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 April 7, 2012) | |||
| FATALITIES | |||
| Date of Incident | Company and Location | Preliminary Description of Incident | |
| 03/20/2012 | Brantec Packaging Machinery Corp., Fort Mill, SC 29715 | Worker was struck and killed by a forklift while walking through a bay door. | |
| 03/25/2012 | Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, Cicero, IL 60804 | Worker making sewer maintenance repairs stepped into a hole, injuring his ankle and back. The worker later died from complications during surgery. | |
| 03/28/2012 | Marine Terminals Corporation - East dba Ports Amer, Savannah, GA 31401 | Worker was struck and killed by a forklift at a marine terminal. | |
| 04/01/2012 | Mersen USA St. Mary's PA-Corp., St. Mary's, PA 15857 | Worker operating a powered industrial truck died when the raised fork from another truck struck his leg, cutting a main artery. | |
| 04/02/2012 | Rumstick Construction Inc., Rollingstone, MN 55969 | Worker performing residential construction died after falling 14 feet from a ladder. | |
| 04/02/2012 | Metroclean Commercial Building Services, Houston, TX 77067 | Worker performing floor wax stripping duties was found deceased. | |
| 04/03/2012 | J & E Industries LLC, New York, NY 10001 | Worker was killed at a construction site when a crane fell on him. | |
| 04/03/2012 | W G Operating, Electra, TX 76360 | Worker servicing an electrical pump was struck and killed by lightning. | |
| 04/3/2012 | ET&T Corp., Rosedale, MD 21237 | Worker making repairs underneath a trailer was killed when the trailer fell on him. | |
| 04/03/2012 | Mericle Mechanical Inc., Mettler, CA 93313 | Worker repairing a HVAC unit on a warehouse roof died after falling 39 feet through a skylight. | |
| 04/03/2012 | Outdoor Advertising Services, Snow Hill, NC 28580 | Worker setting up a metal ladder alongside a billboard was electrocuted when the ladder touched a power line. | |
| 04/04/2012 | Village of Stickney-Public Works, Stickney, IL 60402 | Worker riding on the sidestep of a garbage truck died after becoming pinned between the truck and a protruding pipe. | |
| 04/04/2012 | Demco Manufacturing Co., Boyden, IA 51234 | Worker using a forklift to load grain carts onto a semi-trailer was killed after becoming stuck between the forklift's frame and cage. | |
| 04/05/2012 | Carolina Farms and Harvesting Inc., Johnston, SC 29832 | Two workers installing an irrigation line from a pond to orchard fields were electrocuted when the metal piping contacted an overhead power line. One worker died, the second was hospitalized. | |
| 04/05/2012 | Patterson UTI, Tionesta, PA 16353 | Worker connecting pipes at a gas well site was crushed between a beam and pipe. | |
| 04/06/2012 | Rotech Granite Inc., Las Vegas, NV 89109 | Worker raised a diamond saw table unit above his head to disassemble it from underneath and was crushed when the table top fell on him. | |
| CATASTROPHES None Reported | |||