5,555 inspections opened after a worker died
5,717 deaths in all since 2000, newest first, page 39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diocese of Sacramento, Catholic Bishop of Sacramen | Elk Grove | Oct 7, 2008 | Employee Falls from Elevated Platform, Later Dies | 0 | pending |
| Sunsweet Growers Inc | Yuba City | Oct 7, 2008 | Employee Dies of Massive Trauma to Head | 3 | $18,860 |
| A Teichert & Son Inc dba Teichert Aggregates | Paso Robles | Oct 2, 2008 | Two Employees Drown in Excavation When Water Line Ruptures (2 deaths) | 2 | $36,000 |
| Bay Area Gardener Association | Fremont | Oct 2, 2008 | Employee Is Killed in Fall from Tree | 0 | pending |
| A&s Glass | Glendale | Oct 2, 2008 | One Employee Is Killed, Another Is Injured by Falling Glass | 3 | $11,320 |
| Ray Chinn Construction, Inc. | Modesto | Oct 1, 2008 | Employee Is Killed in Fall from Height | 3 | $680 |
| Toyota Logistics Services, Inc | Fremont | Sep 30, 2008 | Employee Falls from Railcar and Dies from Injuries | 0 | pending |
| Fork & Spoon Productions | San Francisco | Sep 29, 2008 | Employee Is Killed When Run over by Van | 3 | $3,800 |
| AT&T Mobility, Division of AT&T Inc. | Cerritos | Sep 25, 2008 | Employee Suffers Heart Attack and Dies | 1 | $300 |
| High Desert Services Equipment | Apple Valley | Sep 23, 2008 | Employee Is Struck and Killed by Falling Trash Hopper | 4 | $650 |
| 2 R B Builders Corp | Sierra Madre | Sep 22, 2008 | Employee Dies of Heart Failure | 5 | $2,100 |
| Kuhn Hay | El Centro | Sep 19, 2008 | Employee Dies after Being Run over by Farm Equipment | 3 | $7,355 |
| Kern Ridge Growers, LLC | Arvin | Sep 17, 2008 | Employee Is Killed When Crushed by Forklift Mast | 4 | $18,000 |
| Sun Gold dba Sandy's Guest House | Sacramento | Sep 16, 2008 | Employees Are Killed by Patient of Care Facility (2 deaths) | 2 | $3,985 |
| T T Constr | Somes Bar | Sep 15, 2008 | Employee Is Killed in Fall from Road Grader | 1 | $13,500 |
| Tulare Joint Union High School District | Tulare | Sep 15, 2008 | Employee Is Killed When Bull Tramples | 0 | pending |
| Knudsen Grading Company | Tehachapi | Sep 14, 2008 | Employee Drives Vehicle Off Road, Is Killed | 2 | $520 |
| Adam Chavez Property Owner/Manager | Los Angeles | Sep 11, 2008 | Handyman Is Electrocuted by Contacting Energized Circuit | 0 | pending |
| Rainbow Disposal Company Inc. | Irvine | Sep 9, 2008 | Employee Falls Through Skylight, Later Dies | 0 | pending |
| Harry Singh & Sons | Bonsall | Sep 9, 2008 | Employee Dies of Heart Attack | 0 | pending |
| D.L. Stoy Logging CO | Truckee | Sep 3, 2008 | Employee Is Killed in Vehical Collision with Tree | 0 | pending |
| Murphy Industrial Coatings, Inc. | Terminal Island | Sep 2, 2008 | Employee Is Crushed and Killed by I Beam of Crane | 2 | $750 |
| P. D. Group Inc dba Sign-A-Rama Inc | Palm Desert | Aug 29, 2008 | Employee Is Electrocuted While Installing Neon Sign | 7 | $9,550 |
| San Diego Gas and Electric | Escondido | Aug 28, 2008 | Employee Dies of Heart Attack after Completing Work | 1 | $210 |
| SSA Terminals, LLC | Oakland | Aug 25, 2008 | Employee Falls in Water and Drowns | 4 | $28,000 |
| Gleason's Signs | Madera | Aug 25, 2008 | Employee Is Killed in Fall from Ladder | 0 | pending |
| Fineline Electric Inc. | Buena Park | Aug 22, 2008 | Electrician Is Electrocuted While Removing Lighting Fiixture | 3 | $14,945 |
| Burbank Public Works - CPS | Burbank | Aug 21, 2008 | Employee Is Struck by Truck, Later Dies | 1 | $450 |
| Dettling Farms, Inc. | Knights Landing | Aug 20, 2008 | Employee Dies from Heart Attack | 0 | pending |
| Johnson Machinery Company | Riverside | Aug 19, 2008 | Employee Is Killed When Caught Between Tire and Well | 2 | $745 |
| Riverside Construction Company Inc | Yucaipa | Aug 12, 2008 | Employee Is Killed When Struck by Car During Road Work | 4 | $24,625 |
| Connect Television Inc | Tracy | Aug 12, 2008 | Employee Dies of Apparent Heart Attack | 0 | pending |
| Manuel Torres dba Torres Labor Contracting | Thermal | Aug 8, 2008 | Employee Dies of Heat-Related Illness | 1 | $420 |
| Critchfield Mechanical, Inc. | San Jose | Aug 6, 2008 | Employee Has Heart Attack and Dies | 0 | pending |
| Millennium Products Inc | Vernon | Jul 31, 2008 | Employee Falls Through Roof Opening and Is Killed | 0 | pending |
| Santa Clara County Probation Department | San Jose | Jul 30, 2008 | Employee Later Dies after Stairway Accident | 0 | pending |
| U.S. Forest Service Klamath National Forest | Happy Camp | Jul 29, 2008 | Employee Is Killed in Forest Fire | 3 | $0 |
| Schultz Building CO LP | Greenbrae | Jul 28, 2008 | Employee Is Killed in Fall from Scaffold | 2 | $8,700 |
| Tijuas Truck Mobile | Gardena | Jul 28, 2008 | Employee Is Killed When Rolled over by Truck | 0 | pending |
| East Pierce Fire & Rescue | Happy Camp | Jul 27, 2008 | Employee Is Overcome by Smoke and Dies | 0 | pending |
| U.S. Forest Service Shasta-Trinity National Forest | Junction City | Jul 26, 2008 | Employee Is Killed by Falling Tree | 4 | $0 |
| Sacramento Regional Transit District | Sacramento | Jul 24, 2008 | Employee Is Killed When Train Strikes | 0 | pending |
| Global P E T Inc | Perris | Jul 18, 2008 | Employee Is Caught in Roll, Later Dies | 3 | $2,575 |
| Pappas & CO. | Mendota | Jul 18, 2008 | Employee Dies from Bee Sting | 0 | pending |
| Utility Tree Service Inc | Oroville | Jul 16, 2008 | Lineman Tree Trimming Is Electrocuted by Overhead Power Line | 1 | $9,375 |
| Safeway, Inc. | Tracy | Jul 15, 2008 | Employee Collapses and Dies from Heat Stroke | 2 | $20,250 |
| Key Energy Service Ind | McKittrick | Jul 14, 2008 | Employee Dies While Driving Truck | 0 | pending |
| Hill Brothers | City of Industry | Jul 14, 2008 | Employee Dies from Heart Disease | 0 | pending |
| Sure Set | Lake Isabella | Jul 14, 2008 | Employee Is Killed When Trailer Falls on Him | 5 | $13,950 |
| Crown Nursery LLC | Macdoel | Jul 14, 2008 | Employee Is Killed Working Under Truck | 0 | pending |
| Mascon, Inc | Carmichael | Jul 14, 2008 | Employee Dies from Heat Stroke | 3 | $18,755 |
| Sun Valley Packing | Kingsburg | Jul 11, 2008 | Employee Dies from Heart Attack or Heat Exhaustion | 2 | $15,435 |
| Esparza Enterprises, Inc. | Bakersfield | Jul 11, 2008 | Employee Dies from Heat Stroke | 2 | $3,750 |
| Padilla Construction | Anaheim | Jul 10, 2008 | Employee Is Killed by Falling Trash Bin | 0 | pending |
| Gallo Glass Company | Modesto | Jul 10, 2008 | Employee Is Killed after Finger Avulsed from Metal Grinder | 0 | pending |
| Sunview Vineyards of California, Inc. | Delano | Jul 10, 2008 | Employee Dies from Heat Stroke | 0 | pending |
| Northrop Grumman | El Segundo | Jul 7, 2008 | Employee Is Found Unconscious, Later Dies, Not Job Related | 0 | pending |
| Best C J Industry Inc | Los Angeles | Jul 2, 2008 | Employee Is Killed in Fall Through Roof and Crushed by Saw | 0 | pending |
| Nunez AG, Inc. | Arvin | Jun 30, 2008 | Employee Is Killed When Caught Between Truck and Tractor | 0 | pending |
| Robert Galindo | Strathmore | Jun 26, 2008 | Employee Suffers Heart Attack, Falls from Roof and Is Killed | 5 | $0 |
| Patricia Sanchez | Santa Maria | Jun 24, 2008 | Employee Is Found Dead in Porta Potty | 6 | $0 |
| San Cristobal Distributing Inc. | Santa Paula | Jun 23, 2008 | Employee Is Killed and Others Burned in Drum Explosion | 3 | $7,670 |
| Steven McVey Farm | Meridian | Jun 19, 2008 | Employee Falls Into Harvester Auger, Later Dies | 0 | pending |
| GLR Companies | Palm Desert | Jun 18, 2008 | Employee Falls Through Skylight and Later Dies | 1 | $12,600 |
| Tehama CO Dept Education | Red Bluff | Jun 17, 2008 | Employee Dies from Heart Attack | 0 | pending |
| Environmental Solar Design Inc | Los Angeles | Jun 16, 2008 | Electric Shock & Fall - Direct Contact with Overhead Line | 4 | $6,755 |
| Smedley's Towing | Riverside | Jun 13, 2008 | Employee Is Killed in Motor Vehicle Accident | 0 | pending |
| Kaylake Industries Inc | San Diego | Jun 12, 2008 | Employee Falls While Attaching Fall Protection, Is Killed | 1 | $12,600 |
| Freedom Fire Protection, Inc. | Byron | Jun 12, 2008 | Employee Has Heart Attack While Hand Digging Excavation | 2 | $150 |
| Express Services, Inc. | Oroville | Jun 11, 2008 | Employee Is Found Suffocated in Hopper at Power Plant | 4 | $1,500 |
| Kwan WO Ironworks, Inc. | San Francisco | Jun 10, 2008 | Employee Is Killed When Struck by Truss Sliding Off Truck | 3 | $15,175 |
| Investors Management Trust Real Estate Group Inc | Los Angeles | Jun 8, 2008 | Transient Man Found Dead in Construction Office | 0 | pending |
| Ensign United States Drilling (California) Inc. | Willows | Jun 7, 2008 | Employee Is Killed When Crushed by Drill Rig | 1 | $900 |
| Granite Rock Company | South San Francisco | Jun 4, 2008 | Employee Is Killed When Crushed in Screw Conveyor | 13 | $34,875 |
| P.H. Ranch, Inc. | Ballico | May 30, 2008 | Employee Is Killed When Thrown from Forklift | 0 | pending |
| Whillock Contracting Inc. | Chula Vista | May 29, 2008 | Employee Is Killed When Struck by Falling Beams | 2 | $5,150 |
| A & M Signs & Lighting | Whittier | May 28, 2008 | Employee Is Killed in Fall from Aerial Lift | 0 | pending |
| Irwin Industries Inc | Goleta | May 27, 2008 | Employee Dies after Collapsing on Work Platform | 0 | pending |
| Syar Industries Inc | Vallejo | May 27, 2008 | Employee Is Killed in Truck Overturn | 0 | pending |
| David G & Brenda I Velasquez dba Vel Pack | Holtville | May 23, 2008 | Employee Is Struck and Killed by Harvester | 0 | pending |
| Cti Telecom Corporation | Anaheim | May 22, 2008 | Employee Is Killed When Pinned Under Sifter | 0 | pending |
| California Community Opportunities, Inc. | Cupertino | May 20, 2008 | Employee Dies of Natural Causes | 0 | pending |
| Maria de Los Angeles Colunga dba Merced Farm Labor | Farmington | May 19, 2008 | Employee Dies from Heat Related Illness | 8 | $262,700 |
| San Diego Gas and Electric | San Diego | May 18, 2008 | Employee Suffers Electrocution from Terminator, Later Dies | 8 | $79,030 |
| Ensign United States Drilling | McKittrick | May 17, 2008 | Employee Dies of Apparent Heat-Related Illness | 1 | $5,400 |
| Rubin Seeds LLC | Brawley | May 16, 2008 | Employee Dies after Fall after Feeling Dizzy | 14 | $12,115 |
| HSF TA Inc | Red Bluff | May 16, 2008 | Employee Is Killed When Run over by Trailer | 0 | pending |
| Colin Jones Incorporated | Encinitas | May 16, 2008 | Employee Found Dead from Unknown Causes While Doing Weeding | 0 | pending |
| Pelican Products | Torrance | May 14, 2008 | Employee Dies of Heart Attack | 0 | pending |
| Ormco Corporation | San Dimas | May 13, 2008 | Employee's Hand Is Caught in Press; Fingertip Amputated | 0 | pending |
| A-Ceco | Santa Fe Springs | May 7, 2008 | Employee Is Injured When Struck by Railroad Train | 0 | pending |
| Anytime Tree and Fence Service | Citrus Heights | May 7, 2008 | Employee Is Killed When Hit by Tree Limb | 4 | $28,700 |
| Lomanto Farms | Morgan Hill | May 6, 2008 | Farm Owner Run over by Tractor | 0 | pending |
| J &J Spreading | Pixley | Apr 30, 2008 | Employee Is Asphyxiated and Killed in Fall from Loader | 2 | $3,410 |
| Olympic Air Conditioning Inc | Chino Hills | Apr 30, 2008 | Employee Is Killed in Fall Through Floor Opening | 2 | $4,260 |
| Waste Management | Oakland | Apr 28, 2008 | Employee Is Crushed Between Two Vehicles | 0 | pending |
| Angelus Block CO., Inc. | Orange | Apr 28, 2008 | Employee Is Killed When Run over by Forklift | 0 | pending |
| South Bay Iron Works, Inc | Gardena | Apr 25, 2008 | Metal Plate Falls Onto Employee | 4 | $5,385 |
| Lee Kender Inc | Oroville | Apr 25, 2008 | Chemical Worker Dies of Respiratory or Cardiovascular Event | 0 | pending |
| Eseekers California Inc dba Sharenow.com | Big Bear City | Apr 23, 2008 | Employee Is Killed by Bear Attack | 1 | $225 |
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.