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 October 30, 2010)
FATALITIES
Date of Incident	Company and Location	Preliminary Description of Incident
5/3/2010	Blue Sky Mason Honolulu, HI 96822	A coconut tree trimmer suffered fatal injuries after getting caught in his body harness.
7/31/2010	C-Bar-J Corporation Cannon Falls, MN 55009	Worker was accessing a side kit door of tractor trailer semi and lost grip on handrails; falling backwards, hit back of head on concrete floor.
10/18/2010	IMT Residential, Austin, TX 78729	Worker was riding in golf cart. He stepped out while it was still moving, fell, and hit his head.
10/18/2010	Mililani Group Inc dba Mililani Memorial Park Waipahu, HI 96797	Worker was operating a front-end loader with backhoe attachment when he lost control on a 40- to 60-degree slope. The tractor flipped onto its left side, fatally pinning the worker under the cab's roof area. No seat belt was found on the tractor.
10/19/2010	Merced County Board of Education Merced, CA 95343	Worker traveling to client's home, when another person in another vehicle drove into a tractor trailer. The truck hit the worker's car, resulting in fatal injuries.
10/19/2010	Welding Industrial Supply Company, Chicago, IL 60643	While delivering compressed gas cylinders, worker collapsed from compressive asphyxia; cause unknown.
10/20/2010	Eun Construction, Inc Mount Holly NC 28120	The roof section of a screened porch fell and struck the worker.
10/22/2010	Ambhar Lounge Tropicana Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV 89109	Worker was dusting decorative molding when he fell approximately eight feet to the floor, resulting in blunt force trauma to his head. (This was a possible diabetic episode; the coroner is investigating.)
10/23/2010	California Department of Mental Health Napa, CA 94558	Worker was on her dinner break. She did not return and was found dead on the grounds at 6:10 p.m. A patient was arrested by Napa County Sheriff's Office and is being held in corrections with the fatal incident.
10/23/2010	Greg's Marine Construction, Inc., Lusby, MD 20657	During a demolition operation, worker was attached into a pylon splash jacket that slipped down the pylon and pulled the worker 50 feet underwater.
10/24/2010	Ayalaz Agriculture Services FLC #12004 Kettleman City, CA 93239	Worker was crushed when tractor he was driving, pulling a bin dumper full of pomegranates, fell onto its side. Worker was possibly trying to make a U-turn while going too fast.
10/24/2010	Labor Only Re-Cover, Inc., Berlin, NJ 08009	Worker was walking across roof and fell through the roof to the floor.
10/25/2010	Acha Construction , Havertown, PA 19083	While roofing, worker fell from pitched roof of residence.
10/25/2010	Gulf-Atlantic Constructors, Inc., Gulf Breeze , FL 32563	Worker was placing highway safety barrels for a lane closure. An on-coming car swerved into the closed lane and struck him.
10/26/2010	Family Ranch, Inc. Kettleman City, CA 93239	Worker was using an auger to drive posts into the ground, when his clothing became entangled in the equipment resulting in fatal injuries.
10/26/2010	Post Buckley Schuh & Jerngan Inc., Houston, TX 77032	While walking along track, worker was struck by unmanned rail car at airport.
10/27/2010	Don Park (USA) Limited Partnership, Conley, GA 30288	While worker was attempting to guide a steel beam structure being moved by a crane and a forklift, the structure tilted and crushed worker.
10/27/2010	Notre Dame University Notre Dame, IN 46556	Worker was in a scissor lift filming a football practice when the lift tipped over. (High winds were reported.)
10/27/2010	Transportation Technology Services , Pueblo, CO 81004	Worker was caught between a powered industrial truck and a railroad car and was crushed.
10/28/2010	A&B Restoration Murfreesboro, TN 37129	Roofer fell head first from roof to concrete below.
10/28/2010	Central States Fumigation, Liberal, KS 76901	While working on the exterior of a bin deck of a grain elevator, worker fell approximately 93 feet to the ground.
10/28/2010	Strickland Lumber Company, Eufaula, AL 36027	Worker fell from lift.
10/29/2010	County of Bernalillo Sheriff's Department Albuquerque, NM 87109	Sheriff's Deputy was killed after the patrol motorcycle that he was riding was struck by a truck that crossed the median.
CATASTROPHES - MULTIPLE WORKERS HOSPITALIZED (None Reported)
10/29/2010	MPW Industrial Services, Inc., Drakesboro, KY 42337	Workers were vacuuming ash inside power plant. Ash pile became unstable and collapsed onto 3 workers, causing serious burns.