There are 21 California workplace fatalities to report from June. Almost half of them were from struck-by incidents. In Beverly Hills, a flagger for Calex Engineering Corp. was run over at a worksite and declared dead at the scene. The company has a .80 experience modification rating (EMR) and workers’ comp coverage from Zurich American …
There are 18 recent workplace fatalities to report, most from the month of May. Nine of the fatalities were struck-by incidents, and four were from falls. There were three deaths from workplace violence. Here are the struck-bys: In Fullerton, an order picker for Lineage Logistics was injured when a high-reach forklift struck him. He was …
There are 9 new workplace fatalities in California. Five of the deaths are from struck-bys, the most common fatality source in California this year. In Pacific Palisades, a plumber for Famous Plumbing Corp. was inside a four-foot trench when the sides of the trench gave out, crushing the employee. Famous Plumbing is not big enough …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has taken action against more than 20 employers following investigations into 2025 fatalities. The most high-profile case among the latest citations involves the University of California, San Francisco, and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital in a December stabbing incident at the hospital. A mentally ill patient at one …
Here are the latest workplace fatalities around California. In Alpine County, a laborer for C.G. Celio & Sons was pulled into a chipper while she was working on brush mitigation. Heather Segrest, 57, was airlifted to a hospital but died of her injuries. Paul Ferrario, risk manager for the East Bay Regional Parks District, tells …
The Cal/OSHA Appeals Board has approved hundreds of citation case settlements for April. Here are the most significant of them – fatality cases that were resolved between the Division of Occupational Safety and Health and employers. Diversified Utility Services, Bakersfield: This specialty utility contractor will pay $38,060 (59%) of the $64,120 DOSH proposed following a …
There are six new workplace fatalities in California. In Lincoln, Placer County, an employee of Berseth Builders LLC attempted to climb back onto a moving telehandler and was run over. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Berseth, based in Carmichael, is too small to qualify for experience rating (EMR) and has workers’ comp insurance …
There are three more California workplace fatalities, all in the Central Valley. In Knights Ferry, Stanislaus County, Twyla Capurro, 35, a geologist for the design firm of Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group, was killed in a rockfall inside a tunnel at the Canyon Tunnel Project. A second person in the tunnel escaped with minor to …