There are six new California workplace fatalities. Three may not be work related. There were two acts of workplace violence: In Irvine, an employee of United Parcel Service was shot in his work truck while making deliveries. The employee, 50-year-old Expedito Cuesta De Leon, was shot 14 times and died at the scene of the …
The death of a seven-year-old Marin County boy and a spate of workplace fatalities throughout California from gate accidents have converged to reform gate safety. Both a petition to amend Cal/OSHA’s rules and a legislative effort are underway. The Cal/OSHA petition was submitted by Standards Board public member Joseph Alioto, Jr. He seeks to revise …
Here are the results of 10 workplace fatality cases that were recently finalized in settlement agreements between the respective employers and Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health. The Appeals Board approved the deals. Crushing Incidents Hi Grade Materials Co.: This Hesperia construction materials producer will pay $51,030 (68%) of Cal/OSHA’s proposed $75,000 for citations …
There are five new fatalities at California workplaces from late April and early May. In Fremont, trucking company Santa Clara Transfer Service driver was hospitalized after falling from his truck. He died later that evening. The company has an EMR of 97; its workers’ comp coverage is with Insurance Company of the West. In Pittsburg, …
There are nine new California workplace fatalities. They include three struck-bys, two falls, two violent incidents, a crushing, and a case of harmful exposure. At least one of the deaths involved unlicensed contractors. A tree fell on an unlicensed tree trimmer, causing death by blunt force trauma. He died two days later. Cal/OSHA was not …
Here are the latest Cal/OSHA enforcement actions in 2023 fatality cases. The Division of Occupational Safety and Health issued citations for two serious and four other alleged violations in the September 7th death of Stephanie Cosme, 32. The test engineer for Sumaria Systems, a large defense contractor working at Gray Butte Airfield in Palmdale, was …
There are five new California workplace fatalities from mid-April. In Ontario, the owner operator of Superstar Trucking arrived at a job site. The semi he had been operating rolled toward the gate he was opening and ran over him. Public records indicate the Chino-based company had one truck and one driver. In Santa Fe Springs, …
There are five new workplace fatalities in California from recent days. In Soledad, a tractor operator for Foothill Packing was cleaning a harvester when his clothes were caught in the chain drive of the machine, “causing strangulation,” according to Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health. The agricultural employer has an experience modification rating of …