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 May 19, 2012) | |||
| FATALITIES | |||
| Date of Incident | Company and Location | Preliminary Description of Incident | |
| 5/09/2012 | Arca Trucking Services LLC, Midland, TX 79706 |
Worker inside the cab of a truck fuel tank being welded to patch a leak was killed when the tank ignited and exploded. | |
| 5/12/2012 | Cuyahoga Concrete Company, Cleveland, OH 44115 |
Worker using a pneumatic chisel to clean out the inside of a concrete truck was found dead. | |
| 5/13/2012 | Downtown Design Services Inc., Hawley, TX 79525 |
Worker surveying a pipeline was electrocuted when the antenna he was using touched an overhead power line. | |
| 5/14/2012 | Logistec USA Corp., Palmetto, FL 34221 |
Worker performing marine cargo handling activities was killed when a crane fell on him. | |
| 5/14/2012 | Preston Memorial Hospital, Kingwood, WV 26537 |
Worker was killed after being struck by an elevator inside a hospital elevator shaft. | |
| 5/15/2012 | Hightower Electric Company Ltd., Houston, TX 77066 |
Worker installing light fixtures in a remodeled building died when he fell off ladder after contacting live wiring. | |
| 5/15/2012 | Viking Construction, Chico, CA 95926 |
Worker was widening freeway and fell approximately six feet. | |
| 5/16/2012 | Circle C, Odessa, TX 79763 |
Worker extracting water from a well was found dead inside well. | |
| 5/16/2012 | Dayton Freight Lines Inc., Kent, OH 44240 |
Worker for a freight line company scanning a bar code with a hand held bar code scanner was crushed by the mast of a lift truck. | |
| 5/16/2012 | Gulf Coast Machine & Supply Company, Beaumont, TX 77705 | Worker performing maintenance on an electrical panel was electrocuted. |
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| 5/16/2012 | Missouri American Water, Joplin, MO 64804 | Worker cutting pipe with a pipe saw died when the saw kicked back, striking
the worker in the throat. |
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| 5/16/2012 | Total Marine Services, Harvey, LA 70058 |
Worker drowned while recovering a boat. | |
| 5/17/2012 | ACME Tools and Rentals, Bemidji, MN 56601 |
Worker inside an elevated lift bucket was electrocuted when the lift touched an energized wire. | |
| 5/17/2012 | Airport Road, New Orleans, LA 70113 |
Worker cutting grating on a ladder died from a 9-foot fall when a piece of the grating fell on him. | |
| 5/17/2012 | Bras-Al Construction Corp., New York, NY 10013 |
Worker on a construction site died after falling two stories from a scaffold and landing on a sidewalk shed. | |
| 5/17/2012 | Breaux's Mini-Mart, Lafayette, LA 70501 |
Worker cutting meat at a market died from severe bleeding when he blacked out, falling onto a saw. | |
| 5/17/2012 | SSA Marine Inc., Seattle, WA 98134 |
Worker was caught-in-between forklift and forklift's overhead protection after climbing over steering wheel and inadvertently activating controls. | |
| 5/18/2012 | ABM Facility Services Inc., Ontario, CA 91767 |
Building maintenance worker changing a device used to stabilize the current in an electrical circuit was electrocuted. | |
| 5/18/2012 | Manatts Inc., Ames, IA 50010 |
Worker at an asphalt manufacturing facility was killed when his head was caught in a tank door. | |
| 5/19/2012 | Wente Family Estates/Wente Vineyards Restaurant, Livemore, CA 94550 |
Worker catering an all-day outdoor event died from possible heat-related illness. | |
| 5/21/2012 | Shuster's Logging Inc., Navarro, CA 95490 | Worker for a logging company was killed when a tree fell on him. | |
| CATASTROPHES None Reported | |||