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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 August 14, 2010 ) | |||
| FATALITIES | |||
| Date of Incident | Company and Location | Preliminary Description of Incident | |
| 7/1/2010 | West Texas Oilfield Trucking, Odessa, TX 79766 |
Worker was using a broom handle to push ground wire into the live wire and caused an arch electrocution. | |
| 7/12/2010 | Streb Construction Co. Inc., Iowa City, IA 52244 |
Worker run over by a dump truck while working as a laborer on a road construction project. | |
| 7/15/2010 | Georgia Power Company, Alpharetta, GA 30009 |
Worker was working from a bucket in the process of removing a utility pole. An auger was being used to widen the hole and remove the dirt. The auger hit a gas line and exploded, burning the worker. | |
| 8/5/2010 | Ward Trucking Co., LLC., West Chester, PA 19380 |
Worker was unloading a skid, lost control, fell and hit his head on the ground. | |
| 8/6/2010 | Sunstreet Mortgage, LLC., Tucson, AZ 85718 |
Worker fell and hit his head while trying to climb over a partition wall to gain entry into a locked adjoining office. | |
| 8/7/2010 | City of Wyoming Police Department, Wyoming, IL 61491 | Worker (Police Chief) involved in a motor vehicle accident with civilian driver. | |
| 8/7/2010 | Inket Fisheries, Fort Pierce, FL 39496 |
Worker was traveling in a boat and struck an intracoastal channel marker. He was ejected from the boat and struck the pylon head first. | |
| 8/8/2010 | North Central Power, Winter, WI 54862 |
Worker was repairing a 7200-volt, two-strand, electric distribution line and was electrocuted. | |
| 8/8/2010 | Ralph's Machine Shop, Delano, CA 93215 |
Worker fell through roof of his business while attempting to fix an air conditioner. | |
| 8/9/2010 | Alan Blackman, Griffin, GA 30224 |
Worker was working on a roof of a fire-damaged building. He was on a ladder and slipped, falling from the upper roof to a lower roof, then to the asphalt 20 feet below. | |
| 8/9/2010 | Bootz Industry, Evansville, IN 47712 |
Worker was operating a forklift when he hit a curb, becoming pinned under overturned forklift. | |
| 8/9/2010 | California Baptist University, Riverside, CA 92504 |
Worker killed in vehicle accident en route to Mammoth, CA. | |
| 8/9/2010 | City of Chicago Fire Department, Chicago, IL 60601 |
Worker fell from an iron rung ladder at the top of a 4-story building while carrying equipment up the ladder. | |
| 8/9/2010 | Hentges Arborist Group Inc., Fulton, MO 65251 |
Worker contacted a power line and was electrocuted. | |
| 8/9/2010 | Innovative Mattress Solutions LLC., Avon Lake, OH 44012 |
Worker was unloading mattresses and box springs and was stung by a bee. | |
| 8/9/2010 | W.F. Wilson & Sons, Inc., Laurel, MD 20723 |
Worker was struck by the counterweight and revolving superstructure of an excavator when he walked between the excavator and a hillside. | |
| 8/10/2010 | Acne Barricades, K.C., Jacksonville, FL 32221 |
Worker was underneath an attenuator truck releasing the cushing bed. He released the bed and it fell on him, crushing him. | |
| 8/10/2010 | Clarence Welti Associates, Inc., Waterbury, CT 06708 |
A drill rig lost footing and rolled down a hill, landing on the worker. | |
| 8/10/2010 | Clements Dean Building Company, LLC., Talladega, AL 35160 |
Worker was removing a roof that was under renovation and fell through a section of galvanized sheet metal, 35 feet to the concrete floor. | |
| 8/10/2010 | Village of Cowden Police Department, Cowden, IL 62422 |
Worker (police officer) died of injuries suffered after losing control of a police car which overturned during a chase, ejecting the officer. | |
| 8/11/2010 | Rocky Plumbing, Alvin, TX 77511 |
Worker was working 10 feet below street level, cleaning dirt from a newly installed culvert, when the worker fainted. | |
| 8/11/2010 | Sherwin-Williams - Store 1902, Richmond, KY 40475 |
Worker sustained fatal injuries after company truck, which worker was driving, was struck by an oncoming train. | |
| 8/11/2010 | WATCO, North Kansas City, MO 64116 |
Worker was found slumped over against building. | |
| 8/12/2010 | Burke Repo Outlet, North Webster, IN 46555 |
Worker was test-driving a cycle for a customer when he received fatal injuries from a traffic accident. | |
| 8/12/2010 | Superior Boiler Works Inc., Hutchinson, KS 67504 |
Worker was sandblasting a metal plate. The plate fell over and crushed him. | |
| 8/13/2010 | Superior Coating VL, Farmersville, TX 75442 |
Worker fell 160 feet from water tower. | |
| CATASTROPHES - MULTIPLE WORKERS HOSPITALIZED (None Reported) | |||