The delayed data from the 2024 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries has finally been released. It shows 419 workplace deaths in California, a 5% drop from 439 in 2023. But when you remove the 30 fatalities attributable to “intentional self-harm,” versus the same adjusted figure from 2023, something curious is revealed. The 2024 purely work-related …
There are six new California workplace fatalities, three of them in one Sierra Nevada incident that took the lives of six skiers as well. That incident involved Blackbird Mountain Guides, a “mountain adventures” company with locations in Truckee, Mt. Shasta, and Bellingham, Washington. On February 17th, three guides and six members of a backcountry ski …
Cal/OSHA’s Appeals Board approved hundreds of settlements in citation cases during January, including eight involving fatalities. Many of these deaths were preventable, and Cal-OSHA Reporter provides the incident summaries for the lessons learned. Others may be the result of the deceased’s own judgment or actions. Here are the case summaries and results. Developer Kenneth Leon, …
There are six new workplace fatalities in California. In Bakersfield, an employee of Salvador Vega Deanda, doing business as Platinum Towing and Recycling, was found crushed by a vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene. In San Jose, a shuttle driver for US Foods died from internal injuries sustained after being struck by a vehicle …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has issued citations in fatality cases initiated in the spring and summer of 2025. One case is in the six-figure penalty range. These incidents were previously reported in Cal-OSHA’s Reporter’s Workplace Fatality Update. Here’s a follow-up on the preliminary outcomes. Ruben’s Pipeline: This Bakersfield-based company faces several serious …
There are six new California workplace fatalities, three from struck-by incidents. In Somis, an employee of Wonderful Citrus was operating a tractor near a slope and hauling a trailer. The tractor toppled and landed on the employee, who was declared dead at the scene. The ag employer has an experience modification rating (EMR) of .69 …
There are 10 more workplace fatalities from the last three weeks of December 2025. Five involve struck-by incidents. In Gardena, a security guard for All Mission Security was closing a metal horizontal sliding gate when the gate came off its tracks, fell onto and trapped the guard, who was pronounced dead at the scene. The …
There are eight new California workplace fatalities, including three struck-by incidents. At the Yolo County Central Landfill near Davis, a dump truck driver was killed in his cab while two trucks operated by Northern Recycling were unloading. One of the trucks experienced what the county describes as an “industrial accident” that caused its trailer portion …