-in
4/18/1908	Chicago	IL	2 boys		sand cave-in
4/25/1908	New York	NY	Norman Holmes	12	dirt cave-in
7/13/1908	San Francisco	CA	John Bucheneff	14	suffocated in a garbage bin
7/16/1908	Minneapolis	MN	Arthur Jurgens	12	sand cave-in
8/10/1909	Quincy	MA	Peter Lamont, 13-months	1.1	sand cave-in
7/24/1910	Red Rock	NM	2 boys		suffocated in quicksand
8/3/1910	New York	NY	3 boys		sand cave-in
3/18/1912	Smith Center	KS	Harry Agnew	12	buried in snow by rotary railroad plow he was chasing
9/20/1912	Pittsburgh	PA	Walter Schnellbacher	10	dirt fort cave-in
10/30/1912	Brooklyn	NY	2 boys		dirt cave-in
11/4/1913	Beloit	WI	2 boys		sand cave-in
9/3/1914	Schenectady	NY	5 girls & 1 boy		sand cave-in
12/23/1914	Victoria	TX	2 boys		dirt cave-in
9/3/1916	New York	NY	2 boys		sand cave-in
9/16/1916	Reynoldsville	PA	Francis Howlett	14	dirt cave-in
9/17/1918	St. Paul	MN	2 boys		dirt cave-in
4/8/1919	Pocatello	ID	Josephine Whitaker	3	sand cave-in
7/27/1919	Pittsburgh	PA	George Young	3	fell into a bin filled with sand and was smothered
10/26/1920	Minneapolis	MN	3 boys		suffocated in a sand pit
5/5/1923	Chicago	IL	Walter Skela	9	dirt cave-in
8/16/1924	Chicago	IL	2 boys		suffocated in a trunk
3/3/1925	Foss	OK	3 brothers		sand cave-in
6/18/1925	St. Petersburg	FL	2 boys		sand cave-in
8/7/1926	Austin	MN	Francis Urlich	11	sand cave-in
12/25/1926	Stamford	CA	Marcia Sammon, 10-months	0.8	suffocated by a sleeping bag hood in her carriage
2/12/1927	Culver City	CA	3 boys		sand cave-in
3/16/1927	St. Petersburg	FL	Joseph Fletcher	11	sand cave-in
9/12/1927	Chicago	IL	William Weber	5	suffocated in an old ice box
8/10/1929	Canton	OH	2 boys		sand cave-in
8/22/1929	Ocean City	WA	Walter Shreck	13	sand cave-in
11/11/1930	Atlantic City	NJ	Edward Johnson	8	sand cave-in
2/26/1931	Provo	UT	2 boys		sand cave-in
7/13/1931	Fostoria	OH	2 boys		sand cave-in
9/14/1931	Howard City	MI	Gene Trumbull	4	dirt cave-in
4/2/1932	S. Beloit	IL	Joseph Speich	12	suffocated under a straw pile
4/27/1932	Queens	NY	2 brothers		dirt cave-in
5/17/1932	De Leon Springs	FL	Hugh Browning	16	sand cave-in
5/27/1932	Schenectady	NY	2 boys		suffocated in an old ice box
11/6/1932	Brooklyn	NY	Karel Treu	9	dirt cave-in
3/12/1934	Seaside Park	NJ	Julia Brower	11	snow cave collapsed on her
6/5/1934	Fulda	MN	2 boys		dirt cave-in
9/4/1934	Sacramento	CA	2 sisters		suffocated in ice box
9/30/1934	Aurora	NE	2 boys		dirt cave-in
11/7/1934	Minneapolis	MN	2 boys		sand cave-in
1/21/1935	Willow	FL	H.A. Jones	15	dirt tunnel collapse
5/24/1935	Yonkers	NY	John Carpenter Jr	11	suffocated in a working refrigerator
7/8/1935	Purcell	OK	2 boys		suffocated in a gasoline storage tank
12/31/1935	Cambridge	MA	William Ganey	8	dirt cave-in
2/3/1936	Seal Beach	CA	Jackie Ward	8	sand cave-in
6/17/1936	LaSalle	IL	Kenneth Moore	5	suffocated when he fell into a barrel of ground oats
7/17/1936	Dundalk	MD	boy, 1-month	0.1	suffocated by pet cat lying on his face
8/4/1936	Lemmon	SD	2 brothers		sand cave-in
1/3/1937	Miami	FL	Robert Dawson	16	dirt cave-in
7/4/1937	Eureka	UT	Roger Fennell	3	suffocated in an old ice box
8/16/1937	Seattle	WA	Arlene Jylha	3	sand cave-in
2/28/1938	Cleveland	OH	3 boys & 1 girl		dirt fort cave-in
7/8/1938	New Haven	CT	Bartholemew LaPorte	9	suffocated in a cedar chest
8/14/1938	Suamico	WI	Ben Micolichek	10	sand cave-in
8/26/1938	Hamburg	IA	3 boys		dirt cave-in
4/24/1939	Pittsburgh	PA	Samuel Burnett	9	dirt cave-in
4/28/1939	Worcester	MA	Joan Perks	4	sand cave-in
6/4/1939	South River	NJ	Preston Raub Jr	7	suffocated in an old ice box
2/7/1940	Bronx	NY	Richard Gilbert, 8-months	0.7	suffocated by his pajamas
3/5/1940	Queens	NY	Henry Merrill, 11-months	0.9	suffocated by his pajamas
2/28/1941	Brooklyn	NY	John Whitbeck Jr	12	dirt cave-in
10/8/1941	Pittsburgh	PA	Elmer Cameron	4	suffocated in an old ice box
10/27/1941	Washington Township	OH	Kenneth Padley	9	dirt cave-in
5/26/1942	Somerville	MA	2 girls		suffocated in a sawdust pile at a woodworking plant
8/11/1942	Queens	NY	Harold Heins	9	sand cave-in
8/25/1942	St. Louis	MO	Howard McMurry	13	sand cave-in
10/30/1942	Woonsocket	RI	Eugene Dufour	15	sand cave-in
2/15/1943	Brooklyn	NY	Louis Bijesse	9	suffocated in a working refrigerator
7/27/1943	Minneapolis	MN	2 boys		suffocated when they were trapped in a sand storage pit
7/30/1943	San Francisco	CA	Stephen George Jr	13	dirt cave-in
3/10/1944	Pittston	MA	Robert Adair	7	dirt cave-in
6/22/1944	Granville	ND	Melvin Loftnesnes Jr	15	dirt cave-in
8/24/1944	Minneapolis	MN	Leroy Mattson	12	sand cave-in
9/9/1944	Ogden	UT	2 boys		suffocated in an old ice box
11/11/1944	Chicago	IL	Roland Lambert Jr	15	suffocated while testing a homemade oxygen mask
11/27/1944	Weyauwega	WI	Gordon Claussen	13	dirt cave-in
9/14/1945	Amarillo	TX	James Pearson	3	suffocated in an asphalt pit
3/24/1946	Charleston	SC	twin brothers	3	suffocated in a cedar chest
5/3/1946	Chicago	IL	2 boys		suffocated in a trunk
6/17/1946	Rochester	PA	James Sutton	4	suffocated in an old refrigerator
8/24/1946	Cleveland	OH	brother & sister		suffocated in an unplugged freezer
8/27/1946	Algona	IA	Marilyn Tripp	5	suffocated in a load of oats
3/1/1948	Devils Lake	ND	Janet Bakke	7	snow cave collapse
4/17/1948	Los Angeles	CA	Danny Chambers	4	suffocated in an old ice box
5/4/1948	Dumas	TX	5 children		suffocated in an old refrigerator
9/12/1948	Dayton	OH	2 boys		dirt cave-in
11/16/1948	Costa Mesa	CA	2 boys		dirt cave-in
1/12/1949	Chester	PA	Barry Moore	4	suffocated in a cedar chest
6/4/1949	Walnut Ridge	AR	3 children		suffocated in an old ice box
9/19/1949	Fresno	CA	Edward Ryder	3	suffocated in an old ice box
11/7/1949	Lancaster	OH	David Spung	13	dirt cave-in
12/22/1949	Cheyenne	WY	2 brothers		suffocated in a steamer trunk
3/6/1950	El Paso	TX	James Taylor	7	dirt cave-in
4/12/1950	Bronx	NY	Peter Klein	12	dirt cave-in
5/5/1950	Chicago	IL	Albert Kezar Jr	14	suffocated when he became trapped in a hotel closet compartment
7/27/1950	Three Lakes	WI	John McQuestion	11	dirt cave-in
8/2/1950	Whitehouse	NJ	2 children		suffocated in an old refrigerator
8/22/1950	Atlanta	GA	Bruce Leggett	4	dirt cave-in
9/4/1950	Jacksonville	FL	2 boys		sand cave-in
3/3/1951	Detroit	MI	3 boys		dirt cave-in
5/20/1951	Newark	NJ	2 boys		suffocated in an old refrigerator
6/25/1951	Bethel	PA	Paul Hess	6	suffocated in an old refrigerator
8/12/1951	Lansing	MI	Douglas Davis	9	sand cave-in
9/11/1951	Yonkers	NY	2 boys		dirt cave-in
11/30/1951	Cedar Rapids	IA	boy	16	suffocated while taking a hot shower while trying to lose weight for a wrestling match
1/26/1952	Bloomington	IL	Jerry Greene	7	suffocated in gravel bin
2/4/1952	Edina	MN	Walter Rabe	6	suffocated when he got trapped in a fireplace chimney
4/23/1952	E. Providence	RI	2 boys		suffocated in an old ice box
5/6/1952	Derby	IA	Ruby Dodson	5	suffocated in an old ice box
5/7/1952	Safford	AZ	3 brothers & 1 other boy		sand cave-in
5/23/1952	Saugus	MA	2 girls		suffocated in an old ice box
7/13/1952	Bowling Green	OH	David Miliron	4	suffocated in an old refrigerator
8/4/1952	San Jose, CA	CA	Jerry Barnes	5	suffocated in an ice chest
9/9/1952	Clatskanie	OR	2 boys		sand cave-in
9/23/1952	Bellflower	CA	2 girls		suffocated in an old refrigerator
12/8/1952	Salt Lake City	UT	Douglas Glissmeyer	12	dirt fort cave-in
5/26/1953	Rockford	IL	2 brothers		suffocated in an old refrigerator
7/28/1953	Granton	WI	2 girls		sandslide at a gravel pit
8/13/1953	Proctor	AR	5 children of Blackstock family		suffocated in abandoned ice box
8/13/1953	Richmond	VA	4 boys		suffocated in an old refrigerator
8/14/1953	Haverhill	MA	2 boys		suffocated in an old ice box
9/4/1953	Sewickley	PA	Thomas Slack	9	suffocated in a footlocker
9/10/1953	Desmet	ID	2 brothers		suffocated in an unplugged freezer
9/22/1953	Mt. Holly	NJ	David Brown	13	suffocated in a cedar chest
9/25/1953	Syosset	NY	Barry Blacher	5	dirt cave-in
10/6/1953	Grand Haven	MI	Pamela Pfisher	4	suffocated in an old refrigerator
10/25/1953	Lloyds Harbor	NY	Charles Gibson	12	sand cave-in
10/30/1953	Hopkins	MN	Bobby Miller	10	suffocated in a gravel pit
4/15/1954	Hill Air Force Base	UT	2 girls		suffocated in a working refrigerator
4/25/1954	Baldwin	PA	Clyde Graham	5	suffocated in an old ice box
5/13/1954	Farmington	MI	Carol Timte	2	suffocated in an accordion case
6/2/1954	New London	CT	2 boys		suffocated in an old refrigerator
7/16/1954	San Diego, CA	CA	Richard Jorgensen	7	suffocated in a cedar chest
7/23/1954	Kellogg	ID	John Mattmiller Jr, 6-months	0.5	suffocated when he got caught between his bed and a wall
8/11/1954	Denver	CO	Paul Gordon	12	dirt cave-in
3/25/1955	Oklahoma City	OK	brother & sister		dirt cave-in
4/26/1955	W. Lebanon	NH	Rollo Dickerson	10	sand cave-in
6/16/1955	Centerville	MI	Andy Huff	9	suffocated in hay while playing
6/23/1955	Minneapolis	MN	James Flattem	10	dirt cave-in
6/27/1955	Queens	NY	2 boys		dirt cave-in
6/29/1955	Detroit	MI	Gary Hodge	4	suffocated in a working refrigerator
7/25/1955	Cave Spring	GA	William Twilley	2	suffocated when a small stick lodged in his throat
7/28/1955	Perrine	FL	Robert Benn	3	suffocated in an unplugged refrigerator in kitchen
8/17/1955	Philadelphia	PA	2 brothers		suffocated in an old refrigerator
8/20/1955	Steppville	AL	Jerry Burns, 19-months	1.6	suffocated in a working refrigerator
9/3/1955	Detroit	MI	2 boys		suffocated in an old ice box
9/9/1955	Spokane	WA	Thomas Cael	3	suffocated from plastic bag over his head
9/24/1955	St. Paul	MN	2 boys		dirt cave-in
10/7/1955	New Haven	CT	2 boys		suffocated in a trunk
3/18/1956	Chicago	IL	John Reif	11	dirt cave-in
5/15/1956	New York	NY	Ivison Austin Jr	5	suffocated in an old ice box
5/15/1956	Hutchinson	KS	Throval Johnson	6	suffocated in an old ice box
6/9/1956	Afton	WY	2 boys		suffocated in a working refrigerator
6/12/1956	Brooklyn	NY	6 children		dirt slide at highway construction site
6/15/1956	Farmington	MI	David Harris	13	sand cave-in
6/16/1956	Enumclaw	WA	Gordon Holcomb	8	smothered under a load of hay
7/4/1956	Fayetteville	NC	Venterre Patterson	3	suffocated in an old refrigerator
9/7/1956	Thomasville	NC	Alice Watson	4	suffocated in an old refrigerator
9/18/1956	Akron	IA	2 brothers		dirt cave-in
2/23/1957	Anaheim	CA	3 boys		dirt cave-in
3/11/1957	Houston	TX	David Dundas	3	suffocated in a clothes dryer
5/23/1957	Campbell	NY	2 sisters		suffocated in an old refrigerator
6/6/1957	Orlando	FL	Vance Satterthwaite	10	suffocated in an old ice box
6/18/1957	Redding	CA	brother & sister		suffocated in an old refrigerator
7/29/1957	Moorhead	MN	Dale Glawe	3	suffocated in an old ice box
8/12/1957	White Bear Lake	MN	Stephen Young	14	sand cave-in
8/27/1957	Houston	TX	Steven Gaspard	3	suffocated in a locker at St. Theresa's School
9/1/1957	St. Paul	MN	2 boys		sand cave-in
9/7/1957	Washington	DC	Dwayne Reed	5	suffocated in an old refrigerator
10/12/1957	Cuyahoga Falls	OH	Donald Hilliard	9	dirt tunnel cave-in
11/7/1957	Waupaca	WI	Thomas Wagner	8	sand cave-in
11/11/1957	Vicksburg	MS	2 sisters		suffocated in a working freezer
11/22/1957	Inkster	MI	Kenneth Temple	4	suffocated from plastic bag over his head
2/24/1958	W. De Pere	WI	Richard Belongia	17	suffocated from a plastic bag over his head while conducting an experiment
4/5/1958	Butte	MT	Gordon Brown	12	snow tunnel collapse
4/7/1958	Rapids City	IL	2 girls		suffocated in an unplugged freezer
5/19/1958	Sarasota	FL	Maria Presha, 4-months	0.3	suffocated in a plastic clothing bag
6/12/1958	Venice	IL	2 children		suffocated in an old refrigerator
6/30/1958	Las Vegas	NV	brother & sister		suffocated in a working refrigerator
7/1/1958	Casa Grande	AZ	Melvin Richardson	3	suffocated in an old ice box
7/23/1958	Dallas	TX	2 children		suffocated in a closet
7/25/1958	Marietta	GA	Jimmy Cochran	3	suffocated in ice chest
8/3/1958	Weymouth	MA	Dennis Dalrymple	8	suffocated in an old refrigerator
8/27/1958	Ellenville	NY	Michael Luis Jr, 5-months	0.4	suffocated from plastic bag over his head
10/10/1958	Tacoma	WA	2 boys		suffocated in toy box
12/9/1958	Norwalk	CA	Luis Cruz	8	suffocated from plastic bag over his head
1/10/1959	Honolulu	HI	2 girls		suffocated in a wooden box
1/20/1959	New Berlin	WI	Joel Hassler, 7-months	0.6	suffocated from plastic bag over his head
2/23/1959	Washington	DC	Randolph Ford	11	sand cave-in
4/9/1959	Gary	IN	2 boys		suffocated in an old refrigerator
5/8/1959	Reno	NV	girl, 8-months	0.7	suffocated from plastic bag over her head
5/9/1959	Huntsville	UT	Donald Jackson	9	dirt cave-in
5/12/1959	Indianapolis	IN	Wayne McClain	1	suffocated from plastic bag over his head
5/13/1959	Los Angeles	CA	Ruth Perrault	2	suffocated from plastic bag over her head
5/13/1959	Rigelsville	PA	Alma Lanan, 5-months	0.4	suffocated from plastic bag over her head
5/14/1959	South St. Paul	MN	Gary Tousignant	5	suffocated from paint fumes
5/14/1959	Baldwin	PA	Wayne Rampero, 11-months	0.9	suffocated from plastic bag over his head
5/17/1959	Detroit	MI	Waymon Robinson, 5-months	0.4	suffocated from plastic bag over his head
5/18/1959	New Kensington	PA	William Houser, 10-months	0.8	suffocated from a plastic couch cover over his head
5/20/1959	Menomonee Falls	WI	Jeffrey Koerner, 6-months	0.5	suffocated from plastic bag over his head
5/21/1959	Albany	NY	2 boys		suffocated in an old refrigerator
5/25/1959	Owensboro	KY	Debra Payne, 10-weeks	0.2	suffocated from plastic bag over her head
5/27/1959	Alexandria	LA	Paul Cedus, 6-months	0.5	suffocated from plastic bag over his head
5/28/1959	Cleveland	OH	Vincent Fitch, 3-months	0.3	suffocated from plastic bag over his head
5/29/1959	McCloud	CA	Sarah Alexander, 8-months	0.7	suffocated from plastic bag over her head
6/5/1959	New York	NY	Nancy Walton, 2-months	0.2	suffocated from plastic bag over her head
6/5/1959	New York	NY	Migdalia Perez, 4-months	0.3	suffocated from plastic bag over her head
6/13/1959	Talladega	AL	2 boys		suffocated in an old refrigerator
6/13/1959	Boston	MA	June MacPhail	7	suffocated in an old refrigerator
6/14/1959	Chicago	IL	Viviane Davis, 5-months	0.4	suffocated from plastic bag over her head
6/16/1959	Sarasota	FL	Nadina Behn, 6-weeks	0.2	suffocated from a plastic bag over her head
6/18/1959	Derby	CO	Frances Guerrero, 6-months	0.5	suffocated from a plastic bag over her head
6/20/1959	Pender	VA	Norma Mitchell, 3-months	0.3	suffocated from plastic bag over her head
6/23/1959	Cleveland	OH	Joan Jackson, 5-months	0.4	suffocated from plastic bag over her head
7/1/1959	Oklahoma City	OK	Jerome Brown	7	suffocated in a clothes dryer
7/11/1959	Independence	MO	Doug Hileman	8	suffocated from plastic bag over his head
7/14/1959	Hanna City	IL	Allison McKinzie, 7-months	0.6	suffocated in cloth draperies which replaced plastic ones, because the parents thought those were dangerous
7/20/1959	Olympia	WA	Clayton Gera, 9-weeks	0.2	suffocated from plastic bag over his head
7/25/1959	Louisville	KY	Jerry Merrell, 5-months	0.4	suffocated from a piece of plastic bag over his mouth
7/27/1959	Ponderay	ID	Donna Gibbons, 3-months	0.3	suffocated from plastic bag over her head
7/28/1959	Washington	DC	Kalvie Clark, 4-months	0.3	suffocated from a plastic couch cover over his head
8/18/1959	Boston	MA	Jerome Louis, 7-weeks	0.1	suffocated in a dry cleaning bag
8/29/1959	Roxbury	MA	Jerome Louis, 2-months	0.2	suffocated from plastic bag over his head
9/8/1959	Fallon	NV	2 boys		suffocated in an old ice box
9/22/1959	Yeadon	PA	Cleopatra Bundy, 10-months	0.8	suffocated from plastic bag over her head
10/18/1959	Hicksville	NY	Stephen Mason	6	dirt cave-in
10/20/1959	Portland	OR	Debra Tangeman, 6-months	0.5	suffocated by the plastic mattress cover on her crib
10/27/1959	Torrance	CA	Wanda Dodd, 5-months	0.4	suffocated from plastic bag over her head
11/5/1959	Milwaukee	WI	James Tullis, 2-months	0.2	suffocated from plastic bag over his head
11/15/1959	Moonachie	NJ	girl		suffocated in chest
11/16/1959	Wellesley	MA	2 boys		sand cave-in
11/20/1959	Pomona	CA	Paul Jacobson	3	suffocated in an unplugged freezer
12/12/1959	Chicago	IL	Yolanda Veldez, 4-months	0.3	suffocated from a plastic bag over her head
12/22/1959	Los Angeles	CA	Robby Duarte, 3-months	0.3	suffocated from a plastic couch cover over her faces
2/17/1960	Toledo	OH	Carlos Garcia, 5-months	0.4	suffocated from a piece of plastic bag over his mouth
4/29/1960	Hayward	WI	Jonathon Hill	7	sand cave-in
5/14/1960	Stowe Township	PA	Edward O'Grady, 4-months	0.3	suffocated from plastic mattress cover
5/23/1960	Los Angeles	CA	Kelly Holmes	6	dirt cave-in
6/3/1960	Boyertown	PA	Paul Nikerle	10	suffocated under a load of hay
7/16/1960	Antioch	CA	Gary McCurdy	8	sand cave-in
7/17/1960	Warrens	WI	2 boys		sand cave-in
7/21/1960	Scottsburg	IN	Tony Sinley, 7-months	0.6	suffocated from plastic bag over his head
8/7/1960	Carlton	PA	2 boys		sand cave-in
9/25/1960	Zapata	TX	2 boys		suffocated in an old ice box
10/11/1960	Stockton	CA	Paul Ramiriz, 5-months	0.4	suffocated from plastic bag over his head
10/14/1960	Baltimore	MD	2 boys		suffocated in an old refrigerator
11/16/1960	Chicago	IL	Regina Smith, 2-months	0.2	suffocated from plastic bag over her head
11/29/1960	Hopkinsville	KY	Dawn Marsh, 9-months	0.8	suffocated from plastic bag over her head
12/6/1960	Bronx	NY	Robert Ingraham	8	suffocated in an unplugged refrigerator
12/30/1960	Orange City	FL	brother & sister		sand cave-in
1/19/1961	Long Beach	CA	2 brothers		dirt cave-in
2/13/1961	Inglewood	CA	John Daniels Jr, 4-weeks	0.1	suffocated from a plastic pillow covering over his head
4/13/1961	Beloit	WI	Joan Tadder	5	suffocated from a plastic bag over her head
4/21/1961	Louisville	KY	Ada Neal, 11-months	0.9	suffocated from a plastic bag over her head
5/28/1961	Tampa	FL	2 brothers		sand cave-in
6/5/1961	Brooklyn	NY	Thomas Handey	11	suffocated in an old refrigerator
6/10/1961	Atlanta	GA	George Jones	6	suffocated in ice chest
6/10/1961	Concord	NH	3 boys		suffocated in an old freezer
7/3/1961	Los Angeles	CA	David Watts	7	suffocated in an old refrigerator
7/24/1961	Arcadia	WI	Duane Sobotta	11	sand cave-in
8/2/1961	El Segundo	CA	2 boys		sand cave-in
8/6/1961	Huntington	WV	2 boys		suffocated in a disconnected refrigerator at Altizer Elementary School
8/12/1961	Tarentum	PA	Susanne Davidson	4	suffocated in ice chest
8/16/1961	N. Mankato	MN	Robert Bigham	8	sand cave-in
8/18/1961	Whitefish Bay	WI	Phillip Williams	6	sand cave-in
8/21/1961	Tucson	AZ	2 boys		suffocated in an old ice box
8/29/1961	Pendleton	OR	boy, 19-days	0.1	suffocated in a clothes dryer
8/30/1961	Beloit	WI	Patrick Slack, 6-months	0.5	suffocated from plastic bag over his head
9/2/1961	Moscow	ID	Michelle Livingston		suffocated from a plastic bag over her head
10/7/1961	Red Hook	NJ	Michael Kowalski	6	dirt cave-in
10/11/1961	Nokomis	FL	Richard Calvert, 11-months	0.9	suffocated from plastic bag over his head
11/3/1961	Bordentown	NJ	2 boys		suffocated in an unplugged refrigerator in kitchen
11/25/1961	Philadelphia	PA	Denise Muz, 3-months	0.3	suffocated from a plastic teddy bear cover over her head
1/16/1962	Fort Lauderdale	FL	Steve Wilcox	17	sand cave-in
2/13/1962	San Diego, CA	CA	3 boys		dirt cave-in
3/17/1962	Tuscaloosa	AL	Donald Porter	14	dirt cave-in
3/29/1962	Clinton	SC	3 girls		suffocated in an old freezer
4/10/1962	Anderson	SC	Edward Bolding	14	dirt cave-in
5/19/1962	Madison	NH	2 brothers		suffocated in an old refrigerator
7/28/1962	Knoxville	TN	Ernest Welcom	8	suffocated in an old refrigerator
8/27/1962	Boston	MA	2 boys		suffocated in an old refrigerator
9/4/1962	Tacoma	WA	James Beall Jr, 5-weeks	0.1	suffocated when his 13-month-old sister rolled on top of him while they were in the rear of the family car at a drive-in theater
9/17/1962	Murray Lake	MI	2 boys		dirt cave-in
10/15/1962	Laconia	NH	Natalie Peavey, 4-months	0.3	suffocated from a plastic bag over her head
10/17/1962	Tampa	FL	Frederick Fernandez	10	suffocated in a cedar chest
10/23/1962	Palisades Park	NJ	Harry Rosay Jr	3	suffocated when he put a record album dust cover over his head while playing spaceman
1/2/1963	York	PA	Dennis Edelblute	10	suffocated in a snowbank
8/7/1963	Jacksonville	FL	Debra Andrews	3	suffocated in footlocker
8/22/1963	Orlando	FL	2 brothers		sand cave-in
8/26/1963	Millersburg	IN	Kristine Knotts, 5-months	0.4	suffocated from a plastic bag over her head
8/28/1963	Independence	OR	3 boys		suffocated in an old freezer
10/18/1963	Shelby	MT	Lowell Freebury	5	suffocated in ice chest
11/4/1963	Wilmington	NC	Gary Ellers	10	sand cave-in
11/9/1963	Brewton	AL	Roberick Meadors	5	suffocated in an old refrigerator
11/12/1963	Elizabeth	NJ	Harry Van Dunk	16	dirt cave-in
11/12/1963	Elizabeth	NJ	Wayne Korecky	9	dirt cave-in
12/13/1963	Pittsburgh	PA	Robert Felix Jr, 6-months	0.5	suffocated from a plastic bag over his head
1/24/1964	Pittsburgh	PA	Jean Roemer, 1-month	0.1	suffocated from a plastic diaper liner over her head
3/19/1964	Chicago	IL	John Durkin	4	suffocated in picnic cooler
4/4/1964	St. Louis	MO	2 brothers		suffocated in an old ice box
4/21/1964	Grangeville	ID	Kathleen Rose, 8-months	0.7	suffocated from a plastic bag over her head
5/4/1964	Ocean Park	WA	Matthew King	10	sand cave-in
5/13/1964	Spartanburg	SC	Johnny Goudelock	4	suffocated in an unplugged refrigerator in kitchen
6/6/1964	Michigan City	IN	James Love	4	sand cave-in
6/29/1964	Jeffersonville	IN	2 boys		suffocated in an old refrigerator
7/8/1964	Hopkinsville	KY	Benita Clark, 14-months	1.2	suffocated in a plastic laundry bag
7/26/1964	Heppner	OR	Daniel Carpenter	13	sand cave-in
8/4/1964	Seattle	WA	Steven Otsuji	10	dirt cave-in
8/6/1964	Warwick	RI	2 teen boys		dirt cave-in
8/9/1964	Chicago	IL	2 brothers & 1 sister		suffocated in an old refrigerator
8/10/1964	Baltimore	MD	3 children		suffocated in an old refrigerator
8/23/1964	Island Park	NY	2 brothers		suffocated in an old refrigerator
9/3/1964	Red Hook	NY	George Reid	12	sand cave-in
9/4/1964	Newton	IA	girl, 6-months	0.5	suffocated when she was face down on a plastic bag
9/14/1964	Eleva	WI	Lisa Sands, 7-weeks	0.2	suffocated from a plastic bag over her head
9/24/1964	Waterloo	AL	Richard Reed	7	smothered in trailer filled with cotton
10/6/1964	Dayton	OH	Lloyd Hilton	11	head buried in sandbox at school playground
10/24/1964	Hamilton	OH	Chris Streifthau	8	dirt cave-in
10/26/1964	Portsmouth	VA	Gloria Hoke, 5-months	0.4	suffocated from a plastic bag over her head
11/18/1964	Hood River	OR	Kevin Morgan	4	suffocated in an old refrigerator
1/7/1965	Birmingham	AL	Perri Parson	3	suffocated from a plastic bag over her head
1/20/1965	Cottondale	AL	Charles Lewis Jr	16	dirt cave-in
2/11/1965	Parma	OH	Douglas Wood	5	trapped inside a working clothes dryer
5/8/1965	Miami	FL	Michael Benson, 6-months	0.5	suffocated in a plastic garment bag
5/20/1965	Pewaukee	WI	John Thomas	8	suffocated in a wagon of hay
6/11/1965	Conda	ID	2 boys		suffocated in an unplugged freezer
6/16/1965	Seattle	WA	Teresa Eldevik	8	suffocated from a plastic bag over her head
7/14/1965	Cleveland	OH	2 boys		suffocated in a chest
8/17/1965	Twin Falls	ID	Jack Hammon Jr	2	suffocated in an old refrigerator
9/23/1965	Boston	MA	3 children		suffocated in an old refrigerator
10/4/1965	Bonner Springs	KS	Russell Elven	15	dirt cave-in
11/11/1965	Seattle	WA	Morgan Kidrick	16	sand cave-in
12/7/1965	Brooklyn Park	MD	2 sisters		suffocated in a cedar chest
12/13/1965	Stratford	CT	Guy Cornish	9	sand cave-in
5/28/1966	Sioux City	IA	2 brothers & 1 sister		suffocated in an old refrigerator
6/22/1966	Spartanburg	SC	Melvin Henderson Jr	4	suffocated in an old refrigerator
7/6/1966	Centerville	UT	LaMar Christensen	4	suffocated in an old ice box
8/15/1966	Weissport	PA	2 girls & a boy		suffocated in a working freezer
8/16/1966	Washington	DC	Kenneth Jordan	5	suffocated in an old refrigerator
10/3/1966	Lexington	MN	Robert Zak	7	sand cave-in
11/7/1966	Madison	WI	2 brothers		suffocated in an old refrigerator
11/28/1966	Tampa	FL	Dennis Turpin	12	dirt cave-in
1/7/1967	Clute	TX	brother & sister		suffocated in an unplugged freezer
1/14/1967	Cleveland	OH	2 brothers		suffocated in an old refrigerator
1/21/1967	Mesquite	TX	2 girls		suffocated in a working freezer
1/27/1967	Dallas	TX	2 sisters		suffocated in a working freezer
2/7/1967	La Habra	CA	3 children		suffocated in an old refrigerator
3/7/1967	Kearns	UT	Douglas Cowdell	3	suffocated in an old refrigerator
3/16/1967	Camp Pendleton	CA	Ronnie Staggs	10	dirt cave-in
3/28/1967	Fort Worth	TX	Matthew Hunter	9	dirt cave-in
3/30/1967	Miami	FL	Willie Arnold	5	suffocated in a working refrigerator
5/3/1967	Liberty City	FL	Donald Jones, 2-months	0.2	suffocated when he rolled over onto a plastic bag
5/8/1967	Dallas	TX	2 boys		suffocated in an old refrigerator
7/16/1967	Jones Beach	NY	David Riddle	17	sand cave-in
8/6/1967	Salt Lake City	UT	3 boys		sand cave-in
9/18/1967	Columbia	MO	Jeffrey Warren	5	suffocated in an ice chest
11/12/1967	Ephrata	WA	Everett Povehouse	10	dirt slide
11/16/1967	Huntsville	AL	2 sisters		suffocated in a toy trunk
11/25/1967	Silver City	NM	4 boys		dirt cave-in
1/21/1968	Homewood	PA	Steven Lee	6	suffocated in an earth excavation
2/28/1968	Fallon	NV	3 boys		sand cave-in
3/10/1968	Queens	NY	Alan Weinstein	13	sand cave-in
3/13/1968	Norman	OK	Darrell Gotts	16	suffocated when he fell from a tree into a 7-foot snow drift
4/5/1968	Spokane	WA	Timothy Crosbie	14	dirt cave-in
4/26/1968	Garden Grove	CA	Robert Snyder	13	sand cave-in
5/18/1968	Asheville	NC	Kelly Huff	7	suffocated in an old refrigerator
8/17/1968	Park Falls	WI	Joseph Habas	8	sand slide in gravel pit
8/30/1968	Pendleton	OR	2 boys		dirt cave-in
9/3/1968	Medford Station	NY	3 boys		suffocated in an old freezer
9/29/1968	Bronx	NY	2 boys		suffocated in an old refrigerator
10/25/1968	Glassboro	NJ	Kevin Kerr	11	dirt cave-in
10/28/1968	Bedford	OH	brother & sister		suffocated in a cedar chest
11/7/1968	Sunbury	PA	2 sisters & 1 brother		suffocated in a working refrigerator
2/17/1969	Newport News	VA	Thomas Coates	14	suffocated in a homemade cave
3/11/1969	Panama City	FL	Jeffrey Gustin	7	sand cave-in
4/11/1969	Lexington	KY	Manuel Blanton	6	suffocated in an old refrigerator
5/5/1969	Cottage Grove	MN	Bruce Christianson	9	suffocated when he fell into a load of soybeans
5/12/1969	Mt. Clemens	MI	Bobby Albrecht	3	suffocated in an old freezer
6/16/1969	Sparta	WI	Ronald Teske	9	sand cave-in
6/28/1969	Sharon	PA	Wayne Taylor	16	suffocated when he fell into a bin of lime
7/12/1969	Spartanburg	SC	Earl Pruitt	13	sand cave-in
7/12/1969	Turtle Lake	WI	Aaron Yeske	5	suffocated when a tree stump fell back into the hole where he was playing
7/23/1969	Florence	OR	William Maurmann	12	sand cave-in
8/20/1969	Collings Lakes	NJ	2 brothers		suffocated in an old refrigerator
8/22/1969	Phoenix	AZ	Dwight Connor	8	suffocated in a cedar chest
8/25/1969	Grand Rapids	MI	2 boys		sand cave-in
9/7/1969	Long Beach	NY	Thomas Alafsi	9	sand cave-in
4/1/1970	Charleston	SC	2 boys		suffocated in an old refrigerator
4/9/1970	Salem	OR	Jennie Matthews, 7-weeks	0.2	suffocated from a plastic bag over her head
5/15/1970	Bloomfield	PA	Richard Bell, 9-months	0.8	suffocated from a plastic bag over his head
8/4/1970	Casa Grande	AZ	Johnny Johnson Jr	3	suffocated in an old refrigerator
9/29/1970	Pinellas Park	FL	brother & sister		suffocated in an old clothes dryer
11/1/1970	Gary	IN	Scot Banta	8	sand cave-in
3/16/1971	Statesville	NC	2 brothers		suffocated in an old refrigerator
7/3/1971	Warminster	PA	Julia Hess	2	suffocated from a plastic bag over her head
7/26/1971	Everett	WA	Carolyn Dillon	3	suffocated from a plastic bag over her head
3/18/1972	Rosenberg	TX	Glenn Rhemann	11	dirt cave-in
4/20/1972	Morristown	TN	Roy Sampson	4	suffocated in an old refrigerator
5/20/1972	Detroit	MI	3 boys		suffocated in an old refrigerator
5/28/1972	Fort Worth	TX	2 children		suffocated in an old refrigerator
7/14/1972	Clinton	TN	Bridgett Carter, 3-months	0.3	suffocated from a plastic bag over her head
7/29/1972	Miami	FL	Ulysses Davis Jr	3	suffocated in an old refrigerator
8/8/1972	Warren	PA	brother & sister		suffocated in an old refrigerator
10/2/1972	Moab	UT	Richard Johnson	5	suffocated in an old refrigerator
10/15/1972	Tuscaloosa	AL	Eldredge Collier Jr	3	suffocated in an old refrigerator
4/14/1973	Standish	ME	2 brothers		dirt cave-in
4/22/1973	Idaho Falls	ID	3 children		suffocated in an old freezer
6/17/1973	Monroe	GA	Frank Carr III	6	suffocated in an unplugged refrigerator
7/10/1973	Kansas City	MO	Cassandra Clark, 23-months	1.9	suffocated in an old freezer
8/21/1973	Truro	MA	Roger Smith	11	sand cave-in
4/17/1974	Lynn	MA	2 boys		suffocated in an old refrigerator
4/30/1974	Gardiner	ME	Jonathan Erbe	17	sand cave-in
5/6/1974	Juab County	UT	Don Reese	14	sand cave-in
5/11/1974	Tracy	CA	Ray Moreno	3	suffocated in an old refrigerator
5/24/1974	Scio	OR	2 brothers		suffocated in an old refrigerator
5/30/1974	Hudson	NH	Ronald Gagnon Jr	12	sand cave-in
7/19/1974	Media	PA	2 boys		suffocated in an old freezer
1/1/1975	Sumter	SC	Billy Kruger	3	suffocated in an old refrigerator
4/28/1975	Hays	KS	brother & sister		dirt cave-in
5/19/1975	Muncy	PA	2 sisters		suffocated in an old washer/dryer
5/23/1975	Waverly	KS	brother & sister		suffocated in toy box
8/11/1975	Omaha	NE	Mark Watson	6	suffocated in an old refrigerator
10/6/1975	Provo	UT	Scott Perkins	9	sand cave-in
12/11/1975	Sandy	UT	Paul Sloan		dirt cave-in
4/30/1976	Rindge	NH	Daniel Betourney	11	sand cave-in
7/18/1976	West Bend	WI	Scott Becker	14	buried in a sand pit
7/20/1976	Coos Bay	OR	Richard Berg	9	dirt cave-in
8/5/1976	Orlando	FL	2 boys		dirt cave-in
8/24/1976	Findlay	OH	2 boys		sand cave-in
9/2/1976	Grand Bay	AL	Robert McGaha	13	dirt cave-in
5/24/1977	Parrish	FL	Laura Cardosa	4	suffocated in an old refrigerator
6/20/1977	Fairfield Center	ME	4 children		sand cave-in
7/11/1977	Tampa	FL	Paul Greenlee	5	suffocated in picnic chest
8/31/1977	Bridgeport	CT	2 girls		suffocated in an old refrigerator
2/22/1978	Coram	MT	Laurie Tallman	9	snow pile collapse
2/28/1978	Uxbridge	MA	Peter Gosselin	10	found in snowbank next to his house 20 days after he was last seen
4/14/1978	Valrico	FL	2 boys		dirt cave-in
4/27/1978	N. Kettle Falls	WA	Tammy Savory, 16-months	1.3	suffocated by her dog in bed
6/5/1978	North Stockton	CA	Aaron Skidmore	12	dirt cave-in
9/29/1978	Delran	NJ	Garry Haller	13	suffocated from plastic bag over his head imitating Battlestar Galactica helmet
10/10/1978	Grayling	MI	Doug Cottenham	11	dirt cave-in
11/7/1978	Eau Claire	WI	Anthony Johnson	4	suffocated in a cedar chest
12/8/1978	Phoenix	AZ	Jimmy Germain	9	dirt cave-in
1/15/1979	Pensacola	FL	2 boys		sand cave-in
12/23/1979	Pompano Beach	FL	brother & sister		suffocated in an old refrigerator
1/23/1980	Brandon	FL	Laurie Whalen	15	dirt cave-in
6/28/1980	Salem	VA	Brian Willet	2	suffocated from a plastic bag over his head
7/9/1980	Nine Mile Falls	WA	Anthony Crawford	11	dirt cave-in
9/2/1980	Palmdale	CA	Mathew Katra	16	dirt cave-in
12/31/1980	Ben Lomond	CA	Shawn Carlson	14	sand cave-in
1/1/1981	Hattiesburg	MS	Chris Draughn	7	hammered on a grenade to clean dirt out of it
3/29/1981	Albuquerque	NM	Andrew Frampton	12	dirt cave-in
3/30/1981	Caro	MI	Shannon Mazzola	5	suffocated in an old refrigerator
4/17/1981	Edenville	MI	Russell Devericks	12	sand cave-in
7/14/1981	Sabula	IA	brother & sister		suffocated in toy box
7/16/1981	Waukesha	WI	3 boys		suffocated in linen closet
7/19/1981	Victorville	CA	3 brothers		dirt cave-in
8/17/1981	Little Falls	MN	2 boys		suffocated in an old refrigerator
10/7/1981	Port Orange	FL	Richard Jessee	9	dirt cave-in
5/24/1982	Kingman	AZ	John Morton	7	suffocated in an old freezer
6/22/1982	Cleveland	OH	2 boys		suffocated in an old refrigerator
6/27/1982	Fort Lauderdale	FL	Veronica Lynn	14	sand cave-in
9/30/1982	Tampa	FL	2 boys		sand cave-in
3/30/1983	Cape Coral	FL	John Collins	11	sand cave-in
4/26/1983	Clearwater	FL	Marl Bucerius, 6-months	0.5	suffocated from a plastic bag over his head
7/22/1983	Hannibal	MO	2 boys		suffocated in an old refrigerator
9/23/1983	Athol	MA	Jason Hanley	7	sand cave-in
4/16/1984	Chaparral	NM	3 boys		suffocated in an old freezer
9/5/1984	Miami	FL	Sheila Daniels, 11-months	0.9	suffocated when she fell out of bed and landed on plastic bags
10/16/1984	Hickory	NC	Keith Purdue	3	suffocated in tool chest
10/18/1984	Naples	FL	Heather Shelton, 11-months	0.9	suffocated when her head got stuck in a bucket
1/22/1985	Ocoee	FL	Clay Carpenter Jr	11	sand cave-in
4/10/1985	St. Louis	MO	Timothy Murphy	16	sand cave-in
5/6/1985	Nephi	UT	Stephen Bunker	12	sand cave-in
6/5/1985	Falkville	AL	Todd Adams	11	suffocated while playing on a waterbed mattress in the backyard
8/21/1985	New Hanover	NC	Brian Luttrell	11	dirt cave-in
9/5/1985	Bonners Ferry	WA	Becky Jones	8	sand cave-in
3/29/1986	Edgerton	OH	Dustin Sanchez, 5-months	0.4	suffocated when he fell face down on a plastic bag
7/7/1986	Brighton Beach	NY	Manley Clinton Jr	10	suffocated in an old refrigerator
8/22/1986	Bath	IL	2 sisters		suffocated in an old refrigerator
11/15/1986	Fellsmere	FL	3 children		suffocated in an old food display case
11/24/1986	Los Alamos	CA	2 boys		sand cave-in
12/22/1986	Pine Hills	FL	Timothy Woodbury	15	sand cave-in
7/18/1987	Grand Rapids	MI	2 brothers & sister		suffocated in an old freezer
11/5/1987	Queens	NY	brother & sister		suffocated in an old refrigerator
1/25/1988	Malibu	CA	boy	14	sand cave-in
3/10/1988	Albuquerque	NM	2 boys		dirt cave-in
3/20/1988	Whitefish	MT	2 boys		sand cave-in
5/2/1988	Peru	NY	Scott Bracken	13	suffocated from a plastic bag over his head while doing a magic act
5/23/1988	Jonesville	FL	boy	3	suffocated in an unplugged freezer
6/14/1988	Port Orford	OR	Coral Wendt	13	sand cave-in
8/21/1988	Gainesville	GA	2 boys		suffocated in toy box
10/24/1988	Goffstown	NH	Matthew Dumont	13	sand cave-in
3/24/1989	Pineville	SC	Terrance Gailard, 4-months	0.3	suffocated when his 4-year-old brother put toilet paper in his mouth
8/30/1989	Junction City	KS	Anthony Zieger	9	sand cave-in
9/7/1989	Chadbourn	NC	Marcus Bellamy	3	suffocated from a plastic bag over his head
10/4/1989	Metz	MO	3 children		suffocated in an old freezer
12/24/1989	San Diego, CA	CA	2 boys		suffocated in an old refrigerator
5/13/1990	Mount Dora	FL	Troy Fitzgerald	11	dirt cave-in
6/22/1990	Kings County	CA	Edith Cabrera	13	dirt cave-in
10/19/1990	Lexington	KY	John Crittendon Jr, 2-months	0.2	suffocated from a plastic pillow
12/29/1990	Springfield	OH	Paul Gilstrap	7	snow pile collapse
2/7/1991	Washington	PA	Khryztofher Edmonds, 6-months	0.5	suffocated from plastic over his face
3/17/1991	Ducor	CA	2 children		dirt cave-in
3/20/1991	San Antonio	TX	boy	2	suffocated from a plastic bag over his head
4/17/1991	Burden	KS	2 boys		suffocated in a working refrigerator
7/15/1991	Pensacola	FL	Matthew McCormick	12	sand cave-in
9/2/1991	Hog Valley	FL	Tommy Plyer	12	dirt cave-in
11/30/1991	Cadott	WI	Eric Jensen	12	snow fort collapse
6/8/1992	Sheboygan	WI	Teddy Johnson	8	suffocated in a cooler
9/19/1992	Spartanburg	SC	Marvin Hicklin Jr, 5-months	0.4	suffocated from a plastic bag over his head
10/9/1992	Snohomish	WA	Kyle Raymond	12	dirt cave-in
1/30/1993	Grand Rapids	MI	Jeremy Vickery, 21-months	1.7	suffocated in a cedar chest
2/28/1993	Harvester	MO	Michael Shuffler	9	suffocated when he fell into a snow drift
7/5/1993	Puyallup	WA	2 boys		sand cave-in
8/25/1993	Okanogan	WA	Glenn Fleischmann	9	sand cave-in
8/26/1993	Pillager	MN	Joseph Hengel	12	gravel cave-in
10/2/1993	Denver	CO	Cameron Judkins	6	suffocated in sand at a playground
4/16/1994	Fargo	ND	Joshua Hellerud	8	suffocated in a sand pile
8/10/1994	Pacific Beach	CA	boy	10	suffocated in a cedar chest
8/29/1994	Phippsburg	ME	Sean Garrow	12	sand cave-in
9/8/1994	Tacoma	WA	girl	3	suffocated in an ice chest
12/22/1994	Tampa	FL	Christopher Camp	16	dirt cave-in
6/13/1995	Fort Bragg	CA	boy, 7	7	sand cave-in
6/22/1995	Ocean City	MD	Clinton Hoffman	12	sand cave-in
6/26/1995	Medford	OR	Lucille Waddell	4	suffocated in a working refrigerator
1/16/1996	Conklin	NY	Crystal Barber	11	snow tunnel collapse
5/25/1996	Burnsville	MN	Steve Punch	13	dirt cave-in
9/29/1996	Eugene	OR	Dylan Gilzow	3	suffocated in bunk bed accident
10/10/1996	Odenton	MD	boy	11	suffocated under a weightlifting bar
10/17/1996	Orem	UT	Nathan Smith	9	dirt tunnel collapse
2/20/1997	Arcadia	WI	Charlotte Gladowski	8	snow fort collapse
3/1/1997	Fallon	NV	Kraig Aschcraft	14	dirt cave-in
4/30/1997	Yuba City	CA	boy	14	dirt cave-in
4/30/1997	Manila	CA	brother & sister		dirt cave-in
6/3/1997	Lake Mohave	NV	Rina Reyes	6	sand cave-in
3/10/1998	Albert Lea	MN	brother & sister		suffocated in an old freezer
4/21/1998	Schaumburg	IL	Joack Donohue	2	suffocated after getting trapped in a toy storage barrel
7/4/1998	Ocala	FL	Alyssa Miller	4	suffocated in a toy chest
7/17/1998	Englewood	CO	brother & sister		suffocated in an old freezer
8/4/1998	Dexter	MO	Dustin Gaines	7	suffocated in an old refrigerator
9/3/1998	Iron River	MI	Bryant Weaver	10	sand cave-in
10/1/1998	Nashville	MI	boy	9	sand cave-in
2/28/1999	Reynoldsburg	OH	Natalie Massarella	15	suffocated in a cedar chest
12/11/1999	Sonora	CA	girl, 13-months	1.1	suffocated from half a Pokemon ball over her nose
1/27/2000	Indianapolis	IN	Zachary Jones, 4-months	0.3	suffocated from Pokemon ball
4/27/2000	Gulf Breeze	FL	Kevin Schartel	11	sand cave-in
6/6/2000	Kent	WA	Aaron Danley	10	suffocated inside a beanbag chair while playing hide and seek
6/20/2000	Myakka City	FL	Daniel Sauceda III, 4-months	0.5	suffocated when he rolled onto some trash bags
8/24/2000	Salisbury	MA	Ivan Smith	13	sand cave-in
12/21/2000	Kiel	WI	Anthony Fleisner	8	snow fort collapse
5/26/2001	Westerly	RI	Matthew Gauruder	17	fell into a 5-foot deep hole dug in beach sand several days earlier
6/14/2001	Long Beach Township	NJ	boy	16	sand cave-in
7/23/2001	Oakland	CA	Michael Newell	12	sand cave-in
8/5/2001	Chicago	IL	Ki-Juan Pitts	7	suffocated in a chest
9/19/2001	Rio Linda	CA	3 boys		dirt cave-in
12/2/2001	Springfield	MA	2 brothers		suffocated in a footlocker
8/6/2002	Unity	WI	3 sisters		suffocated in a cedar chest
10/12/2002	Abilene	TX	Eric Shoe	13	buried in a sand pile at a cement plant
7/6/2004	Arab	AL	boy	10	suffocated in clothes dryer
10/22/2004	Meyersdale	PA	2 boys		suffocated in a cedar chest
8/29/2006	Andover	MN	Mitchell Lorimer	9	sand cave-in
10/4/2006	Dixfield	ME	Lucas Dolloff	11	sand cave-in
12/18/2006	Aiken County	GA	2 boys		dirt cave-in
4/9/2007	Spokane	WA	boy	13	dirt tunnel collapse
7/18/2007	Plattsmouth	NE	James Cook	6	suffocated inside a microwave oven
9/4/2007	Bodega Bay	CA	boy	10	sand cave-in
2/8/2008	Rockledge	FL	boy	2	suffocated in a chest
3/10/2008	Everett	WA	Codey Porter	10	buried in a sandbox
6/17/2008	Pittsburgh	PA	Matthew Kunsak	3	suffocated from a plastic bag over his head
8/27/2008	Dash Point	WA	boy		sand cave-in
12/16/2010	Veradale	WA	boy	4	suffocated in a toy chest
7/24/2011	San Antonio	TX	Rebecca Herrera	6	suffocated inside a microwave oven in her back yard
10/2/2011	Frisco	TX	Ian Walton	13	suffocated inside a beanbag chair
10/7/2011	Mesa	AZ	Joseph Rivera	10	dirt cave-in
11/11/2011	Tulsa	OK	Hannah Todd	9	sand cave-in
2/17/2012	Temeculah	CA	Anthony Fowker	11	dirt tunnel collapse
7/19/2012	Dutchtown	LA	James Cobb	14	during a pickup basketball game
9/13/2012	Lexington	KY	Mia Simmerman	3	suffocated inside a beanbag chair
1/26/2013	Bexar County	TX	Wyatt McDaniel	7	sand cave-in
7/22/2013	Dunning	NE	Cole Roseberry	12	dirt cave-in
10/31/2013	Ellensburg	WA	Clayton Everley	7	sand cave-in
7/23/2014	Salisbury	MA	boy	13	sand cave-in
7/24/2014	Marin County	CA	boy	12	sand cave-in
8/31/2014	Lincoln City	OR	Isabel Franks	9	sand cave-in

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