5,555 inspections opened after a worker died
5,717 deaths in all since 2000, newest first, page 35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayres Hotel Company, Inc. | Mission Viejo | Feb 17, 2011 | Employee Dies of Heart Attack | 2 | $2,650 |
| California Department of Transportation District 6 | Wasco | Feb 16, 2011 | Employee Falls from Bridge, Dies Three Weeks Later | 3 | $800 |
| Carolyn Rech | West Sacramento | Feb 12, 2011 | Employee Collapses While Planting Tree, Later Dies | 0 | pending |
| Ameron International, Water Transmission Group | Rancho Cucamonga | Feb 11, 2011 | Employee Is Killed by Falling Pipe | 3 | $15,125 |
| Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella, Inc | Terra Bella | Feb 11, 2011 | Employee Is Killed When Caught in Auger | 5 | $100,000 |
| Pacific Edge Real Estate | Studio City | Feb 8, 2011 | Employee Is Killed When Trench Caves- In | 5 | $7,900 |
| Ace IN the Hole Towing, Inc. | El Dorado Hills | Feb 8, 2011 | Tow Truck Driver Is Killed When Struck by Truck | 0 | pending |
| Elevator Dynamics Inc | Santa Moni | Feb 8, 2011 | Employee Dies from Fall from Elevator Shaft | 1 | $5,000 |
| Twin Dragon Restaurant | La Habra | Feb 7, 2011 | Kitchen Worker Dies from Natural Causes | 2 | $3,530 |
| Placerville Union School District | Placerville | Feb 3, 2011 | Worker Is Killed in Workplace Shooting | 0 | pending |
| Walt Disney Parks & Resorts US Inc dba Disneyland | Anaheim | Feb 3, 2011 | Employee Dies after Passing Out and Hitting His Head | 0 | pending |
| Metro Express Inc | Ontario | Jan 28, 2011 | Courier Is Killed While Transporting Dry Ice in Delivery Van | 3 | $1,060 |
| Vino Farms LLC | Santa Rosa | Jan 25, 2011 | Employee Is Run over by Tractor and Later Dies | 3 | $24,750 |
| Baxter Healthcare Corporation | Los Angeles | Jan 21, 2011 | Employee Is Asphyxiated by Deficient Oxygen Levels in Vessel | 5 | $195,000 |
| Summit Worldwide Chauffeur Service | Laguna Niguel | Jan 20, 2011 | Employee Is Found Dead Slumped over in Work Vehicle | 0 | pending |
| Five City Automotive Repair Center dba Cypress Aut | Cypress | Jan 13, 2011 | Employee Dies from Heart Attack | 1 | $1,000 |
| Michael McNeilly | Beverly Hills | Jan 12, 2011 | Employee Dies after Fall from Scaffold | 16 | $18,900 |
| White Wave Foods/Bulk Transportation | City of Industry | Jan 12, 2011 | Employee Is Killed in Fall from Tanker Truck | 0 | pending |
| Western Badge & Trophy Company | Monterey Park | Jan 11, 2011 | Employee Is Killed in Fall from Forklift | 5 | $1,715 |
| Quincy Fire Protection District | Quincy | Jan 11, 2011 | Employee Dies Due to Natural Causes | 0 | pending |
| Burnett Group dba Laborfinders | Apple Valley | Jan 4, 2011 | Employee Suffers from Heart Attack and Dies | 0 | pending |
| Engineered Machinery Group Inc | Rancho Cucamonga | Dec 31, 2010 | Employee Dies from Heart Attack | 1 | $4,000 |
| Ampam Parks Mechanical | Santa Moni | Dec 28, 2010 | Employee Falls and Suffers Fatal Head Injuries | 1 | $1,125 |
| John Benward Company, Inc. | Sonoma | Dec 23, 2010 | Employee Is Killed When Crushed Between Equipment | 1 | $14,000 |
| Costco Wholesale Corporation | Sacramento | Dec 23, 2010 | Worker's Unwitnessed Death Is Not Work-Related | 0 | pending |
| Rudy Cortino | Placentia | Dec 21, 2010 | Worker Dies of Natural Causes | 0 | pending |
| Boeing Aircraft Division | Long Beach | Dec 19, 2010 | Employee Falls in Hallway, Later Dies | 0 | pending |
| Shadowfax Roofing Inc. | Morgan Hill | Dec 17, 2010 | Employee Is Killed in Fall from 27 Ft Roof | 1 | $5,300 |
| Ponton Industries Inc | Yorba Linda | Dec 16, 2010 | Employee Suffers Heart Attack and Dies | 1 | $2,300 |
| Goodwill of Orange County | Santa Ana | Dec 16, 2010 | Employee Suffers Seizure and Dies | 1 | $4,200 |
| Steve Nagel | Fallbrook | Dec 14, 2010 | Employee Is Killed When Caught in Wood Chipper | 7 | $5,645 |
| La City Building & Safety | Los Angeles | Dec 10, 2010 | Employee Dies While Attending a Meeting | 1 | $2,200 |
| Ramiro Medrano Sandoval dba Ramiro Medrano Ranch | Oroville | Nov 30, 2010 | Employee Falls from Ladder and Later Dies | 3 | $1,760 |
| R & B Wholesale Distrubutors Inc | Perris | Nov 30, 2010 | Employee Dies from Hypertensive Heart Disease | 0 | pending |
| Lowes Home Improvement Inc | San Diego | Nov 23, 2010 | Employee Is Killed in Fall from Pallet | 0 | pending |
| Selsor Construction Inc | Madera | Nov 17, 2010 | Employee Is Killed When Run over by Industrial Tractor | 3 | $14,910 |
| CA Transportation | Chico | Nov 15, 2010 | Employee Is Killed When Struck by Vehicle | 0 | pending |
| John Charles Traverso dba Traverso Tree Service | Concord | Nov 15, 2010 | Employee Gets Fatally Crushed by a Brush Chipper | 2 | $2,025 |
| Lassen Forest Products | Red Bluff | Nov 10, 2010 | Employee Is Killed When Pinned by Conveyor | 3 | $14,275 |
| Pinnacle Exhibits LLC | Irvine | Nov 10, 2010 | Employee Dies from Cardiac Event Related to Natural Causes | 3 | $4,050 |
| Stev.Svcs/America dba SSA Terminals (LB) LLC | Long Beach | Nov 4, 2010 | Employee Is Killed in Traffic Accident with Cargo Cart | 0 | pending |
| Andrade Farm Labor | Carpinteria | Nov 4, 2010 | Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Ladder | 3 | $30,600 |
| CA Highway Patrol Academy | Sacramento | Nov 3, 2010 | Employee Collapses During Training, Later Dies | 3 | $6,400 |
| Tarulli Tire Inc | Santa Ana | Nov 2, 2010 | Employee Dies from Heart Attack | 1 | $3,500 |
| Contra Costa County, HS & SO Departments | Martinez | Nov 2, 2010 | Inmate Strikes and Fatally Injures Prison Nurse | 1 | $5,060 |
| L H Woods and Sons Inc | Colton | Nov 1, 2010 | Employee Is Killed by Falling K-Rail | 2 | $4,900 |
| Universal Property Investments LLC | South Gate | Oct 28, 2010 | Electric Shock - Direct Contact with Energized Conductors | 0 | pending |
| Caltrans | Irvine | Oct 28, 2010 | Employee Collapses and Later Dies | 1 | $5,000 |
| Primetime Grill Corp. dba Gerry's Grill | Artesia | Oct 27, 2010 | Dish Washer Dies from Injury Received During a Fall | 0 | pending |
| Family Ranch, Inc. | Kettleman City | Oct 26, 2010 | Worker Is Killed When Clothes Become Entangled in Machine | 3 | $19,210 |
| Tom Beattie Inc dba Royal Roofing & Const. CO. | North Hollywood | Oct 25, 2010 | Roofer Is Killed in Fall from Parking Garage | 7 | $113,780 |
| Ayalaz AG Services | Kettleman City | Oct 25, 2010 | Overturned Farm Tractor Trailer Crushes Driver | 3 | $14,000 |
| CA Dept of Mental Health Napa State Hospital | Napa | Oct 25, 2010 | Health Technician Is Murdered by Hospital Patient | 0 | pending |
| Santos J Estrada | Perris | Oct 25, 2010 | Driver Is Killed in Highway Fall from Truck | 0 | pending |
| First Baptist Church of Los Osos | Los Osos | Oct 21, 2010 | Employee Is Killed in a Fall from an Attic | 4 | $6,630 |
| Jerry Preece JR. Farms | Seeley | Oct 19, 2010 | Employee Is Killed When Impaled by Backhoe Teeth | 5 | $695 |
| C B Harvesting LLC | Salinas | Oct 18, 2010 | Employee Is Killed When Run over by Truck | 2 | $18,485 |
| OC Partners LLC dba Watermarc Restaurant | Laguna Beach | Oct 14, 2010 | Employee Dies from Natural Causes | 2 | $4,050 |
| Pro Landscaping Inc. | Thousand Palms | Oct 13, 2010 | Employee Dies from Possible Heart Attack | 0 | pending |
| Security America Inc | Los Angeles | Oct 11, 2010 | Robbery Suspect Dies of Burns | 0 | pending |
| Foothill Packing, Inc. | Salinas | Oct 9, 2010 | Employee Overturns Tractor and Is Killed | 1 | $2,625 |
| Gabriel Olagues | Rancho Cucamonga | Oct 8, 2010 | Employee Falls from Tree and Dies | 0 | pending |
| Norogachi Construction, Inc. | San Mateo | Oct 8, 2010 | Fatality investigation | 3 | $6,650 |
| Nibbelink Masonry Construction Corp | Adelanto | Oct 4, 2010 | Fatality investigation | 0 | pending |
| Roberto Cardona | Santa Clara | Oct 1, 2010 | Roofer Dies after Fallling from Roof | 2 | $100 |
| Planes of Fame Air Museum | Chino | Oct 1, 2010 | Museum Volunteer Is Killed When Crushed Between Two Tanks | 1 | $85 |
| Santa Rosa City School District | Santa Rosa | Sep 30, 2010 | Employee Dies Possibly of a Heart Attack | 0 | pending |
| Alex Painting | San Diego | Sep 28, 2010 | Employee Suffers Fatal Fall from Ladder | 6 | $5,780 |
| Erick Nielsen Enterprises, Inc. | McFarland | Sep 27, 2010 | Employee Dies in Bankout Accident | 1 | $7,000 |
| E E Hall, Inc. | Mendota | Sep 22, 2010 | Employee Dies of a Heart Attack | 0 | pending |
| Community Career Development Inc | Los Angeles | Sep 22, 2010 | Employee Falls in Copy Room and Is Killed | 1 | $2,200 |
| Alameda Tower LLC | Los Angeles | Sep 21, 2010 | Employee Is Struck and Killed by Tractor Trailer | 2 | $2,510 |
| Andrews International | Los Angeles | Sep 21, 2010 | Employee Collapses and Dies in Parking Lot from Heart Attack | 1 | $5,000 |
| J & B Log Stackers | Long Beach | Sep 18, 2010 | One Employee Is Killed, One Is Injured by Falling Part | 3 | $0 |
| Shocking Technologies, Inc. | San Jose | Sep 17, 2010 | Computer Programmer Is Found Dead at Work Station | 0 | pending |
| Swisher | Orange | Sep 16, 2010 | Employee Dies from Pulmonary Embolism | 1 | $3,500 |
| Tuffy's | Arroyo Grande | Sep 15, 2010 | Employee Is Killed When Repairing Motorhome | 0 | pending |
| Bond Blacktop, Inc. | Livermore | Sep 15, 2010 | Employee Is Killed When Struck and Pinned by Equipment | 0 | pending |
| Westcapes, Inc. | Hanford | Sep 9, 2010 | Employee Dies of Heart Attack | 1 | $110 |
| Iron Industries, Inc. | Springville | Sep 7, 2010 | Employee Is Killed When Forklift Flips Over | 4 | $9,000 |
| La Mirada Rockport | Upland | Sep 3, 2010 | Employee Is Killed When Granite Slab Falls on Him | 5 | $12,050 |
| D & D Westlake Maintenance, LLC | Fresno | Sep 3, 2010 | Employee Dies from Heat Exhaustion | 3 | $1,680 |
| Yecta Inc dba Morningside Plumbers | Ladera Heights | Sep 2, 2010 | Employee Dies from Possible Electrocution | 1 | $250 |
| CA Parks & Recreation Dept. | Bridgeport | Sep 1, 2010 | Employee Dies from Virus | 2 | $185 |
| R.J. Noble Company | Irvine | Sep 1, 2010 | Employee Has Heart Attack, Later Dies | 1 | $3,800 |
| O.P. Handyman | Santa Barbara | Aug 30, 2010 | Employee Is Killed in Explosion and Flash Fire | 3 | $780 |
| Gallo's Nursery | Hacienda Heights | Aug 30, 2010 | Employee Dies from Head Injury | 0 | pending |
| Timber Wolf Tree Service | Gualala | Aug 27, 2010 | Employee Falls from Tree and Is Killed | 0 | pending |
| Air Mech, Inc. | Murrieta | Aug 25, 2010 | Employee Is Struck by Hangar Door and Is Killed | 0 | pending |
| Pacific Gas and Electric Company | Tuolume | Aug 24, 2010 | Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Boom | 2 | $14,000 |
| Steve Wills Trucking & Logging, LLC | Loleta | Aug 24, 2010 | Employee Is Killed When Struck by Rolling Log | 1 | $240 |
| Rainbow Disposal Company Inc. | Irvine | Aug 23, 2010 | Employee Is Struck by Falling Bin, Suffers Brain Injury | 0 | pending |
| P G & E | Tuolumne | Aug 20, 2010 | Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Boom | 0 | pending |
| Grove Contracting, Inc. | Carlotta | Aug 19, 2010 | Employee Dies after Being Crushed Between Two Trees | 0 | pending |
| American Wrecking Inc | Riverside | Aug 19, 2010 | Employee Killed in Trucking Accident | 4 | $17,055 |
| Valley Pools | Palm Desert | Aug 19, 2010 | Employee Electrocuted at Pool Site | 3 | $500 |
| Monterey Lakes Resorts & Marinas LLC | Bradley | Aug 12, 2010 | Employee Drowns While Diving | 0 | pending |
| Joseph Gallo Farms | Livingston | Aug 3, 2010 | Employee Is Killed by Extreme Heat | 1 | $375 |
| Mesa Verde Country Club | Costa Mesa | Aug 2, 2010 | Employee Suffers Heart Attack and Dies | 1 | $5,000 |
| Estanislao Perez Gonzalez | Brentwood | Aug 2, 2010 | Employee Is Electrocuted and Dies | 3 | $4,920 |
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.