There are two new California workplace fatalities. In Villa Park, Orange County, two construction workers on a renovation project at the gymnasium at Villa Park High School were involved in an incident that killed one worker and injured the other. Mainstream media reports that bleachers might have been involved. Neither the school nor Cal/OSHA are …
Cal/OSHA has settled with employers in seven workplace fatality cases. Two of the employers are public agencies. Here are the deals: The City of Palo Alto has agreed to pay $68,175 (66%) of a proposed $104,060 after being cited in the November 2019 electrocution of Donatus Okhomina, 42. He was a newly hired employee caught …
There are three new California workplace fatalities. In El Monte, a self-employed landscaper fell from a ladder and later died in a hospital. There is not immediate information on the name of the landscaper or whether Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has jurisdiction in the case. In the San Joaquin Valley, an animal …
There are eight new California workplace fatalities. Four of them are from struck-bys. In Corcoran, an irrigation laborer employed by Paragon Personnel was driving on a rural road and was struck by an irrigation pipe trailer, suffering fatal head injuries. In Wilmington, an employee of Ecology Control Industries was loading a sealed roll-off bin filed …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has cited several employers and declined to cite others in several fatality cases from late 2023 and early 2024. These incidents were first covered in Cal-OSHA Reporter’s fatality reports. American Marine Corp., of San Pedro, faces penalties of up to $101,715, in the March 2024 death of Bohdan …
Jesus Salazar Castillo, 66, a line worker at poultry processor Pitman Farms in Sanger, California, regularly volunteered for overtime on weekends, working in the wastewater pit area to clean the surroundings. That practice may have been his undoing. In May 2023, he was apparently overcome by hydrogen disulfide (H2S) near the pit, fell in, and …
There are four new California workplace fatalities. In Valencia, the owner of Clarity Solar Solutions fell from a residential rooftop while cleaning solar panels. He was working by himself. He died of his injuries several days later. In Salinas, a mechanic for Pemer Packing Co. sustained fatal injuries while working on a harvester machine. There …
There are four new California workplace fatalities, three from falls. In Winnetka in the San Fernando Valley, an employee of Troy Roofing fell 30 feet at a jobsite. The employee was transported to a hospital and died later that day. The employer has an 83 experience modification rating (EMR) and is insured by Redwood Fire …