4,679 workers died on the job in 2014

10/1/2015 KY: Brandon Jermaine Mitchell struck and killed by falling tree first day on the job.

10/4/2015 IA: Matthew A. Stele killed in fall through hole in roof.

10/8/2015 LA: Samuel Brinlee, Casey Ordoyne & Jason Phillippe killed when gas pipeline exploded.

10/14/2015 FL: Donovan Thorney fatally crushed between truck and telephone pole.

10/20/2015 OH: Kevin Brandt struck and killed by steel coil being moved by overhead crane.

10/21/2015 NV: Carlos Garcia killed in fall from scaffold.

10/21/2015 OK: Victor Ramirez electrocuted when paving machine contacted power lines.

10/25/2015 MN: Alan Wakey killed in fall from truck.

10/25/2015 TX: Sergio Rodriguez struck and killed by falling hydraulic lift.

10/29/2015 OK: Charles Hinesley electrocuted when truck contacted power line.

11/02/2015 MA: Jeffrey Marhefka killed in fall from scaffold.

11/04/2015 IL: Janusz Kulik struck and killed by falling I-beam.

11/09/2015 UT: Larry Nickell killed in fall while installing solar panel.

11/12/2015 TX: Steven Reyna asphyxiated from CO2 exposure.

11/13/2015 CA: Joseph Michael Ojeda killed in natural gas explosion.

11/13/2015 OK: Roberto Garcia Ochoa killed in trench collapse.

11/16/2015 MS: Jose Marquez killed in fall from bridge.

11/19/2015 MD: Robert Mathias Sr. died from exposure to diesel additive.

11/26/2015 CO: Ronald Weisbart died after being buried under feed and hay.

"No one should have to sacrifice their life for their livelihood, because a nation built on the dignity of work must provide safe working conditions for its people."
Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez

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