5,555 inspections opened after a worker died
5,717 deaths in all since 2000, newest first, page 19 of 56. The description is the investigators' one-line summary from the accident file. The Labor Department publishes those files many months after the inspection; the latest one here is dated Feb 28, 2025, so the newest fatality inspections appear on their employer and year pages before they appear in this list. Penalties are as they stand after appeals.
| Employer | City | Opened | What happened | Citations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22nd District Agricultural Association | Del Mar | May 23, 2019 | Employee dies from heart attack | 4 | $4,455 |
| California Steels Industries, Inc. | Fontana | May 22, 2019 | Employee is killed at steel plant | 2 | $38,500 |
| Fenix Marine Services | San Pedro | May 15, 2019 | One employee is killed and one is injured when struck by tir | 5 | $52,835 |
| Salinas Farm Labor Contractor, Inc. | Lodi | May 15, 2019 | Employees are exposed to ammonia vapor | 4 | $13,500 |
| Jackson Family Wines, Inc. | Santa Rosa | May 14, 2019 | Employee is killed in ATV crash | 2 | $24,300 |
| Buchanan Hollow Nut Company, Inc. | Le Grand | May 9, 2019 | Employee is killed when crushed by backhoe boom | 1 | $335 |
| Green Blades LLC | Elk Grove | May 9, 2019 | Employee dies from health issues | 1 | $5,000 |
| La Jolla Pacific, LTD | Bellflower | May 7, 2019 | Construction inspector is killed in fall while inspecting la | 1 | $2,000 |
| Lionakis | Sacramento | May 6, 2019 | Employee is killed when contacting live wire | 3 | $28,500 |
| Capstone Home Services, LLC | Sacramento | May 6, 2019 | Employee is unconscious and dies of natural causes | 0 | pending |
| Westside Landscaping & Concrete, Inc | Patterson | May 6, 2019 | Employee dies from health issue | 1 | $2,000 |
| Walts Tree & Landscape Service | Long Beach | May 6, 2019 | Employee dies from drug overdose | 0 | pending |
| BMC West LLC | Simi Valley | May 6, 2019 | Employee is struck by grill, later dies | 4 | $19,050 |
| Los Angeles Department of Water and Power | Sylmar | May 6, 2019 | One employee is killed and another is injured in backhoe acc | 2 | $18,635 |
| Verde Cosmetic Labs, LLC | Northridge | May 3, 2019 | Employee dies from fall into hot water | 2 | $15,625 |
| PDM Steel Services Center, Inc. | Fresno | May 3, 2019 | Employee is killed when clamp slips | 0 | pending |
| J & Sons Farms, Inc. | Arbuckle | May 2, 2019 | Employee dies after experiencing allergic asthma attack and | 1 | $225 |
| Industrial Machine Works, Inc. | Bakersfield | Apr 29, 2019 | Employee is killed in fall through roof | 0 | pending |
| Moon Mountain Farms LLC | Hemet | Apr 29, 2019 | Employee dies from suspected heart failure | 0 | pending |
| 4k Custom Hay, Inc | Arbuckle | Apr 29, 2019 | Employee dies from heart attack | 2 | $450 |
| K & M Press Inc | El Centro | Apr 29, 2019 | Employee is killed by hay press stacker | 6 | $38,305 |
| Sebastian Roofing | Ojai | Apr 25, 2019 | Employee is killed in fall from ladder | 1 | $10,800 |
| Journey Labor Contractor | Watsonville | Apr 24, 2019 | Employee dies from heart attack | 0 | pending |
| W.M. Lyles CO. | Wasco | Apr 24, 2019 | Employee working in trench has cardiac arrest and dies | 0 | pending |
| Case Vander Eyk Dairy | Tipton | Apr 23, 2019 | Employee is killed by backhoe | 2 | $1,100 |
| Mead Construction Inc. | El Monte | Apr 23, 2019 | Employee pouring concrete dies from heart attack | 0 | pending |
| Sunroad CV Auto, Inc. | Chula Vista | Apr 22, 2019 | Employee is run over by pickup truck and is killed | 0 | pending |
| V and K Distributing Company | Burbank | Apr 22, 2019 | Employee dies of natural causes | 8 | $2,375 |
| Double Lucky, Inc. | Soledad | Apr 22, 2019 | Employee collapses while picking fruit from orchard and late | 1 | $750 |
| Moda Enterprises, Inc. | Anaheim | Apr 20, 2019 | Employee is killed when pinned in truck lot | 3 | $935 |
| Wilbur-Ellis Company | El Centro | Apr 19, 2019 | Employee collapses and loses consciousness, later dies | 7 | $9,215 |
| Equilon Enterprises, LLC | Wilmington | Apr 19, 2019 | Employee falls from elevated work platform and is killed | 2 | $1,075 |
| Holliday Rock Company Inc | Littlerock | Apr 19, 2019 | Employee is found unresponsive and pronounced dead at scene | 0 | pending |
| Silicon Valley Landscaping Services, Inc. | Los Gatos | Apr 17, 2019 | Employee falls from ladder and is killed | 4 | $14,300 |
| A&j Russo, General Contractor, (A Partnership Anthony Russo and John Russo) | Pacific Grove | Apr 17, 2019 | Employee falls from roof and is killed | 7 | $12,000 |
| Healthright 360 | San Francisco | Apr 16, 2019 | Employee falls from office window and is killed | 3 | $2,800 |
| Mar Vista Berry II, LLC | Nipomo | Apr 16, 2019 | Employee experiences chest pain while loading truck and suff | 1 | $750 |
| Concreative Construction Company | Oxnard | Apr 12, 2019 | Employee is crushed when crane collapses | 5 | $8,995 |
| Cardenas Markets, LLC | Pomona | Apr 11, 2019 | Employee is mopping floor and dies from massive heart attack | 1 | $375 |
| Lawrance Pumping | City of Industry | Apr 9, 2019 | Employee is struck by pumpjack counterweight and is killed | 0 | pending |
| Garcia Farming, Inc. | Riverside | Apr 8, 2019 | Employee collapses in field while picking fruit trees and di | 3 | $695 |
| Kleege Industries, Inc. | Indio | Apr 6, 2019 | Employee falls from stage truss and is killed. | 3 | $1,285 |
| Comco Commercial Real Estate and Development CO. | Sacramento | Mar 26, 2019 | Employee is killed while cleaning skid steer | 5 | $14,730 |
| Republic Waste Services of Southern California | Anaheim | Mar 22, 2019 | Employee falls out of truck, later dies | 2 | $6,060 |
| Central Valley AG Transport, Inc. | Escalon | Mar 19, 2019 | Employee is killed when pinned between truck and car carrier | 2 | $19,800 |
| Scottish Rite Temple Association of Oakland, California | Oakland | Mar 19, 2019 | Employee falls from elevation, later dies | 3 | $20,075 |
| Calaveras County Public Works | Mountain Ranch | Mar 18, 2019 | Employee is crushed and killed by tree | 1 | $18,000 |
| Macarthur CO. | Anaheim | Mar 15, 2019 | Employee falls from ladder and later dies | 1 | $420 |
| Gregorio Lopez Lopez | Kerman | Mar 13, 2019 | Employee dies from heart attack when pruning pistachio trees | 4 | $10,435 |
| GP Merger Sub, Inc. | Aliso Viejo | Mar 7, 2019 | Employee is struck by glass shard and dies from severed arte | 2 | $1,355 |
| Sims Group USA Corporation | Richmond | Mar 6, 2019 | Employee is killed when run over by truck | 2 | $18,000 |
| Mainas Farms LLC | Calexico | Mar 6, 2019 | Employee is killed in non-industrial incident | 0 | pending |
| Superprint Lithographics Inc | Santa Fe Springs | Mar 2, 2019 | Employee is killed when caught in die cutting press | 12 | $23,743 |
| Madera Framing Inc. | Rohnert Park | Feb 27, 2019 | Employee is struck and killed by material-handling equipment | 2 | $13,350 |
| Brothers Security | Redlands | Feb 27, 2019 | Employee dies from apparent heart attack | 0 | pending |
| HR Hernandez Construction, Inc. | Orange | Feb 26, 2019 | Employee falls from roof and is killed | 6 | $1,170 |
| Thistle Roller Company, Inc. | Montebello | Feb 22, 2019 | Employee is pulled into lathe and is killed | 1 | $450 |
| Skyline Mobile Park | Torrance | Feb 22, 2019 | Employee is killed in fall from ladder | 8 | $47,750 |
| JBT Aerotech Corporation | Santa Ana | Feb 20, 2019 | Employee is struck and killed by tire rim | 3 | $28,505 |
| Hernandez Custom Covering LLC | Merced | Feb 19, 2019 | Employee is killed when struck by falling bale | 2 | $2,900 |
| Leaffilter North LLC | Napa | Feb 19, 2019 | Employee falls from extension ladder while cleaning gutters | 8 | $26,150 |
| German Machined Products Inc | Gardena | Feb 11, 2019 | Employee's head is fractured, killing him | 5 | $52,435 |
| Van Dyke Farms Inc | Blythe | Feb 9, 2019 | Employee dies of natural causes during work | 1 | $335 |
| Adrian Mendez | Pacoima | Feb 5, 2019 | Employee falls from ladder and is killed | 5 | $9,635 |
| Trimont Land Company | Truckee | Feb 4, 2019 | Employee is killed while skiing | 0 | pending |
| Lodi Unified School District | Lodi | Feb 4, 2019 | Employee is found unresponsive in vehicle | 0 | pending |
| Western Harvesting, LLC. | Holtville | Feb 1, 2019 | Employee is crushed and killed by tractor rollover | 3 | $1,295 |
| A Spec Racing | Chatsworth | Feb 1, 2019 | Employee is struck by falling materials and is killed | 3 | $16,150 |
| Golden Valley Farm Services Inc. | Calexico | Jan 29, 2019 | Employee is found unconscious and dies | 0 | pending |
| Stone Etc Inc | Hayward | Jan 28, 2019 | Employee is exposed to silica while cutting stone and dies f (2 deaths) | 18 | $476,420 |
| Eco.Logic Brands Inc. | Mante | Jan 28, 2019 | Employee is crushed when caught in molds and is killed | 4 | $32,000 |
| Chameleon Beverage Company Inc | Commerce | Jan 28, 2019 | Employee suffers crushed torso and is killed | 2 | $26,875 |
| Easy Way Formula LLC | Temple City | Jan 22, 2019 | Employee suffers heart attack at work and dies | 1 | $5,000 |
| Caesar Carrera | Orange | Jan 18, 2019 | Employee is killed in an accident | 0 | pending |
| Allied Waste Services of North America, LLC | Daly City | Jan 16, 2019 | Employee is crushed between dumpster and vehicle and is kill | 0 | pending |
| The Herrick Corporation | Bakersfield | Jan 12, 2019 | Employee falls from steel structure and is killed | 5 | $40,210 |
| Vista Verde Farms, Inc. | Cantua Creek | Jan 8, 2019 | Eployees is crhed and killed by machine's arm | 3 | $22,500 |
| Reyco AG, Inc. | Cantua Creek | Jan 7, 2019 | Employee is struck and killed by falling Almond Shaker Arm | 3 | $43,200 |
| Optimum Inc | Temecula | Jan 4, 2019 | Employee is struck and killed by a vehicle | 2 | $23,435 |
| Huntington Ingalls Industries Fleet Support Group, LLC | San Diego | Jan 4, 2019 | Employee suffers heart attack and dies | 0 | pending |
| Wonderful Citrus LLC | Visalia | Jan 3, 2019 | Employee is struck by a propeller and is killed | 0 | pending |
| Insurance Auto Auction Inc | North Hollywood | Dec 31, 2018 | Employee is run over by truck and is killed | 3 | $27,300 |
| Juan Lamas | Los Angeles | Dec 27, 2018 | Employee is trimming palm tree and is suffocated by palm fro | 0 | pending |
| Burtech Pipeline Inc. | San Marcos | Dec 26, 2018 | Employee suffers cardiac arrest and dies | 2 | $37,700 |
| Warren Lee | Compton | Dec 24, 2018 | Employee is involved in fall and is killed | 7 | $71,725 |
| Universal Trailers Inc | Riverside | Dec 24, 2018 | Employee is struck by cargo truck door as it falls and is ki | 1 | $12,600 |
| Builder Services Group, Inc. | Huntington Beach | Dec 21, 2018 | Employee falls down elevator shaft at residential constructi | 3 | $17,835 |
| Usf Reddaway, Inc. | Orange | Dec 20, 2018 | Employee is run over by tractor trailer that was backing up | 4 | $68,438 |
| Andres Doroteo | Los Angeles | Dec 17, 2018 | Employee loses balance and falls from roof and is killed | 8 | $28,040 |
| Southwest Traders Incorporated | Palo Alto | Dec 16, 2018 | Employee is found unresponsive and later dies from heart con | 0 | pending |
| Geil Enterprises, Inc | Parlier | Dec 13, 2018 | Employee is cleaning floor and dies from unspecified causes | 0 | pending |
| Resource Environmental, Inc. | San Rafael | Dec 10, 2018 | Employee is killed when wall collapses | 2 | $18,200 |
| Leopoldo Nunez Salas dba Leo Nunez FLC | Bakersfield | Dec 3, 2018 | Employee is crushed and killed between the mast on forklift | 2 | $17,435 |
| Pacific Orchard Development, Inc. | Hanford | Nov 29, 2018 | Employee became ill at work and died | 0 | pending |
| Cochran Communication Construction Inc | Palm Springs | Nov 27, 2018 | Employee is struck by car and is killed | 0 | pending |
| SGD Enterprises | Los Angeles | Nov 26, 2018 | Employee dies from heart attack while at work | 2 | $410 |
| Rodolfo Alberto Medina | Fontana | Nov 21, 2018 | Employee is crushed by a semi-truck tractor and is killed | 2 | $12,600 |
| Thomas Todd Traphagan | Ravendale | Nov 21, 2018 | Employee is crushed underneath the tire of a loaded belly du | 4 | $5,240 |
| Unlimited Telecom Inc. | San Diego | Nov 20, 2018 | Employee falls through the skylight and is killed | 6 | $16,580 |
| Ufp Thornton, LLC | Thornton | Nov 20, 2018 | Employee dies from cardiac arrest while at work | 0 | pending |
Every employer must report a workplace death to Cal/OSHA within 8 hours (Labor Code 6409.1), and the family of a worker killed on the job has rights beyond workers' compensation when a third party or a willful safety violation was involved. Your rights.
About this data: Records come from the U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA enforcement datasets (inspection, violation, accident and accident injury tables), which carry Cal/OSHA's state-plan inspections alongside federal ones. We load every inspection of a California worksite opened since January 1, 2000 and refresh it weekly. Employer names, addresses and industry codes are as the inspecting office recorded them; similar names are grouped where they clearly refer to the same employer. A citation can be reduced, vacated or withdrawn on appeal, and an inspection can stay open for months, so a record can change. Penalties shown as "current" reflect the latest status in the federal file. This page is public information about the employer's regulatory record, not legal advice and not a statement that any person was harmed or any law broken beyond what the record states.