In charging seven individuals, including five for murder, in the July 1st, 2025, fire, then explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Esparto, Yolo County, a grand jury handed down an indictment that alleges a sprawling conspiracy. It has ended the careers of a county sheriff’s lieutenant and his wife, who was also employed by the …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has cited more than 20 employers following investigations into workplace fatalities in the latter half of 2025. Here’s a roundup of cases. Camino Real Foods and Elite Force Personnel Services, a staffing firm: Both employers face multiple serious violation charges, including willful-serious characterizations, and more than a quarter …
In Burbank, a mechanic employed by Plentitude Transportation was engaged in repair work on a truck on the side of an exit from Interstate 5 when the employee was struck by an oncoming vehicle. The Huntington Beach-based company has an EMR of 152 and coverage with Service American Indemnity. In Laguna Beach, an employee of …
There are 10 new California workplace fatalities, including five struck-bys, four falls, and an act of violence. Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health previously reported that an employee ofAmerican River Caulking was working in a lift vehicle when it slid down a grassy area to a curb, subjecting the employee to crushing injuries. He died …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has cited several more employers after investigating 2025 workplace fatalities. The incidents themselves were first reported in the pages of Cal-OSHA Reporter. Herc Rentals, Fontana: This employer faces three alleged serious violations and $63,000 in proposed penalties in the wake of a June 2025 fatality. An equipment operator …
There have been five new workplace fatalities in California in recent days. In Los Angeles, two employees of 99 Ranch Market lost their lives when a wayward motorist slammed into the market. A customer also lost their life, and at least six other people were injured, two critically. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, …
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 …