There are three new California workplace fatalities, all from struck-by incidents. Struck by, by far, has been the leading fatality cause so far in 2025. In Valencia, the owner of Correa Concrete was using a water truck to hose down a sidewalk when he was run over by the vehicle. The company has a 94 …
Cal/OSHAās Division of Occupational Safety and Health has cited dozens of employers in fatality cases from the latter half of 2024. Included is what could be the first issuance of serious violations under the new indoor heat illness prevention standard (General Industry Safety Orders Ā§3396) in a fatality case. Here are the results: Point Green …
There are six new California workplace fatalities. Struck-by incidents account for five of the six. In Long Beach, an employee of Cabrillo Boat Shop was operating an electric golf cart on a dock and struck his head against the side of an anchored boat. He succumbed some two weeks after the incident. The employer has …
Monday, April 28th, is the annual commemoration of Workersā Memorial Day to āremember and honor the workers who lost their lives on the job,ā in the words of the Department of Industrial Relations. Commemorations will be held all over the state. Fortunately, during the past week or so, there were no work-related fatalities in California, …
Among the hundreds of settlements to Cal/OSHA cases approved by the Appeals Board in March are two involving fatalities and serious injuries that had hundreds of thousands of dollars in proposed penalties at stake. Hereās how those, and other significant cases, settled out. Alhambra Foundry, a metalworks and fabrication company, has agreed to pay $147,350 …
There are nine new California workplace fatalities. Three are from falls, and three relate to struck-by incidents. In McFarland, an employee of agricultural employer Jakov P. Dulcich & Sons stepped off a platform elevated more than 20 feet and fell to the concrete floor below while in a cold storage room. The company has an …
Here are the conclusions of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) about the November 2023 explosion and fire that severely injured an employee of the Marathon Martinez Renewables facility. The fire caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to the plant.Ā The CSB also issued several recommendations to prevent future incidents …
There are three new workplace fatalities in California. In Olivehurst, Marysville Police officer Osmar Rodarte, 30, was shot and killed while executing a search warrant on a suspected drug dealer as part of a multi-agency effort to root out drug smuggling, particularly fentanyl, from Mexico. Rodarte was part of a SWAT team serving warrants. The …