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More Citations in 2025 Fatality Cases

Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has cited more than 20 employers following investigations into workplace fatalities in the latter half of 2025. Here’s a roundup of cases. Camino Real Foods and Elite Force Personnel Services, a staffing firm: Both employers face multiple serious violation charges, including willful-serious characterizations, and more than a quarter … Read More »

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Workplace Fatality Update – Apr 17, 2026

In Burbank, a mechanic employed by Plentitude Transportation was engaged in repair work on a truck on the side of an exit from Interstate 5 when the employee was struck by an oncoming vehicle. The Huntington Beach-based company has an EMR of 152 and coverage with Service American Indemnity. In Laguna Beach, an employee of … Read More »

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Workplace Fatality Update – April 3, 2026

There are 10 new California workplace fatalities, including five struck-bys, four falls, and an act of violence. Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health previously reported that an employee ofAmerican River Caulking was working in a lift vehicle when it slid down a grassy area to a curb, subjecting the employee to crushing injuries. He died … Read More »

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Fatality Cases Bring Citations

Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has cited several more employers after investigating 2025 workplace fatalities. The incidents themselves were first reported in the pages of Cal-OSHA Reporter. Herc Rentals, Fontana: This employer faces three alleged serious violations and $63,000 in proposed penalties in the wake of a June 2025 fatality. An equipment operator … Read More »

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Workplace Fatality Update – Mar 6, 2026

There have been five new workplace fatalities in California in recent days. In Los Angeles, two employees of 99 Ranch Market lost their lives when a wayward motorist slammed into the market. A customer also lost their life, and at least six other people were injured, two critically. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, … Read More »

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Fatalities Drop, or Did They Really Rise?

The delayed data from the 2024 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries has finally been released. It shows 419 workplace deaths in California, a 5% drop from 439 in 2023. But when you remove the 30 fatalities attributable to “intentional self-harm,” versus the same adjusted figure from 2023, something curious is revealed. The 2024 purely work-related … Read More »

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Workplace Fatality Update – Feb 27, 2026

There are six new California workplace fatalities, three of them in one Sierra Nevada incident that took the lives of six skiers as well. That incident involved Blackbird Mountain Guides, a “mountain adventures” company with locations in Truckee, Mt. Shasta, and Bellingham, Washington. On February 17th, three guides and six members of a backcountry ski … Read More »

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How Much Did Employers Pay in Fatality Settlements?

Cal/OSHA’s Appeals Board approved hundreds of settlements in citation cases during January, including eight involving fatalities. Many of these deaths were preventable, and Cal-OSHA Reporter provides the incident summaries for the lessons learned. Others may be the result of the deceased’s own judgment or actions. Here are the case summaries and results. Developer Kenneth Leon, … Read More »

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