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 14, 2012) | |||
| FATALITIES | |||
| Date of Incident | Company and Location | Preliminary Description of Incident | |
| 03/21/2012 | MidSouth Utility Group Inc., Washington, GA 30637 | Worker was crushed in a rollover accident involving a tractor. | |
| 04/02/2012 | Eldesisca Services Inc., Doral, FL 33172 | Worker painting a warehouse building roof died after falling 35 feet through a skylight. | |
| 04/02/2012 | Progressive Products and Service, Gulfport, MS 39505 | Worker making repairs to a boat died after falling 12 feet from the boat's deck. | |
| 04/02/2012 | A&R Construction, Dickinson, ND 58601 | Worker unloading pipes from a flatbed truck was killed when the pipes came loose and hit worker, causing him to fall to the ground. | |
| 04/03/2012 | Spectrum Painting, San Antonio, TX 78216 | Worker was found laying semi-conscious, three feet from a ladder. He later died at the hospital. | |
| 04/06/2012 | A-1 Property Services Group Inc., Doral, FL 33122 | Worker painting a roof died after falling 25 feet through a skylight. | |
| 04/06/2012 | Looks Great Services of MS Inc., Sumrall, MS 39482-3658 | Worker was performing tree trimming and was struck by a falling tree. | |
| 04/09/2012 | Omega Protein, Moss Point, MS 39562 | Worker at a seafood plant was killed when he was caught in a conveyor used to move liquids and grain materials. | |
| 04/09/2012 | S & J Construction Co. Inc., Chicago, IL 60633 | Worker was performing steel erection activities and was crushed by a steel beam. | |
| 04/10/2012 | Potomac Abatement Inc., Silver Spring, MD 20910 | Worker for an environmental hazards solutions company died after falling 10 stories from a self-lifting scaffold. | |
| 04/10/2012 | 274 East Memorial LLC, Hagerstown, MD 21740 | Worker on the back of a small vehicle used for hauling trash died from injuries after he was thrown from the vehicle when it made a turn. | |
| 04/10/2012 | Harlan Global Manufacturing, Kansas City, KS 68115 | Worker installing an axle underneath a tractor was killed when the axle fell on his head. | |
| 04/11/2012 | One Source Industrial, Big Spring, TX 79720 | Worker was struck and killed by a train while driving a vacuum truck across railroad tracks. | |
| 04/11/2012 | Purdy Concrete Inc., Lafayette, IN 47909 | Worker inside a swimming pool pit preparing to fill it with concrete was killed when the cement truck tipped over, and fell on him. | |
| 04/11/2012 | State of Oregon State Hospital, Salem, OR 97301 | Worker attempting to restrain a patient collapsed and died from apparent natural causes. | |
| 04/11/2012 | NC Dept. of Public Safety, Spruce Pine, NC 28777 | Worker sustained a fatal head injury after falling down stairs. | |
| 04/12/2012 | TN Aluminum Processors Inc., Mt. Pleasant, TN 38474 | Worker loading aluminum into a shredder was killed after being pulled into the machine. | |
| 04/13/2012 | Shamrock Foods, Albuquerque, NM 87120 | Worker at a food processing facility was killed when an elevated docking board used to fill the gap between a trailer and loading dock fell and struck his head. | |
| CATASTROPHES None Reported | |||