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 June 19, 2010)
FATALITIES
Date of Incident	Company and Location	Preliminary Description of Incident
5/27/2010	US Deer Antlers Export & Import, Los Angeles, CA, 90006	Worker sustained head injuries after falling from an 8-foot ladder in store; died 9 days later.
5/31/2010	Contemporary Homes of the Southwest, Inc., Rio Rancho, NM 87124	Worker, framing a second-level addition on a home, died after falling about 10 feet.
6/5/2010	Overdorf Mechanical, Inc., Punxsutawney, PA 15767	Worker was conducting HVAC repairs and was working from a 6-foot ladder on the HVAC system above the ceiling tiles. He was found on the floor in an unresponsive state.
6/8/2010	Camp Glen Arden Group, LLC, Tuxedo, NC 28784	Worker on tractor pulling a loaded manure spreader was run over and pinned by the spreader when tractor and spreader became disengaged and rolled backwards.
6/10/2010	Arbuckle Construction, Minneapolis, MN 55438	Worker hanging sheetrock fell from ladder and struck head.
6/11/2010	Rock Solid Security, Nashville, TN 37211	Security guard on night duty, patrolling country music festival grounds during 100-degree weather, was found collapsed inside a medical tent that was closed for the night.
6/13/2010	Clifford-Lee and Associates, Franklin, LA 70538	Worker was placing a ladder to access a roof. The ladder contacted a power line and the worker was electrocuted.
6/13/2010	Robert Koumarianos Plumbing, Sacramento, CA	Worker installing a gas line in the attic of a house collapsed from the heat.
6/13/2010	Wiper Technologies, Inc., Milwaukee, WI 53223	Worker was fabricating oil absorbent booms filled with raw cotton fibers that float on water to absorb and limit the spread of spilled oil. Worker was operating a pallet-wrapping machine, as well as placing finished oil absorbent booms on the pallets. W
6/14/2010	Blake Electric, Stockton, CA 95203	Worker was electrocuted while working on a high voltage panel; was entrapped on the panel for one hour.
6/14/2010	Coastal Flow Measurement, Inc., Mont Belvieu, TX 77580	Worker was freeing a pump component under pressure and was impaled by the pump component.
6/14/2010	McJunkin Red Man Company - Labarge, Hueytown, AL 35023	Worker was loading a semi-flat bed trailer with 41-foot metal pipes with a weight of 5,000 pounds, and was struck by a pipe that rolled off of the truck.
6/14/2010	Select Energy Services LLC dba Cactus Lease Services, Catarina, TX 78280	Worker was loading pipe onto a flatbed trailer with a forklift. Worker was struck by a pipe and knocked off of the trailer bed.
6/14/2010	U.S. Postal Service, Hayward, CA 94541	Worker was found unresponsive in a trash dumpster.
6/15/2010	Benes Heating and Air Conditioning Service, Inc., Raymond,NE 68428	Worker was on a loft/balcony area and fell from the elevated area.
6/15/2010	Delta Airlines, St. Paul International Airport, St. Paul, MN 55111	Worker greasing gears in airport gate at night put head into gear door and was struck by door.
6/15/2010	Memphis Light Gas and Water, Memphis, TN, 38103	Worker was tearing down a transmission structure using a digger-derrick when a pole broke and struck him on the head.
6/15/2010	OCS Industries, Rock Tavern, NY 12575	Worker was replacing structural roof panels and fell through the roof.
6/15/2010	Rothamn Furniture Inc., O'Fallon, MO 63366	Worker was retrieving a load of furniture from shelving with a stock picker. He was driving the stock picker backwards, the load snagged on the shelving and fell on top of the worker pinning him to the controls.
6/15/2010	Southeastern Steel Buildings, Caddo, OK 74729	Worker was engaged in cutting an 8,000-lb boiler in sections with a cutting torch. The section being cut, fell off allowing the remaining section, 5000 lbs., to flip over onto its bottom and land on the worker.
6/15/2010	Whrad Silva Farms, Stockton, CA 95203	Worker drowned after being pinned under a large grader that fell into a ditch/pond.
6/16/2010	AUI Inc, Alamillo, NM 87831	Driver pulling a trailer with work materials lost control of the vehicle and collided with a tractor trailer.
6/16/2010	Bayou Concrete, Gulfport, MS 39501	Worker was working under a truck fixing the brakes when the truck rolled onto the worker.
6/16/2010	Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY 11554	Worker was shot and killed by an off-duty corrections officer while outside hospital entrance on a break.
6/16/2010	NYCTA Division of Tracks, Forest Hills, NY 11375	Worker inspecting a passenger train at night was found unconscious at end of shift.
6/16/2010	Stuart & Kim Sorenson Feed and Grain LLC., Zachow, WI 54182	Worker was in a grain bin breaking loose bridged grain that was not flowing and was buried in the corn.
6/16/2010	Temple-Inland, Inc., Rome, GA 30165	Worker was working at an unstacker, went under a catwalk, and failed to lockout the equipment. Worker raised her arm up toward the roller and was caught and pulled into the roller.
6/17/2010	Complete HVAC Plumbing and Electric, Inc., Fairfield, IL 62837	Worker was running a lateral sewer line when the trench wall collapsed.
6/17/2010	Crane Masters, Richmond, VA 23231	Worker cleaning up a trainwreck died when crane brake failed and crane fell and crushed him .
6/17/2010	Lake Erie Construction Company, Canton, OH 44720	Worker was working with a truck boom. The boom struck a power line and the worker was electrocuted.
6/17/2010	PI & I Motor Express, Inc., Masury, OH 44438	Worker was standing on top of a trailer load of pipes pulling the tarp up to cover the load. He fell over 10 feet from the top of the load, striking his head on the concrete floor.
6/17/2010	Tangent Rail Corporations, Alexandria, LA 71302	Worker was found inside the plant on the side of a ditch with a four-wheeler on top of him.

CATASTROPHES - MULTIPLE WORKERS HOSPITALIZED
6/14/2010	Zimmer-Eschette Service II, LL., Baton Rouge, LA 70802	Three workers were hospitalized due to a ceiling collapse of a newly constructed building.