5,555 inspections opened after a worker died
5,717 deaths in all since 2000, newest first, page 38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality Steel Builders | Selma | May 18, 2009 | Employee Is Killed in Fall from Roof | 1 | $12,600 |
| Hewlett Packard | Palo Alto | May 15, 2009 | Employee Loses Consciousness in Office Building, Later Dies | 0 | pending |
| Inpac Container Inc | Los Angeles | May 6, 2009 | Employee Amputates Toe in Press | 6 | $6,150 |
| L & L Ranch | Hollister | May 4, 2009 | Employee Is Struck and Killed by Tractor | 0 | pending |
| Cca Refrigeration and AC | Vista | May 1, 2009 | Employee Falls from Ladder, Later Dies | 0 | pending |
| Bruno Ferazza & David Ferazza dba Bruno | Auburn | Apr 30, 2009 | Employee Is Killed When Tree Truck Falls | 4 | $5,835 |
| Shell Oil Products, US | Martinez | Apr 30, 2009 | Employee Drowns in Tank | 1 | $18,000 |
| Santa Clara Unified School District | Santa Clara | Apr 29, 2009 | Employee Collapses from Heart Attack and Dies | 1 | $375 |
| JMB Construction, Inc. | Novato | Apr 28, 2009 | Employee Is Killed by Electrocution | 6 | $25,200 |
| West Coast Mobile Home Parks Inc | Napa | Apr 28, 2009 | Employee Drowns in Lake | 2 | $200 |
| Mass Fran dba West Coast Waterproofing | Huntington Beach | Apr 27, 2009 | Employee Is Killed When Struck by Falling Concrete | 7 | $90,000 |
| Armenia & Mike Couto dba Couto Dairy | Stevinson | Apr 27, 2009 | Employee Is Struck by Bull, Later Dies | 2 | $1,250 |
| Suntreat Packing & Shipping CO. | Lindsay | Apr 24, 2009 | Employee Is Killed When Trapped by Industrial Tractor | 2 | $14,000 |
| Integrated Growers Services LLC | Fallbrook | Apr 23, 2009 | Employee Is Killed in Atv Rollover | 2 | $900 |
| Proam Enterprise Inc dba Clover Electronics USA | Cerritos | Apr 22, 2009 | Employee Is Cut by Box Cutter, Later Dies | 3 | $2,200 |
| Agwood Mill & Lumber Inc. | Ukiah | Apr 22, 2009 | Employee Amputates Finger While Operating Saw | 3 | $5,155 |
| Alderson Diversified Inc | Dana Point | Apr 20, 2009 | Employee Is Killed in Fall from Roof | 2 | $10,995 |
| Long Beach Memorial Medical Center | Long Beach | Apr 17, 2009 | Two Employees Fatally Shot By Coworker Who Fatally Shot Hims (3 deaths) | 2 | $1,400 |
| Exxon Mobil | Torrance | Apr 15, 2009 | Employee Suffers Thermal Burns, Later Dies | 5 | $24,200 |
| Parkhouse Tire Service, Inc. | Fontana | Apr 14, 2009 | Employee Is Struck by Thrown Wheel Weight, Later Dies | 2 | $2,970 |
| Auto Spa Connection Inc dba Majestic Carwash | Los Angeles | Apr 9, 2009 | Employee Collapses, Hits Head, Is Killed | 6 | $7,050 |
| Los Angeles County USC Medical Center | Los Angeles | Apr 8, 2009 | Pedestrian Is Killed When Struck by Forklift | 1 | $1,125 |
| Tri Wire Engineering Solutions, Inc. | Oakland | Apr 8, 2009 | Employee Is Killed in Fall from Ladder | 3 | $1,230 |
| Control Air Conditioning Corporation | Santa Moni | Apr 7, 2009 | Employee Falls from Ladder and Later Dies | 0 | pending |
| Morrow-Meadows Corporation | Chino | Apr 6, 2009 | Employee Falls Through Skylight and Is Killed | 1 | $18,000 |
| Veg-Fresh Farms LLC | Anaheim | Apr 4, 2009 | Employee Is Electrocuted and Killed | 0 | pending |
| Valley Crest Tree Care Services | Universal City | Apr 4, 2009 | Employee Is Crushed and Killed by Falling Tree Trunk | 5 | $18,670 |
| Safeway Self Storage CO Inc | Los Angeles | Mar 30, 2009 | Employee Is Killed in Fall from Roof | 2 | $2,800 |
| Capital City Amusements, Inc. dba California Carni | Sacramento | Mar 28, 2009 | Employee Is Killed While Storing Ferris Wheel | 0 | pending |
| Armando Merino/Fernando Pichinte | Monterey Park | Mar 26, 2009 | Employee Is Crushed and Killed While Trimming Tree | 0 | pending |
| Bay Cities Paving & Grading Inc. | Atwater | Mar 25, 2009 | Employee Is Killed When Run over by Grading Machine | 2 | $1,185 |
| Moog Inc (Aircraft Group) | Torrance | Mar 25, 2009 | Employee Dies from Heart Attack on Way to Work | 1 | $375 |
| PG&E | Firebaugh | Mar 24, 2009 | Employee Is Killed in Fall from Pole | 0 | pending |
| Nova Designs Builds, Inc. | Larkspur | Mar 20, 2009 | Employee Is Killed in Fall from Structure | 5 | $7,260 |
| Solus Industrial Innovations LLC | Rancho Santa Margarita | Mar 20, 2009 | Two Employees Are Killed When Hot Water Tank Explodes (2 deaths) | 6 | $94,400 |
| Rips Concrete Cutting, Inc. | Fairfield | Mar 18, 2009 | Employee Is Killed When Struck by Motor Vehicle | 0 | pending |
| Sargent Cattle Company, LLC. | San Ardo | Mar 10, 2009 | Employee Killed When Atv Rolls Over | 0 | pending |
| Stingray Distributing | San Diego | Mar 10, 2009 | Employee Dies after Being Crushed Between Trucks | 2 | $450 |
| Juan Jose Sevilla Dimas Gardening | Alta Dena | Mar 9, 2009 | Gardener Dies of Heart Disease, Discovered at Work | 0 | pending |
| Majich Bros., Inc. | Glendora | Mar 9, 2009 | Employee Dies of Heart Attack Related to Head Trauma | 2 | $1,100 |
| YRC Inc | Bloomington | Mar 5, 2009 | Employee Dies after Being Stuck by Tractor | 1 | $6,750 |
| J&b Noble Enterprises Inc | Hermosa Beach | Mar 4, 2009 | Employee Dies from Heart Attack | 6 | $3,000 |
| Squaw Valley Ski Corp | Olympic Valley | Mar 4, 2009 | Employee Dies after Being Caught in an Avalanche | 1 | $0 |
| Full Spectrum Lighting and Electrical Services | Placerville | Feb 27, 2009 | Employee Falls from Ladder and Dies | 2 | $4,950 |
| Pertronix Inc | San Dimas | Feb 23, 2009 | Employee Falls at Work, Later Dies | 0 | pending |
| Daniel Rodriguez, Painter | Escondido | Feb 18, 2009 | Two Painters Burned in a Flash Fire, One Dies from Injuries | 0 | pending |
| Hli Landscape & Maint dba Hli Tree Care Service | Los Angeles | Feb 18, 2009 | Employee Is Crushed by Palm Frond Ring Collapse | 5 | $5,330 |
| The Closeout Store Inc dba Storestock USA | San Diego | Feb 9, 2009 | Employee Is Killed When Struck by Falling Pallet Jack | 1 | $260 |
| Key Energy Services Inc. | San Ardo | Feb 5, 2009 | Oil and Gas Worker Strikes Head Against Pipes and Later Dies | 1 | $300 |
| Andrews Farms A Partnership | Dos Palos | Feb 4, 2009 | Employee Is Killed When Caught in Auger | 3 | $18,015 |
| Maritech Trucking Inc | Long Beach | Jan 29, 2009 | Employee Is Crushed and Killed Between Truck Trailers | 1 | $275 |
| CDW Construction Inc | Visalia | Jan 24, 2009 | Worker Dies in Fall While Setting Trusses | 2 | $520 |
| Ecology Auto Parts Inc | San Diego | Jan 23, 2009 | Crane Operator Kills Person by Dropping the Pincher Claw | 0 | pending |
| Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. | Delano | Jan 20, 2009 | Employee Is Killed in Motor Vehicle Collision | 2 | $18,750 |
| Conner's MFG, Inc | Fresno | Jan 17, 2009 | Company Owner Is Killed in Air Tank Explosion | 0 | pending |
| The Resource Collection | Agoura Hills | Jan 12, 2009 | Worker Falls from Front End Loader, Later Dies | 3 | $5,600 |
| FRY Ranches | Chowchilla | Jan 10, 2009 | Operator Is Killed in Tractor Roll Over | 2 | $10,900 |
| Matich Corporation | Redlands | Jan 7, 2009 | Employee Is Struck by Steel Beam. Later Dies | 2 | $8,100 |
| UC Los Angeles Dept of Chemistry & Biochemistry | Los Angeles | Jan 5, 2009 | Pyrophoric Liquid Spills on Worker, Who Dies from Fire | 4 | $31,875 |
| Modesto City Schools, Modesto High School | Modesto | Jan 5, 2009 | Employee Falls, Dislocates Shoulder, Later Dies | 0 | pending |
| Valleycrest Landscape Maintenance, Inc. | Calabasas | Dec 30, 2008 | Crew Leader of Landscape Company Dies of Heart Attack | 1 | $0 |
| Samuel Harold Thompson | Los Alamitos | Dec 30, 2008 | Employee Suffers Spinal Injuries in Fall from Horse, Later D | 0 | pending |
| Impress USA, Inc. | Terminal Island | Dec 29, 2008 | Worker Dies from Heart Attack | 0 | pending |
| AG Mobile | Costa Mesa | Dec 24, 2008 | Employee Is Struck and Killed by a Truck | 0 | pending |
| Golden State Stucco | San Jose | Dec 23, 2008 | Employee Dies from Heart Attack | 1 | $1,000 |
| Yolo County Library | Davis | Dec 22, 2008 | Library Employee Had a Heart Attack and Died | 0 | pending |
| Pegasso Rolloff Services | Santa Ana | Dec 15, 2008 | Employee Is Killed in Collapse | 0 | pending |
| Harrell Hospitality GRP, Ca.Inc.Dba Biltmore Hotel | Santa Clara | Dec 12, 2008 | Employee Dies after Apparently Fainting | 0 | pending |
| C R & R Incorporated | Perris | Dec 10, 2008 | Employee Is Killed While Repairing Truck | 1 | $3,000 |
| Rich Lehman Excavating, Inc. | Red Bluff | Dec 10, 2008 | Employee Dies of Heart Attack | 0 | pending |
| Lynwood Usd-Hosler Middle School | Lynwood | Nov 25, 2008 | Employee Slipped and Fell on Concrete, Later Dies | 2 | $2,650 |
| Ceradyne Inc | Irvine | Nov 24, 2008 | Employee Dies after Being Struck by Pieces of Grinding Wheel | 2 | $18,000 |
| Glen-Crete Products, Inc | San Leandro | Nov 21, 2008 | Employee Is Killed When Pinned by Forklift | 4 | $1,800 |
| Aera Energy LLC | Mc Kittrick | Nov 21, 2008 | Employee Dies of Heart Attack | 0 | pending |
| Robison Trucking | Bakersfield | Nov 21, 2008 | Employee Is Killed When Crushed by Falling Column | 0 | pending |
| United Parcel Service | Long Beach | Nov 19, 2008 | Employee Dies from Heart Attack | 0 | pending |
| SSA Terminals (Oakland), LLC | Oakland | Nov 18, 2008 | Employee Drowns in Fall from Ship | 2 | $9,375 |
| La Mina Cantina | Bakersfield | Nov 18, 2008 | Employee Died in Fall from Ladder | 1 | $3,600 |
| Killco Guaranteed Pest Services | Anaheim | Nov 17, 2008 | Employee Is Killed When Run over by Truck Trailer | 0 | pending |
| Siport Inc. | Santa Clara | Nov 17, 2008 | Three Employees Are Shot and Killed (3 deaths) | 0 | pending |
| Gene West & CO LLC | Emigrant Gap | Nov 16, 2008 | Employee Is Crushed Under Compactor and Killed | 2 | $1,000 |
| Golden Gate Fields | Berkeley | Nov 16, 2008 | Exercise Rider Is Crushed by Frightened Horse | 0 | pending |
| Jose Perez dba Semolina Italian Restaurant | Yucaipa | Nov 13, 2008 | Tree Trimmer Touches Overhead Power Line and Dies | 0 | pending |
| SDJJ 454 Properties LLC | Los Angeles | Nov 13, 2008 | Employee Is Killed When Struck by Elevator Counter Weight | 2 | $500 |
| Eugenia Sandoval dba Rolling Auto Sales | South Gate | Nov 12, 2008 | Employee Is Killed When Automobile Falls in Show Room | 2 | $5,000 |
| Rancho Collison Body and Paint | Spring Valley | Nov 6, 2008 | Employee Dies from Heart Attack and Drug Toxicity | 0 | pending |
| Jose Humberto Rojas dba Jose's Repairs | Compton | Nov 4, 2008 | Worker Is Electrocuted Troubleshooting an Ice Cream Truck | 4 | $10,800 |
| Advanced Powder Coating & Sandblasting | Paso Robles | Nov 4, 2008 | Employee dies after drum explosion with flammable residue to | 2 | $635 |
| Statewide Fumigation San Diego County Inc | Coto de Caza | Oct 30, 2008 | Employee Is Killed in Fall from Roof | 3 | $23,500 |
| Power Tech Engineering, Inc. | Los Angeles | Oct 28, 2008 | Employee Killed in Slip Under Trailer | 0 | pending |
| Joe Tresch Dairy | Petaluma | Oct 26, 2008 | Employee Is Killed When Tractor Rolls Over | 2 | $12,765 |
| Forbes Security, Inc. | Richmond | Oct 24, 2008 | Employee Dies from Status Asthmaticus | 0 | pending |
| Yale/Chase Materials Handling, Inc. | Cerritos | Oct 20, 2008 | Technician Killed after Forklift Tipped Over | 2 | $1,125 |
| Niggli Design & Construction, Inc dba Leslie Skyli | Rancho Santa Fe | Oct 17, 2008 | Employee Is Killed in Fall Through Skylight Opening | 8 | $14,600 |
| Woodbridge Irrigation District | Woodbridge | Oct 17, 2008 | Worker Drowns in Fish Diverter | 3 | $12,800 |
| Uste Inc. | Simi Valley | Oct 16, 2008 | Employee Is Killed When Head Caught in Die Cast Machine | 4 | $5,620 |
| Paramount Farming CO. | Kettleman City | Oct 14, 2008 | Employee Is Crushed by Forklift | 0 | pending |
| Bay Area Rapid Transit District | Walnut Creek | Oct 14, 2008 | Employee Working on Track Is Killed When Hit by Train | 3 | $21,825 |
| Martin's Metal Fabrication and Welding, Inc. | Vacaville | Oct 14, 2008 | Employee Is Killed in Fall from I-Beam | 3 | $18,550 |
| Premier Mushrooms, Inc. | Colusa | Oct 7, 2008 | Employee Is Electrocuted When Contacts Electrical Lines | 3 | $18,000 |
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.