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Fatalities: Citations Issued, Lessons Learned About these Workplace Tragedies

Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has cited about a dozen employers in fatality cases from the late spring and summer of 2023. Here’s what happened in these cases, DOSH’s subsequent action, and the lessons that can be drawn from these incidents. Northern California Fire Protection Services: A May 16th incident involving a fall … Read More »

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Workplace Fatality Update – Mar 1, 2024

There are three new California workplace fatalities from late February. In Los Angeles, an employee of the Pasadena-based landscaping company Top Notch Tree Service was discovered dead at the bottom of a swimming pool at a residential home, with a weed-whacker on top of him. The tree service is a licensed landscaping company with no … Read More »

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Workplace Fatality Update

There are four new California workplace fatalities from early February. In Tulare, a delivery driver for Montico, Inc., was involved in a fatal single-vehicle rollover accident on state Highway 99. The employee was declared dead at the scene. Montico is an engineering firm based in Fresno, with an EMR of 086. In Oceanside, an employee … Read More »

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Workplace Fatality Update

There are four new California workplace fatalities through early February. In San Luis Obispo, an officer for the California Department of Corrections had died after falling ill and being hospitalized in November. The officer was diagnosed with Valley Fever. In Fremont, an employee of Cisco Systems was on a team-building hike when she became ill … Read More »

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Fatality Cases Resolved, Feb 2, 2024

Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health and employers have finalized several fatality cases. Here’s how those cases settled out: YRC Freight: This San Diego employer has withdrawn its appeal of four citations issued after the death of Raymond Glover, 81, a security guard at the company’s facility in October 2019. His primary employer was … Read More »

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Workplace Fatality Update – Feb 2, 2024

There are three new California workplace fatalities from the middle of January, two of them from falls. In Nevada City, the owner of Roth Tree Co. was killed in a fall. Thomas Roth, a tree surgeon, was removing a tree from the roof of a house when he fell from the roof. His employee took … Read More »

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Workplace Fatality Update – Jan 19, 2024

There are three new California workplace fatalities from the first week in January. In Spring Valley, San Diego County, an employee of Severin Mobile Towing was parked on the shoulder of a highway but was outside his truck when he was struck by a passing motorist, killing the employee at the scene. The employer has … Read More »

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Did California Work Fatalities Rise 9%?

Almost 30% of incidents reported by as workplace-related are incidents that happened at work but were not workplace-related – such as suicides and drug overdoses. The data developed by the Department of Industrial Relations’ research department indicates there were 504 workplace fatalities in California in 2022, a 9% increase over 2021. The data originates from … Read More »

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