5,555 inspections opened after a worker died
5,717 deaths in all since 2000, newest first, page 41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Caisson Inc dba the Mahaffey Companies | Simi Valley | Oct 26, 2007 | Employee killed when head strikes rebar | 3 | $3,935 |
| Zachry Construction Corporation | Oro Grande | Oct 26, 2007 | Employee killed in fall when cover boards are displaced | 1 | $18,000 |
| Chris Peterson Logging | Platina | Oct 25, 2007 | Employee Is Killed When Struck by Falling Tree | 1 | $175 |
| Ormat Nevada Inc | Holtville | Oct 24, 2007 | Employee Is Electrocuted and Is Killed | 4 | $29,500 |
| Charles Espinoza dba Charles Espinoza Construction | Sacramento | Oct 23, 2007 | Employee electrocuted by work light in excavation | 3 | $17,280 |
| Worley Parksons | Wilmington | Oct 22, 2007 | Employee dies of apparent pre-existing heart problems | 0 | pending |
| Premier Equipment Rental, Inc. | Bakersfield | Oct 16, 2007 | Employee Is Killed When Crushed by Falling Forklift | 1 | $12,600 |
| Arta Construction | Edwards Afb | Oct 16, 2007 | Employee killed in fall from roof | 2 | $1,575 |
| Pacific Construction CO | Norwalk | Oct 12, 2007 | Employee dies after being struck by car and pinned to truck | 1 | $500 |
| California Lutheran University | Thousand Oaks | Oct 11, 2007 | Employee Is Injured by Overturned Mail Cart | 1 | $4,000 |
| Santa Catalina Island Company | Avalon | Oct 11, 2007 | Employee Is Injured in Fall from Horse, Later Dies | 2 | $635 |
| J & R Logging, Inc. | Volcano | Oct 11, 2007 | Employee Is Killed When Crushed Between Log and Loader | 2 | $2,075 |
| Arta Construction | Edwards Afb | Oct 10, 2007 | Employee dies of head injuries sustained in fall from roof | 0 | pending |
| MGS Disposal Service | Commerce | Oct 10, 2007 | Employee Is Trapped in Drag Conveyor Chain and Is Killed | 3 | $0 |
| The Tree Master | Saratoga | Oct 9, 2007 | Employee Falls with Tree and Is Killed | 7 | $0 |
| CA Forestry & Fire Protection San Mateo/Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz | Oct 9, 2007 | Employee Is Killed When Bulldozer Flips Over | 1 | $2,700 |
| Menzies Aviation | South San Francisco | Oct 5, 2007 | Employee Is Crushed and Killed by Falling Machine | 7 | $23,700 |
| House Foods America Corporation | Garden Grove | Oct 4, 2007 | Employee Falls from Ladder, Later Dies | 2 | $600 |
| KLPM, Inc | Palm Desert | Oct 1, 2007 | Employee dies of cardiovascular disease | 2 | $235 |
| Stevedoring Services of America | Oakland | Sep 25, 2007 | Employee Is Crushed and Killed by Shipping Container | 1 | $0 |
| SSA Terminals, LLC | Oakland | Sep 25, 2007 | Employee Dies after Being Crushed Between Two Containers | 1 | $7,000 |
| Arb Inc | Oxnard | Sep 25, 2007 | Employee Falls Through Unguarded Opening and Was Killed | 1 | $5,000 |
| Coastal Circuits | Redwood City | Sep 25, 2007 | Employee Drowns in Acid Tank | 1 | $1,800 |
| Shimmick Construction CO Inc | San Francisco | Sep 24, 2007 | Employee killed when caught between beam and lift railing | 0 | pending |
| TST Inc | Fontana | Sep 24, 2007 | Employee Is Run over by Front End Loader, Later Dies | 4 | $18,000 |
| Coastal Circuits | Redwood City | Sep 23, 2007 | Employee Drowns in Accident | 18 | $1,200 |
| Emanuel A. Belo Dairy | Merced | Sep 20, 2007 | Employee Crushed by Tractor Rollover | 3 | $11,675 |
| A & D Precision Machining, Inc | Fremont | Sep 19, 2007 | Employee Dies from Cocaine Induced Cardiac Arrhythmia | 0 | pending |
| Harris Salinas Rebar Inc. | Livermore | Sep 19, 2007 | One employee killed, one injured in fall with rebar column | 1 | $18,000 |
| Efrain Chavarria dba Efrain's Landscape Constructi | Woodacre | Sep 19, 2007 | Man Is Electrocuted | 0 | pending |
| Kroeker Inc | Clovis | Sep 18, 2007 | Employee Collapses and Dies While Operating Bobcat | 0 | pending |
| Amswede Inc | Chula Vista | Sep 17, 2007 | Employee Dies after Being Hit by Machine Claw | 14 | $6,100 |
| Pieper Fine Woodworks | Los Angeles | Sep 14, 2007 | Employee killed in fall through floor opening | 5 | $5,900 |
| Nummi | Fremont | Sep 13, 2007 | Worker Dies While Unloading Truck | 0 | pending |
| Jeff McCarthy | Modesto | Sep 12, 2007 | Property Owner Dies When Harvester Runs over Him | 0 | pending |
| Pho Tau Bay | San Jose | Sep 11, 2007 | Employee Dies of Blunt Force Trauma | 0 | pending |
| The Salvation Army | Santa Rosa | Sep 11, 2007 | Employee Amputates Finger in Lift Gate, Later Dies | 2 | $5,375 |
| IN Shape Health Club, Inc. | Stockton | Sep 10, 2007 | Employee Falls from Manlift, Later Dies | 9 | $11,800 |
| Harbor Distributing LLC | Anaheim | Sep 10, 2007 | Employee Is Killed in Fall from Truck | 0 | pending |
| Hudd Distribution Service Inc | South Gate | Sep 10, 2007 | Employee Is Run over by Forklift and Killed | 0 | pending |
| Jesus Mendez | Half Moon Bay | Sep 5, 2007 | Employee Is Killed When Truck Falls of the Embankment | 0 | pending |
| Sacramento County Waste Management & Recycling | North Highlands | Sep 5, 2007 | Employee Is Killed When Pinned Between Door and Bollard | 2 | $18,750 |
| Par Electrical Contractors, Inc. | Beaumont | Sep 4, 2007 | Employee killed when struck by falling transformer | 0 | pending |
| Argus Contracting, LP | Bell | Aug 27, 2007 | Employee killed in fall through roof | 2 | $12,600 |
| Santa FE Firestone LLC | South Gate | Aug 27, 2007 | WORKER CRUSHED AND DIES FROM INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE | 4 | $175 |
| Smith River Equipment | Klamath | Aug 27, 2007 | Employee killed when ejected from cab in truck rollover | 1 | $175 |
| Argus Contracting, LP | Bell | Aug 24, 2007 | Employee killed in fall through roof opening | 0 | pending |
| Rolling Green Inc | Grass Valley | Aug 23, 2007 | Employee Is Killed in Fall from Tree | 0 | pending |
| Precious Home Companion | Pittsburg | Aug 21, 2007 | Employee Suffers Stroke and Later Dies | 1 | $0 |
| TNJ Electric dba Harris Electric | Madera | Aug 16, 2007 | Employee killed by contact with live buss in electric panel | 2 | $3,875 |
| George and Nancy Weis Farms | Kerman | Aug 14, 2007 | Employee Is Crushed and Killed in Farm Machinery | 3 | $11,190 |
| Gustafson Farms | Kingsburg | Aug 10, 2007 | Employee Is Killed When Pinned Between Roll-Off Bins | 0 | pending |
| Daniel Islas Landscaping Inc | Escondido | Aug 10, 2007 | WORKER DIES FALLING FROM TREE | 0 | pending |
| Primavera Ristorante | Coronado | Aug 3, 2007 | Employee Is Killed by Suffocation in Storage Room | 4 | $665 |
| Norcal Waste System, Inc. | San Francisco | Jul 30, 2007 | Employee Is Killed in Car Accident | 0 | pending |
| Childers Contract Cutting | Auberry | Jul 27, 2007 | Employee Is Killed When Pinned by Tree | 1 | $1,000 |
| U.S. Customs and Border Protection | Chula Vista | Jul 27, 2007 | Employee Dies of Heat Stroke | 1 | $0 |
| Scaled Composite LLC | Mojave | Jul 26, 2007 | Three Employees Killed Three Injured in Explosion (3 deaths) | 3 | $18,560 |
| United Oil | El Monte | Jul 25, 2007 | Employee Killed While Working | 0 | pending |
| RSR Steel Fabrication Inc | Temecula | Jul 24, 2007 | Employee killed in fall through roof opening | 3 | $12,600 |
| 99 Cent Store | Los Angeles | Jul 24, 2007 | Employee Sustains Bruises on Body and Dies | 0 | pending |
| R.J. Dondero Inc. | Linden | Jul 24, 2007 | Employee Is Found Unconscious by Coworkers | 1 | $1,800 |
| Charles Espinoza Construction CO. | Sacramento | Jul 24, 2007 | Employee electrocuted while wiring in crawl space | 3 | $10,850 |
| Kirk Patrick Avugwi(Homeowner) | Los Gatos | Jul 23, 2007 | Employee Is Killed When Ejected and Struck by His Truck | 2 | $4,950 |
| Contra Costa County Fire Protection District | San Pablo | Jul 21, 2007 | Two Employee's Die from Thermal Burn Injuries (2 deaths) | 0 | pending |
| Straightline Engineering Inc. | San Diego | Jul 19, 2007 | Employee killed when struck by falling loader bucket | 3 | $5,700 |
| Carlos ON the Ridge | Magalia | Jul 18, 2007 | Employee Dies after Being Struck by Cut Tree Limb | 4 | $8,000 |
| Danny Vasquez | Playa del Rey | Jul 18, 2007 | Employee killed in fall from header beam | 0 | pending |
| Staffing Network | Bakersfield | Jul 10, 2007 | Employee Is Crushed and Killed by Falling Wood Panels | 0 | pending |
| Troy - CSL Lighting Inc | Hacienda Heights | Jul 9, 2007 | Employee Is Brain Dead from Fall from Storage Rack (2 deaths) | 2 | $4,100 |
| Terra Nova Ranch | Helm | Jul 9, 2007 | Employee Is Killed When Struck by Motor Vehicle | 0 | pending |
| Abm | Newport Beach | Jul 8, 2007 | Employee Chokes on Food and Dies | 0 | pending |
| Heliodoro Altamira dba Chinos Landscape and Garden | Studio City | Jul 6, 2007 | Employee Is Electrocuted While Trimming Trees | 2 | $7,100 |
| George Perry & Sons Inc | Tracy | Jul 6, 2007 | Employee Drowns in Irrigation Ditch | 0 | pending |
| Vernon Cornwell | Angwin | Jul 5, 2007 | Tractor Driver Is Killed in Accident | 0 | pending |
| Shore Steel Company Inc. | San Bernardino | Jul 3, 2007 | One employee killed, one injured when caught by lift basket | 3 | $1,800 |
| Pimental Trucking | Shingletown | Jun 28, 2007 | Employee Is Killed When Loader Goes over Slope | 0 | pending |
| Dick Hanks Farms | Orland | Jun 28, 2007 | Employee Killed When All Terrain Vehicle Rolled Over | 1 | $1,500 |
| Ward Properties | Paramount | Jun 27, 2007 | Employee Is Injured in Fall Through Skylight, Later Dies | 2 | $15,800 |
| Environmental Water Management | Carlsbad | Jun 26, 2007 | Employee Drowned in Storm Water Runoff Culvert | 2 | $2,400 |
| Mobile Hi-Tech Wheels dba MHT Luxury Alloys | Long Beach | Jun 26, 2007 | Employee Died after Head Struck by Wheel Blank | 1 | $225 |
| Omnitrans | San Bernardino | Jun 26, 2007 | Employee Is Crushed by Falling Bus, Later Dies | 0 | pending |
| Thiyagarajah Aarooran | Jamul | Jun 25, 2007 | Employee Is Pinned by Crane Boom, Dies Later | 0 | pending |
| Rocha's Valley Enterprises | Oakdale | Jun 25, 2007 | Employee Killed When Run over by Tractor Wheels | 1 | $85 |
| National Steel and Shipbuilding Company | San Diego | Jun 22, 2007 | Employee Dies from Coronary Heart Disease | 0 | pending |
| Hart Bros Electric | Torrance | Jun 21, 2007 | Employee electrocuted during work on lighting system | 3 | $12,135 |
| California Lutheran University | Thousand Oaks | Jun 18, 2007 | Employee Killed When Cart Tips Over | 3 | $5,125 |
| Ivy Maintenance Company | Los Angeles | Jun 14, 2007 | Employee Is Killed in Fall from Ladder | 5 | $5,500 |
| Richard and Cathy Cheski | Dana Piont | Jun 14, 2007 | Employee Is Electrocuted While Repairing Irrigation Piping | 0 | pending |
| Granite Construction Company | Felton | Jun 13, 2007 | Employee Is Killed When Slope Collapses | 0 | pending |
| Republic Services, Inc.Dba Golden Bear Transfer STN | Richmond | Jun 13, 2007 | Employee Is Killed When Dragged by Tractor | 0 | pending |
| SNS Transportationservicesinc.Dba Americantranspor | Vernon | Jun 12, 2007 | Employee Is Killed When Crushed by Trailer | 3 | $12,800 |
| White House Sanitation | Temecula | Jun 12, 2007 | Employee Dies When Buried by Collapsed Soil | 5 | $14,060 |
| Granite Construction Company | Salinas | Jun 12, 2007 | Employee Is Killed in Trench Cave-In | 0 | pending |
| JB Harvesting, Inc. | Modesto | Jun 12, 2007 | Employee Is Exposed to Chemicals and Dies | 2 | $600 |
| Jamal Rahman | Claremont | Jun 8, 2007 | Employee Is Killed in Fall from Scaffolding | 7 | $7,480 |
| David Stoupakis dba Devore Truck & Auto Wrecking | Devore | Jun 3, 2007 | Employee Is Killed When Fuel Tank Explodes | 2 | $5,085 |
| Transcargo, Inc. | Rancho Dominguez | Jun 2, 2007 | Employee Is Killed When Forklift Tips Over | 5 | $3,225 |
| M T Trucking | Gardena | May 30, 2007 | Employee Is Killed When Run over by Truck | 2 | $550 |
| Union Pacific Railroad | Long Beach | May 30, 2007 | Employee Dies from Heart Attack | 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.