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 December 17, 2011)
FATALITIES
Date of Incident	Company and Location	Preliminary Description of Incident
12/02/2011	Compeq International Corp., Salt Lake City, UT 84116	Worker died after falling 12 feet from an unsecured ladder while cutting into a 5,000-gallon tank.
12/02/2011	Diversified Machinery Columbus, Columbus, GA 31904	Worker walking across the parking lot was struck and killed by a semi-truck delivering freight.
12/05/2011	Groundworks Unlimited, LLC., Savannah, GA 31411	Worker engaged in roadway patchwork was struck and killed by a motor vehicle.
12/06/2011	Silver Brook Stables, Louisville, KY 40241	Worker died after being kicked by a horse.
12/06/2011	Prudencio Pereda, Palm Springs, FL 33461	Worker died when a 3,000-pound commercial oven he was loading fell off the manual forklift, crushing him.
12/07/2011	Road Safe Traffic Systems, Naples, FL 33412	Worker picking up road barricades while riding on the back bumper of a company truck died from head injuries when he fell off.
12/08/2011	The Davey Tree Expert Company, Pratville, AL 36067	Worker was trimming around power lines when he was struck and killed by a falling limb.
12/09/2011	Kraft Foods North America, Farmington Hills, MI 48335	Worker's head was crushed between the rear of a trailer and a warehouse door.
12/09/2011	Precision Facilities Corporation, West Point, NY 10996	Worker suffered fatal injuries after falling off a ladder, hitting his head on concrete.
12/09/2011	United Commercial Cast Stone, Denton, TX 76208	Worker operating a forklift that became stuck in a muddy pothole was killed when the unbalanced forklift tipped over onto him after he attempted to jump from vehicle.
12/09/2011	Action Electric Co., Inc., Smyrna, GA 30080	Worker installing a cooling fan died when the fan fell, pinning him underneath it.
12/09/2011	VPP Group, LLC., Norwalk, WI 54648	Worker removing a water line on a kill floor was electrocuted after touching energized parts.
12/10/2011	Deer Country Farm & Lawn Equipment, Inc., Mohnton, PA 19540	Worker disassembling the head piece of a forage harvester was killed when the machine tipped over, crushing him.
12/10/2011	Highlands Drilling, LLC., Wellsboro, PA 16901	Worker walking alongside a forklift was run over and killed when he fell, landing in front of the forklift's rear tire.
12/12/2011	Reillys Tree Cutting Service, Deerfield Beach, FL 33441	Worker trimming trees was electrocuted after contacting a high voltage line.
12/12/2011	BJ's Wholesale Club, Avon, OH 44011	Worker was found slumped over a guardrail.
12/12/2011	Quality Scapes, Inc., Streamwood, IL 60107	Worker was crushed by an auger inside a salt truck.
12/13/2011	Enerfab, Inc., Arcadia, FL 34266	Worker performing welding tasks inside a steel tank was killed when he fell 55 feet from scaffolding.
12/13/2011	Pulverdryer USA, Springfield, MI 49037	Worker was electrocuted after touching a 480-volt plug.
12/13/2011	Hampton Lumber Mills - Washington, Morton, WA 98356	Worker was found crushed on a conveyor belt.
12/13/2011	Aerospace Fabrications of Georgia, Inc., Dallas, GA 30132	Worker handling an abrasive waterjet machine died from injuries when a high pressure water line coupling failed, causing the water to hit the worker in the chest.
12/14/2011	Conway Auto Service, LLP., La Crosse, WI 54601	Worker was working on a vehicle that fell from the hydraulic in ground two post lift.
CATASTROPHES
12/01/2011	ArcelorMittal, Coatesville, PA 19320	Four workers were hospitalized with burns after molten steel melted through a hydraulic fluid line, causing the line to explode.