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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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, …
There are six new workplace fatalities in California. In Bakersfield, an employee of Salvador Vega Deanda, doing business as Platinum Towing and Recycling, was found crushed by a vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene. In San Jose, a shuttle driver for US Foods died from internal injuries sustained after being struck by a vehicle …