Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has cited Grande’s One Priority Roofing following the December 12th, 2023, death of an employee. The Division seeks about $11,000 in penalties in the case. The 54-year-old male employee was sweeping roofing material from a rooftop at a Lompoc commercial building when he walked into an area that …
There are eight new California workplace fatalities, four from falls. The incidents include: The death in Berkeley of a foreman working for Arboricultural Specialties, Inc., who fell about 40 feet during a tree-trimming job. The company has an EMR of 86 and workers’ comp coverage through Cypress Insurance. In Walnut, a warehouse worker for Tuxton …
There are two new workplace fatalities. In San Clemente another CalTrans employee was killed. It is the 194th Caltrans employee to be killed on the job since 2021. Equipment operator Alexander Rodish, 55, was struck by a tow truck while working along the I-5 freeway. According to a report, Rodish and another employee had pulled …
The father-and-son beekeepers who were charged with felonies following the 2018 death of an employee have seen the charges reduced to misdemeanors and will not serve any time, according to a ruling from the bench in Marin County Superior Court. Mark D. Tauzer and Trevor H. Tauzer of Woodland’s Tauzer Apiaries will serve one year …
Some 13 California workplace fatalities happened from late June and early July. In Fresno, a laborer for Maddox Farms was repairing a water pump when his wrench slipped, hitting him in the hand and causing swelling. He lost consciousness and was transported to a hospital, where he died. In the Los Angeles area, an employee …
There are six new workplace fatalities, including two falls and two crushing deaths. In Pasadena, a superintendent for SoCal Scaffold was inspecting an indoor scaffold at a school project and fell about 30 feet. He was transported to a hospital and died the same day. The employer is a licensed contractor with an EMR of …
Here are some of the latest citation packages issued by Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health related to workplace fatalities. Employers are presumed innocent during the appeals process. Peter Hall Construction: This Camarillo contractor faces three serious violations and more than $38,000 in proposed penalties after an August 2023 death. It happened at a …
There are two new California workplace fatalities. In Littlerock, a desert community near Palmdale, one firefighter was killed and another injured when a vehicle on fire exploded. Killed was Andrew Pontious, a 19-year veteran of the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Shortly after the crew arrived at the quarry where a front-end loader was burning, …