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 …
Cal/OSHA and employers have resolved three workplace fatality cases through settlement. Two of the cases are several years old and were concluded following the Bureau of Investigations’ weigh-in. In all three cases, the employers paid less than the proposed penalties. Arc Flash USS-Posco Industries, a Pittsburgh steel mill whose parent company is based in Pennsylvania, …
There are five new California workplace fatalities. Two are from falls and two others are from struck-bys. The fifth resulted from a crushing. In Fort Bragg, the owner of Makela Boat Works fell from a ladder and was found unresponsive. The owner was transported to medical facilities but died. The deceased is identified as Howard …
There were four new California workplace fatalities reported in March. In Vernon, an employee of EZ Shipping Express fell from a loading dock and later succumbed to the injuries. The death occurred in February, but the employer did not notify Cal/OSHA until late in March. The company has an EMR of 94 and workers’ comp …
There are three new workplace fatalities. In Los Angeles, an employee of Chris Nelson & Associates was struck by a vehicle while surveying a public road. The employee was transported to a local hospital, where he died. The company has an EMR of 100 and workers’ comp coverage through Travelers Property Casualty of America. In …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health and employers have resolved more fatality cases. The settlements ranged from 18% to 90% of the proposed penalties. Quarry Conflagration Lehigh Southwest Cement will pay $44,125 (47%) of a proposed $93,000 following a December 2017 fatality at the company’s Cupertino quarry. Jose Rivas, 56, burned to death in …