5,555 inspections opened after a worker died
5,717 deaths in all since 2000, newest first, page 33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mericle Mechanical, Inc. | Lebec | Apr 3, 2012 | Worker Falls Through Skylight and Is Killed | 3 | $4,385 |
| J & S Towing | Colton | Mar 31, 2012 | Employee Dies in Freeway Accident | 0 | pending |
| Hathaway Ranch Museum | Santa Fe Springs | Mar 29, 2012 | Employee Dies from Tractor Roll-Over | 0 | pending |
| CR England Global Transportation | Blythe | Mar 29, 2012 | Employee Is Killed When Run over by Tractor Trailer Truck | 0 | pending |
| Laguna Clay Company | City of Industry | Mar 26, 2012 | Employee Is Killed When Drum Containing Flammables Exploded | 5 | $23,160 |
| Harrington Industrial Plastics Inc | Chino | Mar 23, 2012 | Employee Is Killed When Struck on Head and Chest | 3 | $560 |
| Peninsula Sanitary Service, Inc. | Palo Alto | Mar 22, 2012 | Employee Is Crushed Between Truck and Dumpster, Later Dies | 2 | $5,100 |
| Divizia Family Trust C/O Mary JO Divizia Trustee | Rancho Cucamonga | Mar 17, 2012 | Fumes from Combustion Engine Kills Three Painters (3 deaths) | 2 | $700 |
| Berkeley Forge & Tool, Inc | Berkeley | Mar 16, 2012 | Employee Is Struck by and Killed Pneumatic Grinder Blade | 5 | $71,900 |
| U.S. Postal Service | Escondido | Mar 13, 2012 | Employee is killed in dog attack | 0 | pending |
| A. Epstein and Sons International, Inc. | Visalia | Mar 7, 2012 | Employee Dies in Truck Accident Due to a Heart Attack | 0 | pending |
| B & B Well Drilling | Laton | Mar 1, 2012 | Employee Is Struck by Pulley Hook in the Head, Later Dies | 2 | $3,150 |
| U.S. Postal Service | Los Angeles | Feb 29, 2012 | Employee struck and killed by a van | 0 | pending |
| Kohls | San Bernardino | Feb 23, 2012 | Employee Is Killed in Non-Work-Related Suicide | 1 | $5,000 |
| Arden & Howe Car Wash Inc | Sacramento | Feb 22, 2012 | Car Wash Employee Dies after Being Struck by Car | 0 | pending |
| R Mazza Masonry, Inc | Castro Valley | Feb 13, 2012 | Employee Dies in Fall from Forklift | 2 | $13,950 |
| Gerdau | Rancho Cucamonga | Feb 8, 2012 | Employee Dies from Cardiovascular or Respiratory Failure | 0 | pending |
| California Yacht Services | Huntington Beach | Feb 7, 2012 | Employee dies from drowning while cleaning boat in saltwater | 4 | $7,840 |
| Bar 20 Dairy, LLC | Kerman | Feb 5, 2012 | Employee Is Killed in Fall over Guard Rail | 3 | $19,125 |
| Richway International Corp. | Rosemead | Feb 1, 2012 | Employee Falls Stacking Boxes, Later Dies | 3 | $3,160 |
| American Nostalgia | Irvine | Jan 31, 2012 | Employee Dies Due to Complications from a Previous Workplace | 0 | pending |
| Southern California Soil & Testing Inc. | El Cajon | Jan 30, 2012 | Employee Is Fatally Struck by Propeller | 0 | pending |
| Us-Sino Investment, Inc. | Milpitas | Jan 28, 2012 | Employee Is Killed in Retaining Wall Collapse | 14 | $107,800 |
| Juan Ruiz Logging Tree Service | Trinidad | Jan 27, 2012 | Employee Falls Between Logs and Is Fatally Crushed | 0 | pending |
| Kenneth F Newell | Eureka | Jan 25, 2012 | Employee Is Struck by Vehicle, Later Dies | 0 | pending |
| Cordova Recreation & Parks District | Rancho Cordova | Jan 23, 2012 | Employee Is Shot and Killed in His Car | 0 | pending |
| SSA Marine | Long Beach | Jan 20, 2012 | Employee crushed beneath a shipping container. | 1 | $1,100 |
| SSA Containers, Inc | Long Beach | Jan 19, 2012 | Employee Is Killed When Crushed by Falling Container | 2 | $18,000 |
| Bushwackers Inc | Nevada City | Jan 12, 2012 | Employee Decapitated by Chipper Accident | 0 | pending |
| Jesus Zazueta dba Discount Tire & Wheel | Turlock | Jan 12, 2012 | Employee Is Crushed and Killed Under Falling Vehicle | 2 | $560 |
| Weathertop Nursery, Inc. | Laytonville | Jan 11, 2012 | Nursery Employee Dies of Poisoning | 1 | $75 |
| Braddock & Logan Services, Inc. | Walnut Creek | Jan 11, 2012 | Employee Sustains Heart Attack While Cleaning, Later Dies | 0 | pending |
| International Security Academy Inc | Beverly Hills | Jan 9, 2012 | Security Guard Suffers from Heart Attack | 1 | $1,500 |
| Advanced Iron Designs Inc dba Advanced Iron Concep | Placentia | Jan 6, 2012 | Employee Dies from Heart Attack | 1 | $5,000 |
| Cal Fire | San Luis Obispo | Jan 5, 2012 | Inmate Firefighter Dies after Training Hike | 0 | pending |
| American Apparel (USA) LLC | Garden Grove | Jan 5, 2012 | Employee Dies of Intracranial Aneurysm | 4 | $2,020 |
| Young Life dba Young Life Woodleaf | Challenge | Jan 4, 2012 | Employee Suffers Stroke, Later Dies | 0 | pending |
| Goodwill | Long Beach | Jan 4, 2012 | Employeei Is Found Slumped over Donation Bin, Dies | 0 | pending |
| Cal AG Resources, Inc. | Buttonwillow | Dec 30, 2011 | Employee Is Killed When Run over by Loader Truck | 0 | pending |
| U.S. Postal Service | Bell | Dec 27, 2011 | Employee has heart attack and dies | 0 | pending |
| Roofing Services International Inc dba Rsi Roofing | Imperial Beach | Dec 19, 2011 | Roofer Dies after Falling Through Skylight | 5 | $17,465 |
| Four Leaf Inspection Services | Palo Alto | Dec 15, 2011 | Eployee Is Injured in Fall from Elevation, Later Dies | 3 | $600 |
| California Experience LLC dba California Party Bus | San Francisco | Dec 15, 2011 | Automotive Technician Killed While Working Under Vehicle | 7 | $14,435 |
| La County Public Social Services | Los Angeles | Dec 14, 2011 | Employee Commits Suicide by Jumping Off Parking Structure | 0 | pending |
| Calstrip Steel Corporation | City of Commerce | Dec 8, 2011 | Employee Is Killed When Crane Strikes Lift; Another Injured | 2 | $28,800 |
| Cal State Long Beach | Long Beach | Dec 7, 2011 | Employee Is Killed When Crushed by Elevator | 0 | pending |
| Summit Equipment Rentals, LLC | San Diego | Dec 6, 2011 | Employee Is Killed When Boom Lift Tips Over | 2 | $780 |
| Leonardo Logging and Trucking Inc | Eureka | Dec 1, 2011 | Employee Is Struck by a Log and Dies | 0 | pending |
| Pacwest Security Services | Costa Mesa | Nov 30, 2011 | Employee Dies from Natural Causes | 1 | $4,000 |
| G&k Management CO Inc | Culver City | Nov 30, 2011 | Worker Dies of Heart Failure During Brain Surgery | 1 | $1,700 |
| Nichols Farms | Hanford | Nov 30, 2011 | Diesel Tank Ruptures, Striking and Killing Worker | 1 | $550 |
| Columbia Steel, Inc. | Rialto | Nov 23, 2011 | Employee Dies from Natural Causes | 4 | $3,635 |
| Ventura Transfer Company | Long Beach | Nov 16, 2011 | Employee Is Struck by Vehicle, Later Dies | 1 | $325 |
| Vista Paint Corporation | Fullerton | Nov 15, 2011 | Two Employees Are Overcome by Vapors Inside Tank, One Dies | 15 | $159,040 |
| Cherokee Freight Lines Stockton, LLC | St Helena | Nov 7, 2011 | Truck Driver Dies of Suspected Heart Attack | 0 | pending |
| B N D Transport LLC | Mante | Nov 7, 2011 | Driver Is Killed When Run over by Garbage Truck | 0 | pending |
| Marz Farms Inc. | Somis | Nov 3, 2011 | Night Guard Thought to Have Died after Falling from Dumpster | 0 | pending |
| Dependable Highway Express | Los Angeles | Oct 31, 2011 | Employee Is Killed While Jumping Onto Moving Forklift | 0 | pending |
| Victor Pelayo - Home Owner | Baldwin Park | Oct 31, 2011 | Owner Is Killed When Saw Cuts Artery | 0 | pending |
| CA State Polytechnic University Pomona | Pomona | Oct 28, 2011 | Groundskeeper Becomes Incapacitated and Dies of Cancer | 0 | pending |
| City of Anaheim | Anaheim | Oct 27, 2011 | Inspector Dies of Burns after Transformer Explosion | 0 | pending |
| Pedro J Gonzalez dba Pedro J Gonzalez FLC | Capay | Oct 27, 2011 | Driver Is Killed in Truck Collision | 0 | pending |
| G&s Paving | Palo Alto | Oct 25, 2011 | Employee Is Fatally Injured When Run-Over by a Semi-Truck | 3 | $8,500 |
| Calpine Operating Services Company, Inc. | Geyserville | Oct 21, 2011 | Employee Is Killed When Truck Falls Off Cliff | 0 | pending |
| Mark Dewsnup Individual dba Mark Dewsnup | Marysville | Oct 20, 2011 | Employee Is Killed When Run over by Tractor | 4 | $14,365 |
| The Boat Grotto | San Diego | Oct 18, 2011 | Worker Found Unconscious Dies of Aneurysm or Heart Attack | 2 | $260 |
| Maui Harvesting | Calexico | Oct 18, 2011 | Employee Harvesting Lettuce Dies of Cardiovascular Disease | 0 | pending |
| Performance Abatement Service | Berkeley | Oct 16, 2011 | Employee Suffers Heart Attack, Later Dies | 0 | pending |
| PG&E | Belden | Oct 13, 2011 | Two Employees Drown When Vehicle Sinks (2 deaths) | 0 | pending |
| Granite Rock Company | La Honda | Oct 13, 2011 | Employee Is Killed by Overturned Concrete Mixer Truck | 0 | pending |
| Kci Environmental, Inc. | Nipomo | Oct 13, 2011 | Employee Dies from Heat Exhaustion | 6 | $19,420 |
| General Mills, Inc. | Lodi | Oct 13, 2011 | Employee Is Killed When Pinned Between Railcar and Dock | 0 | pending |
| Maintenance Services, Inc | Lamont | Oct 12, 2011 | Two Employees Are Overcome by Fumes; One Dies | 14 | $79,950 |
| A & B Harvesting | Lamont | Oct 12, 2011 | Two Employees Are Overcome by Fumes; One Dies | 1 | $1,125 |
| Agustin Valladares Tree Trimming | Thousand Oaks | Oct 7, 2011 | Employee Dies Falling from Tree | 0 | pending |
| Lehigh Southwest Cement Company | Cupertino | Oct 5, 2011 | Three Employees Are Killed in Shooting Rampage (3 deaths) | 0 | pending |
| Kleen Harvest | Salinas | Oct 5, 2011 | Employee Is Killed When Caught Between Harvester and Tractor | 1 | $14,400 |
| F & T Farms | Caruthers | Sep 30, 2011 | Employee Is Killed in Collision of Farm Vehicle with Gate | 0 | pending |
| UC Davis | Davis | Sep 30, 2011 | Employee Dies at Hospital; Not Work Related | 0 | pending |
| Performance Welding & Machine, Inc. | Fresno | Sep 29, 2011 | Employee Dies from Electrical Shock | 5 | $15,950 |
| Davey Tree Surgery Company | Pebble Beach | Sep 28, 2011 | Tree Trimmer Dies in Fall from Lift Bucket | 2 | $18,600 |
| Kenai Drilling Limited | Ventura | Sep 26, 2011 | Employee Is Killed During Disassembly of Drilling Rig | 2 | $750 |
| Calvin Crest Conferences | Oakhurst | Sep 26, 2011 | Climbing Instructor Is Killed in Fall from Tower | 2 | $10,800 |
| Witten Logging CO. | Tehachapi | Sep 24, 2011 | Logger Is Struck and Killed by Tree Being Felled | 1 | $1,200 |
| George Masih Pagany | West Sacramento | Sep 24, 2011 | Pistachio Harvester Dies from Heart Issues or Heat Stroke | 2 | $560 |
| Morrow-Meadows Corporation | Los Angeles | Sep 20, 2011 | Employee Suffers Cardiac Arrest During Electrical Work, Dies | 0 | pending |
| American Builder Construction CO. | Malibu | Sep 18, 2011 | Worker Is Killed in Trench Collapse | 0 | pending |
| Express Glass and Mirror Inc | Los Angeles | Sep 12, 2011 | Employee Is Killed by 15-Foot Fall | 7 | $24,960 |
| Ross Distribution Center | Moreno Valley | Sep 10, 2011 | Employee Is Pinned and Asphyxiated Between Cart and Trailer | 0 | pending |
| Southern California Edison | Bishop | Sep 7, 2011 | Employee Dies of Heart Attack | 0 | pending |
| Weiss Builders Incorporated | Tiburon | Sep 7, 2011 | Employee Is Injured in Fall from Roof, Later Dies | 2 | $950 |
| Maureen Guest Home Board & Care | Garden Grove | Sep 6, 2011 | Employee Dies from Heart Attack | 2 | $250 |
| Jessica Rodriguez dba J.Rodriguez FLC | Patterson | Sep 6, 2011 | Employee Drives Tractor Into Canal and Drowns | 1 | $225 |
| Shultz Steel Company | South Gate | Sep 3, 2011 | Employee Suffers Fatal Fall | 3 | $14,400 |
| Verizon California Inc | Rancho Cucamonga | Sep 2, 2011 | Employee Dies from Heart Attack | 1 | $150 |
| Membrane Technology & Research | Menlo Park | Sep 2, 2011 | Employee Suffers Fatal Injuries from a Gas Cylinder Explosio | 7 | $33,575 |
| McCarthy Construction | San Diego | Sep 1, 2011 | Employee Is Injured When Wall Panel Falls from Crane | 1 | $1,125 |
| DA Services Hauling & Dumpsters | Martinez | Aug 31, 2011 | Employee Dies When Crushed Between Truck Lift Bed and Frame | 5 | $13,815 |
| Dettling Farms, Inc. | Davis | Aug 29, 2011 | Employee Dies of Heart Attack | 0 | pending |
| Blattner Energy, Inc. | Byron | Aug 29, 2011 | Employee Is Killed in Bulldozer Rollover | 1 | $600 |
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.