5,555 inspections opened after a worker died
5,717 deaths in all since 2000, newest first, page 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeannette Bell & Bonnie LYNN Daniel, Individually | Fair Oaks | Jul 29, 2016 | Employee is killed by chain saw when trimming a tree branch | 8 | $19,705 |
| Commercial Industrial Finishing Corp. | Anaheim | Jul 28, 2016 | Employee dies of a heart attack | 2 | $525 |
| Tulare Glass CO. | Visalia | Jul 28, 2016 | Employee dies of a heart attack | 0 | pending |
| Abl West | City of Industry | Jul 28, 2016 | Employee dies from heart attack | 0 | pending |
| Lidestri Foods Inc | Fresno | Jul 28, 2016 | Employee falls from ladder and is killed | 3 | $18,560 |
| Tri Service Heating & Ventilation | Placentia | Jul 27, 2016 | Employee falls through skylight and is killed | 0 | pending |
| Ian Czirban | Big Sur | Jul 27, 2016 | Employee is killed when bull dozer rolls over | 5 | $20,000 |
| Empire Farm Labor Contracting, Inc. | Bakersfield | Jul 26, 2016 | Employee harvesting grapes dies from heart attack | 0 | pending |
| Winship Stake & Lath Inc | Riverside | Jul 25, 2016 | Employee is crushed and killed by falling lumber | 3 | $12,825 |
| CA Corrections | Represa | Jul 21, 2016 | Employee dies from cardiac arrest | 0 | pending |
| The Chambers Company | Encinitas | Jul 21, 2016 | Employee falls from roof and is killed | 6 | $15,005 |
| Barrels Unlimited, Inc. | Fresno | Jul 14, 2016 | Employee struck by falling objects and is killed | 2 | $14,810 |
| Altfillisch Contractors Inc dba A C I | Irvine | Jul 14, 2016 | Employee goes into cardiac arrest and dies after being stung | 2 | $750 |
| Cardenas Contractor, Inc. | Merced | Jul 12, 2016 | Farm laborer dies of cardiac arrest. | 0 | pending |
| Amware Pallet Services, LLC | Pico Rivera | Jul 5, 2016 | Worker Killed in Fall | 2 | $71,080 |
| Peterson Family Food Farm | Kingsburg | Jul 5, 2016 | Employee dies from a heart attack | 0 | pending |
| Southern CA Edison | Tulare | Jul 2, 2016 | Worker Dies from Heart attack | 0 | pending |
| 2 & 3 Electric | Santa Ana | Jul 1, 2016 | Employee makes contact with a live wire and is killed | 8 | $65,550 |
| Hayden Industrial Products LLC | San Bernardino | Jun 29, 2016 | Employee is asphyxiated by nitrogen gas and is killed | 4 | $29,835 |
| Richard Toress | East Los Angeles | Jun 27, 2016 | Employee is found dead of unknown causes at home. | 0 | pending |
| Sutherland Logging, Inc. | Castella | Jun 27, 2016 | Employee is struck by log and is killed. | 0 | pending |
| Western Canal Water District | Durham | Jun 26, 2016 | Employee is killed from a cardiac arrest. | 0 | pending |
| Stanislaus County Public Works | Modesto | Jun 23, 2016 | Employee is struck and killed by passenger vehicle while sur | 1 | $750 |
| Bill M. Neese, Bill E. Neese and Lucille M. Neese | Redwood Valley | Jun 21, 2016 | Employee suffers heat stroke and dies while working in field | 3 | $5,560 |
| Heavy Transport, Inc. | Stockton | Jun 21, 2016 | Mechanic is crushed by trailer and is killed | 1 | $9,000 |
| Plum Construction, Inc. | Chinese Camp | Jun 21, 2016 | Employee Dies from Failure of the Circulatory System. | 0 | pending |
| JM Equipment CO | Modesto | Jun 15, 2016 | Employee is crushed by loading dock plate while repairing wa | 5 | $27,600 |
| Reiter Brothers, Inc. | Camarillo | Jun 8, 2016 | Employee Found Unconscious During Break From Picking Berries | 0 | pending |
| A-1 All American Roofing Wla, Inc. | Walnut | Jun 3, 2016 | Employee falls from room and is killed | 0 | pending |
| Fruit Harvest Inc. | Laton | Jun 2, 2016 | Employee is killed by heat stress in a nectarine ochard | 6 | $33,740 |
| Double Lucky, Inc. | San Juan Bautista | Jun 2, 2016 | Employee is killed by brain aneurism | 1 | $3,000 |
| Top Productions, LLC | Napa | Jun 1, 2016 | Employee is killed when struck by object | 4 | $14,600 |
| John Slaven | Montrose | Jun 1, 2016 | Employee collapses and dies from heart attack | 0 | pending |
| Owens Brockway Glass | Tracy | May 16, 2016 | Worker Falls 20 feet to his Death | 3 | $2,700 |
| Ahern Rentals, Inc. | San Francisco | May 13, 2016 | Employee is pinned when operating a JLG aerial lift and is k | 1 | $500 |
| Pacific Orchard Development, Inc. | Corcoran | May 13, 2016 | Worker is Killed in Car Crash | 0 | pending |
| Pacific Bell Telephone Company | Valley Glen | May 13, 2016 | Worker Dies of Natural Causes | 2 | $420 |
| Melvin T. Wheeler & Sons, Inc. | Modesto | May 12, 2016 | Worker Dies from Hypertensive Pontine Hemorrhage | 0 | pending |
| Rachma Contracting, Inc. | Earlimart | May 9, 2016 | Employee Suffers Massive Stroke And Later Dies | 2 | $5,560 |
| Lara Labor Contractors | Dixon | May 5, 2016 | Employee drowns in irrigation canal | 2 | $5,035 |
| The Original Mowbray's Tree Service Incorporated | Bear Valley Springs | May 4, 2016 | Employee is struck and killed by a falling tree | 4 | $36,750 |
| Metropolitan Electrical Construction, Inc. | San Francisco | Apr 29, 2016 | Worker Dies From Aneurysm | 0 | pending |
| Lakos Separators and Filtration Solutions | Fresno | Apr 28, 2016 | Employee Dies From Heart Attack | 0 | pending |
| John Bosnich | Brisbane | Apr 21, 2016 | Roofer Dies from Heart Attack | 0 | pending |
| City of Santa Rosa, Water Department | Santa Rosa | Apr 20, 2016 | Employee Dies From Heart Attack | 0 | pending |
| Campos Brothers, LLC | Chowchilla | Apr 17, 2016 | Employee Collides Into Almond Tree With Utility Vehicle And | 1 | $150 |
| Helder Lucio Pinto | Pleasanton | Apr 15, 2016 | Employee Dies From Heart Attack | 3 | $1,175 |
| Urs West, Inc. | San Diego | Apr 15, 2016 | Employee falls from top ramp of transport trailer and is kil | 6 | $12,000 |
| Camarena Land Clearing | Arcadia | Apr 15, 2016 | Employee is Killed By Track-Type Loader | 6 | $11,330 |
| Mark Crawford Logging Inc | Fort Jones | Apr 14, 2016 | Employee is struck and killed by out of control log. | 5 | $25,160 |
| Martinez Vineyard Management, LLC | Saint Helena | Apr 13, 2016 | Employee drowns in pond at vineyard. | 0 | pending |
| D L Long Landscaping, Inc. | Chino | Apr 13, 2016 | One employee is killed, another injured while hitching a tra | 3 | $18,935 |
| M.A. Management, LLC | West Sacramento | Apr 8, 2016 | Employee mowing lawn collapses and dies. | 2 | $560 |
| CL Industrial Coatings Inc | Los Angeles | Apr 7, 2016 | Employee dies from heart attack | 1 | $750 |
| Swank Farms Produce, Inc. | Hollister | Apr 6, 2016 | Worker, feeling unwell, dies of probable heart attack. | 0 | pending |
| Allah Ditta Bath | Madison | Apr 5, 2016 | Employee hoeing weeds in field collapses; heart attack suspe | 1 | $450 |
| U-Haul | San Diego | Mar 31, 2016 | Employee is killed when run over by a truck | 4 | $1,495 |
| Martin Hydroblasting Services, Inc. | Holtville | Mar 31, 2016 | Employee is found drowned in deep water hole | 2 | $16,090 |
| Everport Terminal Services Inc | Terminal Island | Mar 30, 2016 | Employee is killed when run over by a truck | 3 | $18,840 |
| Bernardino Ramirez | Glendale | Mar 30, 2016 | Employee dies of cardiac arrest while working on roof. | 3 | $565 |
| All Valley Washer Service, Inc. | Van Nuys | Mar 28, 2016 | Employee is crushed and killed when run over by a vehicle | 4 | $2,105 |
| Alfredo G.Urquidez JR. dba AG Unlimited | Greenfield | Mar 25, 2016 | Employee Dies While Working In Asparagus Field | 1 | $3,150 |
| Earthquake Protection Systems | Vallejo | Mar 25, 2016 | Employee is crushed in forklift accident | 6 | $42,150 |
| Schuff Steel Company | Stockton | Mar 22, 2016 | Employee is killed when steel beam box tips over | 1 | $18,000 |
| Hill Crane Service Inc | Los Angeles | Mar 22, 2016 | Employee is killed when caught between two cranes | 2 | $23,250 |
| Excel Landscape Inc | Menifee | Mar 21, 2016 | Employee collapses and dies after seizure | 4 | $10,875 |
| Hansford Industries, Inc. dba Viking Steel | Sacramento | Mar 19, 2016 | Employee is struck by load on forklift and is killed | 5 | $33,260 |
| Assi | Los Angeles | Mar 17, 2016 | Employee falls from sixtieth floor and is killed | 0 | pending |
| Carlos Valencia | Thermal | Mar 12, 2016 | Two employees in an aerial lift are electrocuted and killed (2 deaths) | 5 | $28,335 |
| Padgett's Cleaning & Restoration | Forest Falls | Mar 11, 2016 | Employee is crushed and killed by falling fireplace facade | 1 | $550 |
| City Terrace Recycling, LLC | Los Angeles | Mar 8, 2016 | Employee is killed during non-work hours | 0 | pending |
| I.B.S. Beauty, Inc. | Santa Fe Springs | Mar 7, 2016 | Employee is killed in explosion and fire | 4 | $24,675 |
| Hci Inc | Jurupa Valley | Mar 5, 2016 | Employee is struck and killed by automobile while performing | 3 | $13,875 |
| Advantage Drywall Systems Inc | Newport Beach | Mar 3, 2016 | Employee dies of natural causes before falling of work platf | 3 | $3,935 |
| Southern California Healthcare System, Inc. | Culver City | Feb 25, 2016 | Employee has heart attack and dies | 2 | $5,225 |
| Jalonen Ranches | Caruthers | Feb 24, 2016 | Employee is killed when caught in agricultural tiller | 3 | $12,800 |
| V. Dolan Trucking, Inc. | Hopland | Feb 23, 2016 | Employee is killed when truck runs off road | 3 | $1,235 |
| Four Seasons Tree Service | Magalia | Feb 23, 2016 | Employee falls and is killed while felling a tree | 5 | $19,680 |
| BJ Properties | Los Alamitos | Feb 19, 2016 | Roofer falls to concrete driveway and is killed | 3 | $1,625 |
| MDB Management, Inc. | West Hollywood | Feb 17, 2016 | Employee dies from heart disease | 0 | pending |
| SW Forage LLC | Hesperia | Feb 16, 2016 | Employee is killed when crushed while cleaning a hay bailer/ | 14 | $65,805 |
| American Recycling International, Inc. | Monrovia | Feb 9, 2016 | Employee dies from brain aneurysm | 2 | $3,225 |
| Sinclair Concrete | Modesto | Feb 5, 2016 | Employee is struck by object and killed | 1 | $810 |
| Breven & Brock | Pasadena | Feb 4, 2016 | Employee collapsed due to a heart attack | 0 | pending |
| MR Crane Inc | Irvine | Feb 2, 2016 | Employee is caught by moving part and killed | 3 | $2,200 |
| Pacific Rim Dairy | Corcoran | Jan 27, 2016 | Employee struck and killed by a falling bale of hay | 2 | $6,090 |
| Karplus Warehouse, Inc. | Pacoima | Jan 26, 2016 | Employee found dead inside a trailer | 2 | $5,410 |
| Promotional Inflatables | Moreno Valley | Jan 25, 2016 | Employee on roof has heart attack and dies | 0 | pending |
| Rrassk Services Inc | Bellflower | Jan 23, 2016 | Employee working alone found dead from unknown causes | 3 | $585 |
| Jaron Romero | Oak Glen | Jan 19, 2016 | Employee falls off ladder and later dies | 2 | $1,100 |
| City of Bakersfield, Public Works Department | Bakersfield | Jan 16, 2016 | Employee is ejected from golf cart and killed | 0 | pending |
| Richard Paetz Construction | Redondo Beach | Jan 15, 2016 | Employee falls from a ladder and is killed | 5 | $5,915 |
| Maven Trans GRP | Wilmington | Jan 12, 2016 | Employee is crushed between two truck trailers and is killed | 1 | $9,000 |
| City of Berkeley | Berkeley | Jan 11, 2016 | Employee struck and killed by garbage truck | 8 | $37,430 |
| Ancon Services | Stockton | Jan 9, 2016 | Worker Falls from Scaffold and is killed (2 deaths) | 1 | $450 |
| United Parcel Service | West Sacramento | Jan 8, 2016 | Worker is Struck and Killed by Industrial Tow Tractor | 2 | $36,000 |
| Southern California Edison | Paramount | Jan 6, 2016 | Worker Falls From Utility Pole and Dies | 0 | pending |
| Ryan Jackson Farms | Hanford | Jan 5, 2016 | Worker Falls from Tractor and is Killed When Run Over | 6 | $19,345 |
| Epi Brentwood | Dublin | Jan 5, 2016 | Employee is crushed and killed by load of lumber | 1 | $600 |
| Wright Tree Service of the West, Inc. | Hoopa | Dec 31, 2015 | Employee Is Killed In Fall From Tree | 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.