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 February 4, 2012) | |||
| FATALITIES | |||
| Date of Incident | Company and Location | Preliminary Description of Incident | |
| 10/16/2007 | American Nostalgia, Irvine, CA 92618 | Worker who suffered seizures resulting from head and spinal injuries after a 2007 fall died from the seizures. | |
| 12/29/2011 | CSA Equipment Company LLC, Mobile, AL 36601 | Worker performing inventory of steel coils was killed after being pinned between a 21,000 pound steel roll and a forklift's counterweight. | |
| 01/03/2012 | Nucentury Textile Services LLC, Toledo, OH 43604 | Worker killed after shirt was caught in a roller conveyor. | |
| 01/11/2012 | Tubal Cain Industries Inc., Laredo, TX 78040 | Hydraulic system blew back striking worker on the head. | |
| 01/23/2012 | Arnco Construction Inc., Trenton, TN 38382 | Worker was killed when a building under construction collapsed. | |
| 01/23/2012 | Justice Construction LLC, Orting, WA 98360 | Worker died from a head injury while cutting fallen trees and tree limbs. | |
| 01/25/2012 | Delta Properties LLC, Tallassa, AL 36078 | Worker demolishing a single story structure was killed when the structure collapsed. | |
| 01/26/2012 | Juan Esparza Ruiz, Trinidad, CA 95570 | Worker walking down cut-tree-logs fell between the logs and was crushed as the logs rolled together. | |
| 01/26/2012 | Prestige Exterior Maintenance LLC, North Bergen, NJ 07047 | Worker was crushed by the arm of a skid steer. | |
| 01/26/2012 | The Bailey Company, Calhoun, GA 30701 | Worker checking the rear brakes on his truck died after the truck ran over him. | |
| 01/26/2012 | J.B. Mouton Inc., Lafayette, LA 70506 | Worker demolishing a storage area was crushed between a fallen ceiling and the wall. | |
| 01/26/2012 | Amalda Enterprises Inc., Houston, TX 77066 | Worker installing a steel girt to a prefabricated building died from a 40-foot fall onto a concrete surface. | |
| 01/27/2012 | Averitt Express Inc., Cookeville, TN 38502-3166 | Worker trying to re-enter moving tractor trailer was caught between truck and trailer. | |
| 01/27/2012 | Ventrue Trucking, Lavergne, TN 37086 | Worker offloading steel coil was pinned between truck bed and coil. | |
| 01/27/2012 | Esquire Construction LTD, Mequon, WI 53092 | Worker died after falling off of a roof. | |
| 01/27/2012 | Henderson Construction, Kenner, LA 70062 | Worker picking up trash on building roof died after falling more than 20 feet and hitting a trash dumpster. | |
| 01/27/2012 | Patterson UTI, Keene, NC 58847 | Worker was killed in a boiler explosion on an oil drilling rig. | |
| 01/30/2012 | V T Halter Marine Inc., Pascagoula, MS 39581 | Worker preparing to refill a sand blast pot was killed when the pressurized vessel exploded after he lifted the lid. | |
| 01/30/2012 |
Manchester Tank, Elkhart, IN 46514 | Worker pushing a welding cart died from injuries after slipping and falling backwards. | |
| 01/30/2012 | Gary Railroad, Gary, IN 46402 | Worker was crushed between two railcars. | |
| 01/30/2012 | Sutten Pulp Cutting, Cornell, WI 54732 | Worker was struck and killed by a log skidder as it rolled down a hill. | |
| 01/30/2012 | Mahr City View Dairy Inc., Stanley, WI 54768 | Worker was herding and was exposed to animal interaction hazards, possible heart attack or animal contact. | |
| 01/31/2012 | Trans Power Electric, New Town, ND 58763 | Worker was struck and killed by a backhoe blade during electrical installation operations. | |
| 02/01/2012 | V & M Tube Alloy, Houston, TX 77049 | Worker repairing a hydrotester in a pipe manufacturing facility was killed after being struck on the head by a pipe on a conveyor belt. | |
| 02/02/2012 | California Yacht Services, Huntington Beach, CA 92649 | Worker drowned while cleaning a boat at the harbor. | |
| 02/03/2012 | Pistol Drilling LLC, Woodward, OK 73801 | Worker unloading an A leg of a derrick died after he was struck and pinned under several falling A legs. | |
| CATASTROPHES | |||
| 01/26/2012 | Countryside Hides Inc., Alma Center, WI 54611 | Ten workers were hospitalized as a result of carbon monoxide overexposure from forklifts or a wood-fueled furnace. | |
| 01/27/2012 | Messer Pendelton Construction Group, Cincinnati, OH 45202 | Four workers pouring concrete were hospitalized after the structure collapsed. | |