diff --git a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/components/fan/AirCurrent.java b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/components/fan/AirCurrent.java
index ca4693b1a..8f499bce8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/components/fan/AirCurrent.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/components/fan/AirCurrent.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class AirCurrent {
 	protected void tickAffectedEntities(World world, Direction facing) {
 		for (Iterator<Entity> iterator = caughtEntities.iterator(); iterator.hasNext();) {
 			Entity entity = iterator.next();
-			if (!entity.getBoundingBox()
+			if (!entity.isAlive() || !entity.getBoundingBox()
 				.intersects(bounds)) {
 				iterator.remove();
 				continue;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/components/press/MechanicalPressTileEntity.java b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/components/press/MechanicalPressTileEntity.java
index 3d320743a..ca52ae3a6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/components/press/MechanicalPressTileEntity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/components/press/MechanicalPressTileEntity.java
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ public class MechanicalPressTileEntity extends BasinOperatingTileEntity {
 
 					for (ItemEntity itemEntity : world.getEntitiesWithinAABB(ItemEntity.class,
 						new AxisAlignedBB(pos.down()).shrink(.125f))) {
+						if (!itemEntity.isAlive() || !itemEntity.onGround)
+							continue;
 						ItemStack stack = itemEntity.getItem();
 						Optional<PressingRecipe> recipe = getRecipe(stack);
 						if (!recipe.isPresent())
@@ -233,7 +235,7 @@ public class MechanicalPressTileEntity extends BasinOperatingTileEntity {
 		for (Entity entity : world.getEntitiesWithinAABBExcludingEntity(null, bb)) {
 			if (!(entity instanceof ItemEntity))
 				continue;
-			if (!entity.isAlive())
+			if (!entity.isAlive() || !entity.onGround)
 				continue;
 			ItemEntity itemEntity = (ItemEntity) entity;
 			pressedItems.add(itemEntity.getItem());
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/logistics/block/chute/ChuteTileEntity.java b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/logistics/block/chute/ChuteTileEntity.java
index 006097715..943f8345e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/logistics/block/chute/ChuteTileEntity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/logistics/block/chute/ChuteTileEntity.java
@@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ public class ChuteTileEntity extends SmartTileEntity implements IHaveGoggleInfor
 		AxisAlignedBB searchArea =
 			new AxisAlignedBB(center.add(0, -bottomPullDistance - 0.5, 0), center.add(0, -0.5, 0)).grow(.45f);
 		for (ItemEntity itemEntity : world.getEntitiesWithinAABB(ItemEntity.class, searchArea)) {
+			if (!itemEntity.isAlive())
+				continue;
 			ItemStack entityItem = itemEntity.getItem();
 			if (!canAcceptItem(entityItem))
 				continue;