5,555 inspections opened after a worker died
5,717 deaths in all since 2000, newest first, page 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Postal Service | Woodland Hills | Jul 10, 2018 | Employee dies from heat-related illness while delivering mai | 0 | pending |
| Kulvinder Kumar, Sole Owner | Yuba City | Jul 9, 2018 | Employee falls from truck platform and is killed | 2 | $5,375 |
| Stanley Steemer | Los Angeles | Jul 9, 2018 | Employee dies from cardiac arrest | 0 | pending |
| Maxco Supply, Inc. | Parlier | Jul 9, 2018 | Employee is found dead at work | 0 | pending |
| Eva El-Khoury Venice Inc | Los Angeles | Jul 6, 2018 | Gas station and convenience store worker is shot and killed | 1 | $325 |
| Timber Works Construction Inc | Rocklin | Jul 3, 2018 | Employee falls from second story of residence and is killed (2 deaths) | 2 | $2,400 |
| A V P & H A California Corporation | Mante | Jun 27, 2018 | Employee is struck and killed by backhoe | 0 | pending |
| Ontario Refrigeration Service, Inc. | San Diego | Jun 27, 2018 | Employee is killed in fall through skylight | 1 | $22,500 |
| Bay Ship & Yacht CO. | Alameda | Jun 26, 2018 | Employee is killed in fall from scaffold system | 0 | pending |
| UPS | Ontario | Jun 26, 2018 | Employee collapses to floor and dies | 0 | pending |
| Easterseals Society of Superior California | Sacramento | Jun 26, 2018 | Employee dies from possible heart attack | 0 | pending |
| Laz Parking | San Juan Capo | Jun 22, 2018 | Employee found dead in restroom | 1 | $3,000 |
| Poway Unified School District Painted Rock Elementary | Poway | Jun 22, 2018 | Employee dies from multiple organ failure | 1 | $3,375 |
| Sinthal, Inc. | Long Beach | Jun 22, 2018 | Employee is killed in fall through hole in roof | 3 | $11,150 |
| Shurtliff Drywall Inc | City of Industry | Jun 18, 2018 | Employee is shot and killed by masked gunman | 1 | $420 |
| TS Logging, Inc. | Willits | Jun 18, 2018 | Employee falls from a flatbed trailer, sustains brain hemorr | 1 | $335 |
| L'oreal USA S/D, Inc. | Carlsbad | Jun 16, 2018 | Employee is found unresponsive in bathroom | 1 | $900 |
| Sfpuc - City Distribution Division | San Francisco | Jun 14, 2018 | Employee is struck by automobile and killed | 2 | $1,700 |
| Maneri Traffic Control, Inc. | Pico Rivera | Jun 13, 2018 | Employee is struck and killed by truck | 2 | $3,025 |
| MV Land Company LLC | San Diego | Jun 13, 2018 | Employee sustains cardiac arrest at work and dies | 0 | pending |
| Pitzer College | Claremont | Jun 13, 2018 | Employee walking campus grounds sustains cardiac arrest and | 0 | pending |
| BWM Inc. dba Barry's Window Maintenance Inc | San Diego | Jun 12, 2018 | Employee cleaning windows falls and is killed | 13 | $121,295 |
| Flow Transport Inc. | Hughson | Jun 12, 2018 | Employee dies while repairing broken plastic fruit bins | 3 | $1,950 |
| Rogue Research, Inc. | Petaluma | Jun 12, 2018 | Employee is caught in a commercial horizontal mixer and is k | 10 | $14,100 |
| City of San Diego Parks and Recreation Department | San Diego | Jun 11, 2018 | Employee dies of heart attack | 4 | $1,490 |
| Mission Linen Supply | Sacramento | Jun 11, 2018 | Employee is hospitalized for chemical burns | 2 | $610 |
| Custom Fresh Harvest, Inc. | Soledad | Jun 11, 2018 | Employee is pinned under an overturned rough-terrain forklif | 2 | $11,385 |
| West Coast Berry Farms, LLC | Nipomo | Jun 8, 2018 | Employee collapses in agricultural field and dies from heart | 1 | $560 |
| Floorco Inc. | Santa Moni | Jun 6, 2018 | Employee falls from second floor lands and is killed | 9 | $54,700 |
| Nueva Castilla Iron Works, Inc. | Berkeley | Jun 5, 2018 | Employee is hit in head by falling nail gun and later dies | 6 | $29,985 |
| Stay Green Inc. | Canyon Country | Jun 5, 2018 | Employee has heart attack and dies | 1 | $560 |
| Sione Alatini | San Jose | Jun 5, 2018 | Employee is found on the ground unresponsive | 3 | $4,800 |
| CCL Contracting, Inc | Orange | Jun 1, 2018 | Highway workers struck and killed in work zone (2 deaths) | 1 | $560 |
| Ross Stores, Inc. | San Jose | Jun 1, 2018 | Employee loses consciousness at work and later dies | 0 | pending |
| JD Heiskell | Hanford | May 24, 2018 | Employee is run over by skip loader and later dies | 1 | $11,250 |
| 63rd Regional Support Command - U.S. Army Reserve | Sacramento | May 24, 2018 | Employee working on ATV engine is killed when struck by a fa | 3 | $0 |
| Sudyka Construction | Irvine | May 23, 2018 | Employee dies from stroke | 1 | $260 |
| Athens Services | City of Industry | May 23, 2018 | Employee is killed when struck by truck | 0 | pending |
| Arborwell, Inc. | Palo Alto | May 19, 2018 | Employee is killed when rope is pulled into chipper while tr | 1 | $18,000 |
| Key Termite and Pest Control, Inc. | Paso Robles | May 18, 2018 | Employee dies from heart attack at work | 2 | $2,585 |
| Petrissans Dairy | Bakersfield | May 18, 2018 | Employee is killed in fall | 2 | $675 |
| Gerawan Farming Partners, Inc | Kerman | May 14, 2018 | Employee dies of heart attack | 0 | pending |
| Kmart Corporation | Visalia | May 11, 2018 | Employee is killed in stabbing | 0 | pending |
| Pasadena Unified School District | Altadena | May 9, 2018 | Employee suffers a seizure and dies | 4 | $1,500 |
| Empire Equipment Service Inc. | Lake Forest | May 9, 2018 | Employee is killed in trench collapse | 3 | $66,000 |
| Blackjack Machinery, Inc | Cottonwood | May 9, 2018 | Employee is killed in ATV roll-over | 3 | $17,450 |
| Zero Tolerance Entertainment, Inc. | Chatsworth | May 8, 2018 | Employee is killed in 16 foot fall to concrete slab | 3 | $18,305 |
| All American Asphalt | Encino | May 3, 2018 | Employee is killed when run over by a Bobcat | 2 | $6,750 |
| Generations Healthcare Agency, Inc. | San Francisco | May 1, 2018 | Employee falls from roof and is killed | 8 | $20,285 |
| Walsh Vineyards Management Inc. | Sonoma | May 1, 2018 | Employee is clearing wire from mower attachment and is crush | 3 | $25,675 |
| Parrott Investment CO Inc dba Llano Seco Rancho | Chico | Apr 30, 2018 | Employee dies after collapsing from a brain bleed | 1 | $2,750 |
| Mark Lee and Yong Kay, Inc. | Oakland | Apr 30, 2018 | Employee is struck by falling linear rail on his head and is | 9 | $78,215 |
| CA Corrections & Rehabilitation | Jamestown | Apr 30, 2018 | Employee collapses on a training hike and dies from cardiac | 0 | pending |
| PGP International, Inc | Woodland | Apr 24, 2018 | Employee dies from a possible stroke | 1 | $3,000 |
| Sierra Mountain Aviation, Inc. | Grass Valley | Apr 18, 2018 | One employee is killed; One employee hospitalized from a han | 3 | $11,235 |
| Mark Tagart Construction | Atherton | Apr 16, 2018 | Employee is killed in 11.5 foot fall from I-beam to concrete | 3 | $1,900 |
| Norman Jacobson Realty Resources, Inc. | Van Nuys | Apr 16, 2018 | Employee is killed in 20 foot fall from roof | 4 | $7,100 |
| Reyes Trucking Incorporated | Lost Hills | Apr 11, 2018 | Employee is killed in fall from trailer | 2 | $10,930 |
| Segundo Collazos | San Ramon | Apr 11, 2018 | Employee is pulled into stump grinder and is killed | 0 | pending |
| Liberty Landscaping, Inc. | La Verne | Apr 10, 2018 | Employee dies while raking leaves | 1 | $560 |
| City of Modesto | Modesto | Apr 9, 2018 | Employee is electrocuted while installing light post | 4 | $23,550 |
| A. Munoz Landscape Construction, Inc. | Morgan Hill | Apr 4, 2018 | Employees suffers a possible heart attack and later dies | 7 | $22,500 |
| Tauzer Apiaries Inc. | Novato | Apr 2, 2018 | Employee is killed when caught between the mast and the cage | 4 | $60,300 |
| Mattress Connection | Torrance | Apr 2, 2018 | Employee is found slumped over at work station and is pronou | 9 | $5,100 |
| Forestry Solutions, Inc | Trinidad | Apr 2, 2018 | Employee is killed while using chain saw | 0 | pending |
| Meza Tree Service | Los Angeles | Mar 31, 2018 | Employee is killed after falling 8 to 10 feet from ladder wh | 6 | $2,615 |
| Dancefire Ranch LLC | Catheys Valley | Mar 29, 2018 | Employee drowns in flash flood | 0 | pending |
| Juan Torres Construction Inc | Concord | Mar 28, 2018 | Employee falls from scissor lift while sanding drywall and i | 5 | $19,250 |
| Sistemas Delfin USA, Inc. | Oxnard | Mar 27, 2018 | Employee is struck and killed by collapsing storage rack | 2 | $10,800 |
| Utility Tree Service Inc | Costa Mesa | Mar 26, 2018 | Employee falls from tree and is killed | 2 | $955 |
| Berber Roofing Inc dba RB Roofing and Tear-Off | Placentia | Mar 20, 2018 | Employee fall 8 feet through carport roof and is killed | 2 | $875 |
| Master Tree Service Inc. | Camarillo | Mar 16, 2018 | Employee is trimming palm trees and is electrocuted while th | 9 | $28,605 |
| Asm Construction Inc | Lakeside | Mar 16, 2018 | Employee is killed in fall from roof | 3 | $15,706 |
| McCaffree Logging, Inc. | Grass Valley | Mar 14, 2018 | Employee collapses while picking up tree brush and dies | 0 | pending |
| U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | San Francisco | Mar 13, 2018 | Employee is shot and killed by resident | 2 | $0 |
| Triple B Corporation | Irwindale | Mar 7, 2018 | Employee is run over by a box truck and is killed | 2 | $10,175 |
| Sweety Novelty, Inc. | Monterey Park | Mar 7, 2018 | Employee is killed in fall from forklift | 10 | $21,635 |
| Ventura County Sheriff's Office | Ventura | Mar 7, 2018 | Employee slipped on the floor, fell, and is killed | 3 | $12,310 |
| Orient & Flume Art Glass | Chico | Mar 7, 2018 | Employee trimming large tree is struck by limb and is killed | 7 | $27,645 |
| JCD Farm Labor Contractor | Calexico | Mar 5, 2018 | Employee suffers heart attack while loading lettuce on flat | 0 | pending |
| Greenwaste Recovery, Inc. | San Jose | Mar 2, 2018 | Employee is killed when run over by garbage truck | 2 | $16,835 |
| Venado Custom Tillage, Inc. | Brawley | Mar 2, 2018 | Employee is struck and killed in metal pipe explosion | 3 | $20,100 |
| CA Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation | Sacramento | Feb 28, 2018 | Employee collapses during physical agility test and dies | 0 | pending |
| Rafael Munoz | San Jose | Feb 26, 2018 | Employee is electrocuted while trimming tree branches | 5 | $11,400 |
| R Cardenas Trucking | Compton | Feb 21, 2018 | Employee is crushed and killed by falling steel tubing | 0 | pending |
| Citistaff Solutions, Inc. | Los Angeles | Feb 15, 2018 | Employee falls from elevated work platform and dies six days | 2 | $9,655 |
| Turner Broadcasting System Inc | Los Angeles | Feb 15, 2018 | Employee hits head on an archway and is killed | 2 | $450 |
| J & M Hobby House | San Carlos | Feb 13, 2018 | Employee falls from undetermined height and is killed | 0 | pending |
| Goleta West Sanitary District | Santa Barbara | Feb 13, 2018 | Employee removes grate from pump station and is killed | 2 | $12,600 |
| Recology Sunset Scavenger | San Francisco | Feb 9, 2018 | Employee's head was de-capacitated when caught between door | 0 | pending |
| City of San Diego | San Diego | Feb 9, 2018 | Employee is found unresponsive in car, presumed dead by hear | 2 | $5,420 |
| Nelson's Towing Service LLC | Martinez | Feb 5, 2018 | Employee is crushed while lifting vehicle and is killed | 3 | $785 |
| Villalpando AG, Inc. | Traver | Feb 2, 2018 | Employee dies after collapsing and going into cardiac arrest | 1 | $5,000 |
| All Access Apparel, Inc. dba Self Esteem | Montebello | Feb 1, 2018 | Employee is found unresponsive in his office | 2 | $5,185 |
| Guadalajara Grill LLC | Salinas | Feb 1, 2018 | Employee falls from ladder and is killed | 2 | $900 |
| Blankenship Pools, Inc. | Cottonwood | Jan 29, 2018 | Worker dies as a result of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | 0 | pending |
| Herman Weissker Inc | Boron | Jan 19, 2018 | Employee contacts power line and is killed | 2 | $18,935 |
| United Clean Trucks Inc | Wilmington | Jan 16, 2018 | Employee is crushed and killed | 5 | $38,625 |
| Bob and Sue Vanella dba Vanella Farms | Chico | Jan 15, 2018 | Employee is crushed a killed when tractor falls off a traile | 4 | $5,055 |
| Sysco San Francisco, Inc. | Fremont | Jan 11, 2018 | Crushed between loading dock and trailer | 3 | $27,000 |
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.