Weekly Fatality/Catastrophe Report

This table contains the weekly summaries of fatalities and catastrophes resulting in the hospitalization of three or more workers. Employers must report these incidents to OSHA within eight hours. The summaries below include only preliminary information, as reported to OSHA Area Offices or to States which operate OSHA-approved State Plans. The fatalities listed here include only those that initially appear to be work-related, but exclude fatalities that do not appear to be work-related, such as an apparent heart attack of a sedentary worker. OSHA investigates all work-related fatalities and catastrophes. After OSHA's investigation is complete, these reports will be updated with inspection results and citation information.

Weekly Summary (Federal and State data tabulated week ending January 8, 2011)
FATALITIES
Date of Incident	Company and Location	Preliminary Description of Incident
10/14/2009	Maderera Donestevez Inc., Carolina, PR 00979	Worker was dispatching merchandise in a warehouse and was pinned by a forklift.
11/29/2010	Kevin Leary, Duxbury, MA 02332	Worker was constructing a scaffold and fell 19 feet to the ground below.
12/22/2010	Walker Logging, LLC., Sarepta, LA 71071	Worker was operating a delimber machine with two logs in the grapple tray. Worker was pulling the logs through to the cutting knives on the delimber when a log flew up in the air, striking the worker.
12/27/2011	Ampam Parks Mechanical, Santa Monica, CA 90401	Worker fell 14 feet through plywood from second floor when shoring was removed from form.
12/28/2010	Champion Electrical Services, Melbourne, FL 32934	Worker was installing recessed light fixtures and fell from an 8-foot ladder.
12/29/2010	Flagship Carwash Center, Rockville, MD 20850	One worker was killed and two were injured when they were struck by a car that suddenly accelerated as it was being driven out of an exit driveway.
12/29/2010	Honey Creek Disposal Services, Lawrence, KS 66044	Worker was run over by a refuse truck.
12/30/2010	Mainstay Business Systems Geriatric Home Care Specialists, Palo Alto, CA 94304	In-home healthcare worker was hit by a bus.
12/31/2010	Contreras Brothers Trucking, Dade City, FL 33525	Worker was in the process of adjusting the brakes on a flatbed trailer. The mechanic had not checked the wheels before working on the brakes. When the trailer was released from the tractor, it rolled over the worker causing fatal injuries.
12/31/2010	Kykenkee, Inc., Vance, AL 35490	Worker was struck by a log that fell from a conveyor.
1/4/2011	ADT Security Services, Oakdale, PA 15071	Worker was positioned on a portable extension ladder, installing wire. The ladder slipped and the worker fell 14 to 15 feet, striking the concrete floor.
1/4/2011	J.D. Eckman, Allentown, PA 18102	Worker was operating a jackhammer in a trench when a section of masonry material displaced, fatally pinning him while injuring and entrapping one other employee.
1/4/2011	Harding University, Searcy, AR 72149	Worker was installing curbing for an HVAC unit and fell about 13 feet to the concrete floor below.
1/4/2011	Mikrut Properties, Winona, MN 55987	Worker performing demolition was crushed by a partially collapsed wall.
1/4/2011	Unit Drilling Company, Boulder, WY 82923	Worker was struck and burned when a valve on a standpipe came loose during pressurized drilling, and the mud ignited after coming in contact with a damaged halogen light fixture.
1/5/2011	Jade Ramey Construction LLC., Winston-Salem, NC 27106	Worker was fatally injured while working on an air release valve for a 36-foot raw water supply pipe inside a manhole.
1/5/2011	Kinematics Research, Oakland, TN 38060	Worker killed from flash fire after ignition of gunpowder.
1/6/2011	KM Plant Services, Peoria, IL 61607	Workers was assigned to wash down the coal house at the power plant and was found on the floor, nonresponsive.
1/10/2011	Chung Hing Inc., Elmhurst, NY 11373	Worker was crushed by a collapsed exterior wall.
CATASTROPHES - MULTIPLE WORKERS HOSPITALIZED (None Reported)