5,555 inspections opened after a worker died
5,717 deaths in all since 2000, newest first, page 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosa E. Anderson | Diamond Bar | Nov 19, 2018 | Employee falls from pine tree and is killed | 2 | $170 |
| Benjamin R. Silacci dba | Petaluma | Nov 16, 2018 | Employee dies from sudden cardiac arrest | 1 | $1,000 |
| Mainas Farms LLC | Holtville | Nov 16, 2018 | Employee dies from heart attack | 0 | pending |
| Success Valley Farms LLC | Santa Maria | Nov 14, 2018 | Employee suffers a heart attack and dies | 2 | $800 |
| Geiger Electric, Inc. | Exeter | Nov 9, 2018 | Employee passes out and is taken to a hospital where he late | 0 | pending |
| Jpa Construction Clean-Up Service | Los Angeles | Nov 8, 2018 | Employee is struck by truck and is killed | 4 | $15,900 |
| Vahe Benlian/Benlian Bros Construction, Inc. | West Hollywood | Nov 7, 2018 | Employee is killed when struck by portable grinder | 5 | $11,425 |
| FRC Inc. | Kelseyville | Nov 6, 2018 | Employee falls from scissor lift and is killed | 3 | $13,500 |
| A.M. Finishing Inc. | Trabuco Canyon | Nov 5, 2018 | Employee faints, falls from ladder, later dies | 4 | $9,625 |
| Rubio Electric, Inc. | Beverly Hills | Nov 1, 2018 | Employee is killed when shot by nail gun | 6 | $11,430 |
| C and K Form Fabrication, Inc. | Colton | Oct 31, 2018 | EMPLOYEE DIES FROM HEAT ILLNESS | 4 | $18,245 |
| Tetra Tech Inc | Santa Rosa | Oct 30, 2018 | Employee dies from cardiac arrest during walk up incline | 2 | $825 |
| JP Excavating and Paving | Homewood | Oct 30, 2018 | Employee is struck in head by truck tailgate and is killed | 4 | $12,765 |
| Seino Super Express Company Limited | Torrance | Oct 29, 2018 | Employee is crushed by falling stone slab, later dies | 4 | $22,100 |
| De Coninck Vineyards, Inc. | Napa | Oct 29, 2018 | Employee catches clothes on rotating shaft and is killed whe | 5 | $25,870 |
| Hire Spot Staffing Solutions LLC | Colton | Oct 29, 2018 | Employee dies from heat exhaustion | 5 | $55,905 |
| Imperial Irrigation District | Imperial | Oct 27, 2018 | Employee drowns while retrieving vehicle from canal | 0 | pending |
| Security Paving Company, Inc. | El Centro | Oct 24, 2018 | Employee is killed when hair is caught in machinery | 6 | $31,825 |
| W.S. Emerian Trucking Inc. | Fresno | Oct 24, 2018 | Employee suffers cardiac arrest while fueling vehicle and is | 2 | $11,100 |
| Rancho Teresita Dairy | Tulare | Oct 22, 2018 | Employee dies while repairing leaking water trough | 0 | pending |
| City Logistics & Transport, Inc. | Carson | Oct 19, 2018 | Employee is struck by truck and is killed | 6 | $61,955 |
| Certified Business Service/Unlimited, Inc. | Salinas | Oct 15, 2018 | Employee is struck by vehicle and received fatal injuries | 3 | $5,025 |
| Michael J. Milton | Azusa | Oct 15, 2018 | Employee falls through section of roof and strikes head agai | 3 | $11,320 |
| Jose Contreras | San Jose | Oct 13, 2018 | Employee is crushed by palm tree skirt during frond removal | 9 | $19,200 |
| La City Transportation | Los Angeles | Oct 11, 2018 | Employee is struck by vehicle and killed | 0 | pending |
| Ortiz Harvesting, Inc. | Holtville | Oct 6, 2018 | Employee suffers cardiac arrest and dies | 0 | pending |
| Cal North Farm Labor Inc. | Los Molinos | Oct 6, 2018 | Employee is killed when crushed by bin dumper | 2 | $33,750 |
| West Coast Iron, Inc. | Spring Valley | Oct 3, 2018 | Employee is struck by I-beam and is killed | 9 | $48,535 |
| Goldencorr Sheets, LLC | City of Industry | Oct 2, 2018 | Employee dies from heart attack | 0 | pending |
| Valley West Partners | Meridian | Sep 27, 2018 | Employee is killed when struck in head by tractor | 0 | pending |
| River City Geoprofessionals, Inc. | Sacramento | Sep 27, 2018 | Employee dies from pulmonary embolism associated with knee i | 0 | pending |
| Burford Family Farming Company LP | Kerman | Sep 27, 2018 | Employee is struck and killed by harvesting equipment | 2 | $18,750 |
| Betts Company | Fresno | Sep 27, 2018 | Employee has chest pains and dies while at work | 0 | pending |
| Milky Way Farms | Visalia | Sep 25, 2018 | Employee falls through light panel and is killed | 5 | $37,650 |
| Sierra Nevada Journeys | Portola | Sep 25, 2018 | Employee dies from wasp sting | 3 | $2,270 |
| Steve's Plating Corp. | Burbank | Sep 21, 2018 | EMPLOYEE IS CRUSHED AND KILLED BY FALLING PRESS BRAKE | 3 | $31,500 |
| Big Red Machine Shop, Inc. | Burbank | Sep 21, 2018 | Employee is crushed and killed by falling press brake | 2 | $14,175 |
| Aardvark Clay & Supplies, Inc. | Santa Ana | Sep 20, 2018 | Employee is pulled into clay extruder and is killed | 5 | $237,780 |
| Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. | West Sacramento | Sep 19, 2018 | Employee falls and is crushed by vehicle | 5 | $38,000 |
| California Department of Transportation | San Diego | Sep 19, 2018 | Employee falls from highway overpass and is killed | 3 | $30,100 |
| West Coast Land and Development Inc | San Rafael | Sep 18, 2018 | Employee is killed when struck by falling stack of plywood s | 8 | $19,575 |
| P R Farms, Inc. | Clovis | Sep 13, 2018 | Employee suffers cardiac arrest after vehicular crashes and | 0 | pending |
| Nicholas Gonzalez | Sherman Oaks | Sep 13, 2018 | Employee falls off ladder onto trimming shears and is killed | 2 | $930 |
| Golden Roofing and Waterproofing Systems, Inc. | San Diego | Sep 12, 2018 | Employee falls from roof and is killed | 10 | $11,970 |
| Edco Waste & Recycling Services | Encinitas | Sep 10, 2018 | Employee dies from cardiovascular disease during trash bin p | 0 | pending |
| CA Corrections & Rehabilitation | Jamestown | Sep 6, 2018 | Inmate is exercising and suffers possible cardiac arrest, la | 0 | pending |
| Allied Universal Security Services | Carson | Sep 6, 2018 | Employee dies from natural causes | 1 | $280 |
| Danell Custom Harvesting | Hanford | Sep 4, 2018 | Employee suffers heart attack while changing flat tire on tr | 2 | $4,650 |
| Outfront Media LLC | Vernon | Aug 27, 2018 | Employee falls from ladder on billboard landing and is kille | 7 | $20,245 |
| Caskey Biological Consulting, LLC | Newberry Springs | Aug 27, 2018 | Employee has allergic reaction to bee sting and dies at hosp | 2 | $5,395 |
| Gary McMillan dba McMillan Farm Management | Temecula | Aug 24, 2018 | Employee collapses in avocado field and dies | 1 | $485 |
| Healthright 360 | San Francisco | Aug 24, 2018 | Employee is shot and killed | 0 | pending |
| El Macero Country Club, Inc. | El Macero | Aug 24, 2018 | Employee collapses to the ground, suffers heart attack and d | 0 | pending |
| Silverwood Landscape Construction, Inc. | Marina del Rey | Aug 22, 2018 | Employee suffers stroke and dies at hospital | 0 | pending |
| Pacific Architects and Engineers Incorporated | Coronado | Aug 22, 2018 | Employee has his diving equipment entangled in rope and drow | 7 | $33,150 |
| Perfection Yard Maintenance | Bakersfield | Aug 21, 2018 | Employee falls sick due to heat and is hospitalized, later d | 0 | pending |
| Jesus Ramos | Woodland | Aug 21, 2018 | Employee is observed rolling around in agricultural field an | 0 | pending |
| Kca Engineering | San Francisco | Aug 21, 2018 | Employee succumbs to suspected heat illness, found dead at h | 2 | $520 |
| Taylor Farms California, Inc. | Salinas | Aug 21, 2018 | Employee is crushed by trailer in reverse and is killed | 1 | $635 |
| Thrifty Payless, Inc. | Lancaster | Aug 20, 2018 | Employee is preparing to clock in to work, has a heart attac | 1 | $5,000 |
| Hillbillies and Hammers | Willows | Aug 17, 2018 | Employee suffers heart attack while installing solar panels | 0 | pending |
| Sweep Management Service | Los Angeles | Aug 17, 2018 | Employee is found unresponsive by coworker and is pronounced | 1 | $465 |
| Swinerton Builders | San Jose | Aug 16, 2018 | Employee falls from roof and is killed | 0 | pending |
| Draper City Fire Department | Potter Valley | Aug 16, 2018 | Employee is struck by uprooted tree during aerial drop of fi | 0 | pending |
| Mike Lowrie Trucking, Inc. | Lemoore | Aug 16, 2018 | Employee is run over by trailer during vehicle maintenance a | 1 | $750 |
| National Custom Packing | Castroville | Aug 16, 2018 | Employee faints and hits head on production floor, dies at h | 0 | pending |
| Grandmaison Construction, Inc. | Los Angeles | Aug 15, 2018 | EMPLOYEE FALLS FROM VERTICAL SHORING DUE TO HEART ATTACK AND (5 deaths) | 5 | $16,875 |
| Lance Corporation | Lewiston | Aug 15, 2018 | Employee suffers heart attack while driving CAT Dozer and di | 0 | pending |
| CJ Electric Inc | Long Beach | Aug 15, 2018 | Employee is electrocuted | 2 | $1,500 |
| Belmont Builders, Inc. | Cypress | Aug 13, 2018 | Employee falls from a ladder and is killed when scaffold col | 3 | $1,545 |
| Shimmick / Con-Quest JV | San Francisco | Aug 10, 2018 | Employee is caught between railway tracks and asphyxiates | 2 | $34,500 |
| John Friel Trucking, LLC | Thornton | Aug 10, 2018 | Employee is struck by pipe falling from trailer bed and is c | 0 | pending |
| Pacific Vineyard Company | San Luis Obispo | Aug 10, 2018 | Employee is crushed while plowing field and is killed | 2 | $975 |
| Eduardo Santi Pacheco Dba: Pacheco Farm Labor | Linden | Aug 9, 2018 | Employee is working in a peach field and dies a heart attack | 2 | $410 |
| Crop Management CO. | Delano | Aug 8, 2018 | Employee collides with flatbed truck while riding ATV and is | 1 | $7,310 |
| Pacific Gas and Electric Company | Whiskeytown | Aug 6, 2018 | Employee rolls utility vehicle during wildfire, crushes ches | 1 | $10,994 |
| Aramark Uniform Services | Sacramento | Jul 31, 2018 | Employee dies from heart attack at work | 0 | pending |
| Robert Dominikus General Engineering | Shasta | Jul 30, 2018 | Employee is killed in fire | 1 | $435 |
| Oakwest Services, Inc. | Corona | Jul 30, 2018 | Employee hits head in fall from truck; later dies | 3 | $16,425 |
| Painting & Decor, LTD. | La Quinta | Jul 29, 2018 | Employee hits head in fall from ladder; later dies | 1 | $275 |
| U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service | Clovis | Jul 29, 2018 | Employee is killed when struck by falling tree | 0 | pending |
| Platinum Pipeline, Inc. | Daly City | Jul 27, 2018 | Employee is killed in trench collapse | 10 | $206,100 |
| ABC Supply CO., Inc. | Carlsbad | Jul 26, 2018 | Employee falls from building and is killed | 3 | $8,250 |
| Poolman 2000, LLC | Santee | Jul 26, 2018 | Employee drowns in residential pool | 3 | $18,000 |
| Douglas Hsiung and Amy Wang-Hsiung | San Jose | Jul 26, 2018 | Employee installing appliances is electrocuted | 5 | $15,055 |
| Creative Stone MFG Inc dba Coronado Stone Products | Fontana | Jul 25, 2018 | Employee is caught in energized cement mixer and killed | 7 | $50,350 |
| Walmart | Folsom | Jul 25, 2018 | Employee suffers heart attack at work and dies | 1 | $375 |
| Tullis Inc dba Cottonwood Creek Sand & Gravel | Palo Cedro | Jul 24, 2018 | Employee suffers cardiac arrhythmia and dies | 0 | pending |
| Monterey Mushrooms, Inc. | Royal Oaks | Jul 23, 2018 | Employee is struck by front end loader and is killed | 4 | $20,400 |
| Guy F. Atkinson Construction, LLC | Pomona | Jul 20, 2018 | Employee is crushed under forklift and is killed | 2 | $18,750 |
| Ponce Tree Removal Service | Healdsburg | Jul 18, 2018 | Employee is struck by falling tree and killed | 0 | pending |
| Ramiro Gonzalez | Sacramento | Jul 18, 2018 | Employee suffers heart attack and dies | 0 | pending |
| DC Construction | Cromberg | Jul 17, 2018 | Employee is killed when water truck turns over | 3 | $10,800 |
| Alan Sagouspe Inc | Firebaugh | Jul 16, 2018 | Employee is killed when vehicle drives off embankment and ov | 0 | pending |
| Pyung Choi dba Motel 6 | Hemet | Jul 15, 2018 | Employee suffers heat exhaustion and dies | 9 | $2,700 |
| CA Forestry & Fire Protection | Mariposa | Jul 14, 2018 | Employee is crushed and killed while operating bulldozer | 0 | pending |
| SKY Marketing Inc | San Bernardino | Jul 13, 2018 | Employee is shot and killed during robbery | 7 | $2,350 |
| KC Paving, Inc. | Palo Alto | Jul 12, 2018 | Employee is struck and killed by backing skid steer | 4 | $12,935 |
| Carey Transport | Lodi | Jul 11, 2018 | Employee dies from heart attack while driving | 0 | pending |
| Walt Disney Parks & Resorts US Inc dba Disneyland | Anaheim | Jul 11, 2018 | Employee dies from heart attack | 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.