5,555 inspections opened after a worker died
5,717 deaths in all since 2000, newest first, page 26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimco | San Pedro | Dec 30, 2015 | Employee Loses Consciousness And Dies While Packing Moving T | 0 | pending |
| Ted Levine Drum CO | Cerritos | Dec 30, 2015 | Employee Suffers Heart Attack While Picking Up Trailer | 0 | pending |
| Millard Mall Services, Inc. | Irvine | Dec 21, 2015 | Employee Is Killed When Run Over By Golf Cart | 4 | $18,600 |
| Joe Rhodes Maint. Service, Inc. | Hesperia | Dec 21, 2015 | Employee Is Killed In Fall From Ladder | 4 | $15,220 |
| Vieira Agricultural Enterprises, LLC | Atwater | Dec 16, 2015 | Worker Dies of Unknown Injuries | 0 | pending |
| Afakori Inc. | Whittier | Dec 16, 2015 | Employee falls from roof and is killed | 2 | $12,765 |
| Angelus Block CO., Inc. | Bloomington | Dec 15, 2015 | Employee Is Crushed While Freeing Jam In Machine | 5 | $20,060 |
| RDV Construction, Inc. | Los Angeles | Dec 9, 2015 | Employee is killed in falls from roof | 4 | $23,900 |
| Southern California Gas Company | Los Angeles | Nov 30, 2015 | Employee dies from heart attack | 0 | pending |
| I & M Sheep Company | Corcoran | Nov 30, 2015 | Employee rolls over ATV and is killed | 3 | $10,800 |
| 24 Hour Tire Sales & Service | La Mirada | Nov 24, 2015 | Employee is crushed by falling forklift and is killed | 3 | $21,950 |
| Dynamic Contracting Services Inc. | National City | Nov 24, 2015 | EMPLOYEE FALLS FROM SCAFFOLD, SUSTAINS HEAD TRAUMA, AND IS K | 0 | pending |
| Davey Tree Surgery Company | Valley Center | Nov 24, 2015 | Employee is run over by truck and killed | 5 | $20,560 |
| Sundance Spas | Brawley | Nov 20, 2015 | Employee driving an ATV rolls into an canal and is killed | 3 | $1,750 |
| J McLoughlin Engineering CO Inc | Fontana | Nov 19, 2015 | Employee is crushed and killed by a street sweeper | 5 | $9,125 |
| James A. Quaglino, Inc. | Templeton | Nov 18, 2015 | Employee marking chalk lines on roof falls and is killed | 1 | $14,400 |
| Steeltech Reinforcing Inc | Los Angeles | Nov 17, 2015 | Employee falls under scaffold's midrail and is killed | 7 | $37,670 |
| Y. I. Shushi 2 | National City | Nov 13, 2015 | Employee working from ladder on a scaffold falls and is kill | 0 | pending |
| Cheung Sushi Corp. | National City | Nov 13, 2015 | EMPLOYEE FALLS FROM SCAFFOLD/LADDER AND IS KILLED WHEN HEAD | 0 | pending |
| Jeff Alexander Farming dba Big & Deep AG Develop | Bakersfield | Nov 13, 2015 | Worker is killed in fire when tractor shank strikes natural | 3 | $20,000 |
| Defense Logistics Agency | Camp Pendleton | Nov 12, 2015 | Employee struck in the head by pressurized object is killed | 1 | $0 |
| Inglewood Carwash LLC | Inglewood | Nov 10, 2015 | Employee is ejected from vehicle and killed | 2 | $5,450 |
| Home Depot | San Carlos | Nov 9, 2015 | Worker Falls from Ladder Stand and is Killed | 0 | pending |
| Forest, Soil & Water Inc. | Healdsburg | Nov 5, 2015 | Worker is Struck By Tree and is Killed | 2 | $10,950 |
| Triangle Distributing CO. | Whittier | Nov 2, 2015 | Employee falls through floor opening and is killed | 1 | $310 |
| County of Ventura Public Works | Ojai | Oct 30, 2015 | Worker is Struck and Killed by Motor Vehicle | 0 | pending |
| California State University, Stanislaus | Turlock | Oct 30, 2015 | Worker Dies from Medical Condition | 0 | pending |
| Valley Steel Construction Fresno, Inc. | Fresno | Oct 29, 2015 | Employee falls from elevated surface and is killed | 3 | $10,975 |
| California Materials Inc. | Stockton | Oct 21, 2015 | Worker is Killed When Crushed by Dump Truck Gate | 2 | $6,600 |
| La County Fire Dept/Ca Dept of Corrections - Fire Camp | Azusa | Oct 20, 2015 | Employee dies while hiking | 0 | pending |
| Los Angeles County Metropolitantransportation Authority | Chatsworth | Oct 19, 2015 | Employee falls from ladder and is killed | 1 | $375 |
| Angela Suen, Jenqrong Wen, Philip NG, Man Chung Cheung | San Jose | Oct 19, 2015 | Employee killed while spraying wall texture | 1 | $5,000 |
| Uber Technologies, Inc. | Los Angeles | Oct 16, 2015 | A woman's remains found in a car in a parking lot | 1 | $200 |
| Sierra Pacific Industries | Georgetown | Oct 14, 2015 | Employee is struck and killed by falling log | 3 | $10,100 |
| Labor Ready Southwest Inc | Oceanside | Oct 13, 2015 | Employee is crushed and killed by falling cement wall | 1 | $0 |
| Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. | Oakland | Oct 12, 2015 | Employee is killed when truck collides with cargo trailer | 1 | $420 |
| Inter-Con Security Systems, Inc. | Beaumont | Oct 12, 2015 | Employee found in car with chest pains dies | 2 | $3,000 |
| Finnco Services LLC | Stockton | Oct 9, 2015 | Employee is killed by possible heart attack | 0 | pending |
| Jdi Electrical Services, Inc. | San Jose | Oct 8, 2015 | Employee killed by seizure or stroke | 0 | pending |
| Tapia Farms | Corning | Oct 8, 2015 | Employee working in field dies from heart failure | 0 | pending |
| Apple Valley Usd - Phoenix Academy | Apple Valley | Oct 8, 2015 | Employee falls from ladder and is killed | 2 | $1,495 |
| Strong Inc | Montebello | Oct 7, 2015 | Employee dies from heart attack or aneurism | 0 | pending |
| Bigge Crane and Rigging CO. | Davis | Oct 7, 2015 | Employee is killed when struck by vehicle | 0 | pending |
| Blue Sierra Construction, Inc. | San Jose | Oct 6, 2015 | Employee was struck and killed by an excavator bucket | 5 | $16,500 |
| Casaca Vineyards II | Five Points | Oct 5, 2015 | Employee is crushed while changing tire on a harvester and i | 1 | $14,400 |
| Troy Builders Construction & Remodeling, Inc. | San Fernando | Oct 1, 2015 | Employee is killed in fall from roof | 6 | $11,130 |
| Grimmway Enterprises, Inc. | Arvin | Oct 1, 2015 | Employee sustains heart attack and dies | 0 | pending |
| Pacific Gas and Electric Company | Redding | Sep 30, 2015 | Employee positioning utility pole is struck and killed by pu | 3 | $37,185 |
| Instant Signs and Banner | Long Beach | Sep 28, 2015 | Employee falls from ladder and is killed | 6 | $2,100 |
| M. W. Sausse' & CO., Inc. | Valencia | Sep 25, 2015 | Employee sustains heart attack and dies while eating lunch | 4 | $3,150 |
| Laz Parking | Pasadena | Sep 25, 2015 | Worker struck by golf cart is killed when head strikes pavem | 3 | $1,005 |
| Mike and Robin Jacks, Homeowner | San Rafael | Sep 23, 2015 | Employee falls from patio deck and is killed | 2 | $10,885 |
| Cal West AG Services, Inc. | Fresno | Sep 22, 2015 | Employee passes out after work and later dies in hospital af | 0 | pending |
| Apple Valley BV Restaurant, LLC | Apple Valley | Sep 21, 2015 | Employee dies from non-work related illness | 3 | $3,875 |
| A & L Contracting Inc. | Thermal | Sep 21, 2015 | Worker loses consciousness while picking lemons and later di | 1 | $4,050 |
| Chapala Berry Farms Inc. | Watsonville | Sep 21, 2015 | Berry farm laborer collapses and dies | 6 | $33,750 |
| West Coast Aborists, Inc. | Santa Ana | Sep 21, 2015 | Landscaping worker is struck and killed by hit-and-run motor | 0 | pending |
| Express Employment Professionals | Napa | Sep 18, 2015 | Employee dies after back injury | 0 | pending |
| Smark Company | South Gate | Sep 17, 2015 | Employee is burned in acetone vapor fire and later dies | 11 | $19,200 |
| Gallo Glass Company | Modesto | Sep 17, 2015 | Worker dies from possible heart attack | 0 | pending |
| Vasquez Trucking | Long Beach | Sep 16, 2015 | Employee is killed when run over by truck | 0 | pending |
| Apton Corporation | Los Angeles | Sep 14, 2015 | Employee dies from cardiac arrest (2 deaths) | 1 | $2,000 |
| Drilling & Production CO. | Maricopa | Sep 9, 2015 | Employee was found in his truck dead | 1 | $260 |
| Mde Electric Company Inc. | Santa Clara | Sep 3, 2015 | Employee is Killed in Fall through Unguarded Shaft | 1 | $6,750 |
| Zalinski Ranches Harvesting, LLC | Firebaugh | Sep 3, 2015 | Employee is struck by bank-out equipment and killed | 1 | $5,000 |
| San Diego Gas and Electric | San Diego | Sep 3, 2015 | Employee electrocuted and killed | 3 | $36,000 |
| C.W. Driver | Jamul | Sep 1, 2015 | Employee falls from platform and is killed | 2 | $14,000 |
| Manheim Investments, Inc. | Riverside | Sep 1, 2015 | Employee is killed in fall | 2 | $0 |
| Rothfleisch Ranches | El Centro | Aug 27, 2015 | Employee dies from heart attack | 3 | $1,435 |
| Mas Iron CO. | Fullerton | Aug 25, 2015 | Employee falls from scaffold and is killed | 0 | pending |
| Best Tree Company | Covina | Aug 25, 2015 | Employee is killed in fall from tree | 5 | $11,710 |
| Memo's Farm Labor Services, Inc | Riverdale | Aug 24, 2015 | Employee dies of natural causes | 2 | $2,850 |
| Harris Rebar Northern California, Inc. | Antioch | Aug 21, 2015 | Employee suffers cardiac arrest and dies | 0 | pending |
| Castro Tire & Truck Wash | Buttonwillow | Aug 20, 2015 | Employee is killed when run over by skip loader at a truck w | 4 | $11,325 |
| Pac N Box Movers Inc | Sacramento | Aug 19, 2015 | Employee collapses and die while moving items | 5 | $5,500 |
| Benjamin Cervantes | Sebastopol | Aug 18, 2015 | Employee is struck and killed by falling tree limb | 4 | $11,550 |
| Bartfield Motel Group, Inc. | Aptos | Aug 18, 2015 | Employee swimming after work suffers heart attack and drowns | 1 | $500 |
| Pacific Coast Supply LLC | Auburn | Aug 17, 2015 | Employee is found unresponsive in lumber yard. | 1 | $3,000 |
| R J Electric Company | Los Angeles | Aug 15, 2015 | Employee is killed by electrical contact | 0 | pending |
| Central Valley Lawn Care Services | Visalia | Aug 13, 2015 | Employee dies while landscaping | 0 | pending |
| Eager Beaver Tree Service | Ojai | Aug 13, 2015 | Employee is killed when trapped while trimming tree | 0 | pending |
| Eagle Marine Services LTD | San Pedro | Aug 12, 2015 | Employee crashes pickup truck and is killed | 1 | $5,000 |
| Our Planet Recycling SF, LLC | San Francisco | Aug 12, 2015 | Employee killed due to cardiac arrest | 0 | pending |
| Usfs Lake Tahoe Basin MGMT Unit | El Dorado | Aug 10, 2015 | Employee is killed when struck by a falling tree | 1 | $0 |
| Jim & Carol Young | Auburn | Aug 9, 2015 | Employee is killed due to traumatic asphyxia | 4 | $5,300 |
| Usda Forest Service - Cleveland NF | Clovis | Aug 6, 2015 | Employee is killed when struck by rolling log | 1 | $0 |
| Recology Inc. | Sun Valley | Aug 6, 2015 | Employee is killed when run over by truck | 3 | $25,310 |
| Lamonica's Pizza Dough Company, Inc. | Vernon | Aug 4, 2015 | Employee collapsed and died due to cardiac arrest | 3 | $8,900 |
| Smitty's Towing | Santa Maria | Aug 3, 2015 | Employee is crushed between winch cable and flatbed and is k | 5 | $3,200 |
| Thomas Scanlan | Alpine | Aug 3, 2015 | Employee Is Killed When Struck By Unknown Object | 10 | $12,740 |
| US Forest Service Modoc National Forest | Alturas | Aug 1, 2015 | Employee is killed fighting forest fire | 1 | $0 |
| Apolinar Faustino Perez Bernabel | Riverside | Jul 29, 2015 | Employee falls from palm tree and is killed | 3 | $20,125 |
| Talent Services International Corporation | Ventura | Jul 28, 2015 | Employee Loses Balance And Falls From FlatBed Truck, Suffers | 2 | $6,350 |
| Rancho Rio del Sol | Fresno | Jul 27, 2015 | Employee is killed from contact with electrical line | 3 | $12,460 |
| Skyline Decking, Inc. | San Jose | Jul 27, 2015 | Employee Is Killed In Fall From Trellis | 5 | $18,840 |
| First Priority Design & Construction Inc | Compton | Jul 27, 2015 | Employee Falls From Ladder While Cleaning Gutters and Dies | 3 | $10,000 |
| Ramon Orosco Gardener | Beverly Hills | Jul 27, 2015 | Employee is killed in swimming pool | 2 | $610 |
| Solidway Construction Inc | Aliso Viejo | Jul 27, 2015 | Employee Fractures Skull In Fall From Ladder and Dies Next D | 2 | $480 |
| Sea Mist Farms, LLC | Castroville | Jul 24, 2015 | Employee is killed when struck by a pressurized water hose | 2 | $1,200 |
| Catano's Plumbing | Pico Rivera | Jul 22, 2015 | Employee Is Electrocuted While Inspecting Home Plumbing | 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.