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 24, 2011)
FATALITIES
Date of Incident	Company and Location	Preliminary Description of Incident
11/22/2011	Paramount Pictures, New Orleans, LA 70129	Worker died of head injuries when he fell out of a scissor lift that tipped over.
11/28/2011	Ethical Exteriors, Ann Arbor, MI 48198	Worker died after falling nearly 50 feet from a ladder.
12/02/2011	Carlos & Carla LLC., Grand Prairie, TX 75050	Worker using a 40-foot ladder to hang Christmas lights was electrocuted when the ladder touched an overhead power line.
12/6/2011	Four Leaf Construction, Palo Alto, CA 94301	Worker fell in an elevator shaft.
12/8/2011	Best Way Transport Inc., Cayey, PR 00736	Worker was crushed between a trailer and a door.
12/12/2011	Andy on Call, Plano, TX 75074	Worker died when he fell from a ladder.
12/13/2011	K & Y Designs, Inc., Schaumburg, IL 60195	Worker installing graphic decals died after falling more than 11 feet.
12/13/2011	The Pruner Tree Services, Fort Collins, CO 80525	Worker was killed after being struck by a fallen tree branch while performing tree trimming activities.
12/14/2011	Premium Roofing Systems, LLC., Houston, TX 77040	Worker repairing a roof died after falling 25 feet through the roof to the concrete floor.
12/14/2011	Roofing Louisiana General Contractors, Lafayette, LA 70508	Worker installing shingles on a roof died when he fell nearly 20 feet to the ground.
12/14/2011	Young & Rubicam, New York, NY 10017	Worker was crushed between the passenger elevator car and the shaft wall.
12/15/2011	Reynolds Transportation, Inc., Cameron, TX 76520	Worker died after being struck and dragged 400 ft by a tractor trailer while walking in a parking lot during heavy rain.
12/16/2011	Airserv Corporation, Union, NJ 07083	Worker was struck and killed by a bus.
12/16/2011	Frank Carradero, dba Frankie Tier Center, Humacao, PR 00791	Worker adding air to a tire was killed when it exploded, propelling him through the building's roof.
12/17/2011	Heritage Waste Technologies Industries, East Liverpool, OH 43920	One worker died, another was seriously burned after handling nonferrous metal material.
12/19/2011	Wolf Tree Inc., Unicoi, TN 37692	Worker trimming trees alongside the road was struck and killed by a passing car.
12/19/2011	Allen Enterprises & Recycling, LLC., Connellsville, PA 15425	Worker was crushed by two 1,100-lb. bales of recycled paper that collapsed on top of him.
12/20/2011	Rumpke of Ohio, Inc., Dayton, OH 45402	Worker sweeping up pieces of paper was killed when six bales of paper fell on him.
12/20/2011	Mead Brothers Excavating, Ann Arbor, MI 48104	Worker was crushed beneath a hydraulic excavator.
12/21/2011	Silgan Plastics Corporation, Langhorne, PA 19047	Worker was struck and killed by the cab of a tractor trailer truck that was being moved.
CATASTROPHES (None Reported)