Even well-trained and experienced employees make assumptions and mistakes out of control of the employer that get them hurt and killed. A 2019 workplace fatality illustrates the need for employer …
Cal/OSHA concluded its investigation into the tragic workplace fatality of 18-year-old Enrique Vasquez Garcia several months ago. His employer, Aardvark Clay & Supplies, was cited with $237,000 in proposed penalties. …
Jose Juan Vallejo died an inglorious death on September 16, 2014. He drowned in a tangle of aquatic weeds eight feet below the surface of a golf course pond while …
A 2014 fatality that did not result in citations from Cal/OSHA, because of contributory conduct from the employee, nonetheless has important lessons for employers. The incident is the subject of …
In March of 2013, an incident killed a 37-year-old welder as he was testing a hydraulic tank after repairing a leak. The aluminum vessel was off a waste-collection truck and …
The 2013 fatality of a Los Angeles-area electrician was caused by a safety device that wasn’t working on computer-controlled hoist, according to the findings of the California Department of Public …
The lessons learned from two high-profile 2012 fatalities involving a fall and confined space entrapment are that even when fall protection equipment is available, workers need to be properly supervised …
Two 2012 workplace fatalities in Southern California would have been averted had the employers practiced recognized safety precautions, according to the Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) program. In fact, in …