| Weekly Summary (Federal and State data tabulated week ending August 6, 2011) | |||
| FATALITIES | |||
| Date of Incident | Company and Location | Preliminary Description of Incident | |
| Truck driver ejected and crushed by truck that flipped over after losing control while making a turn on restricted airport roadway. | |||
| Worker restoring power to a business was electrocuted while working on a public utility pole. | |||
| 7/6/2011 | Marys Tree Service & Landscaping, Lahaina, HI 96761 | Tree trimmer fell nearly 50 feet when his safety belt broke while trimming coconut fronds. | |
| Worker performing landscaping around a swimming pool drowned after falling in. | |||
| Worker died from head trauma after falling off a trash truck and hitting the ground. | |||
| Worker died after falling from a ladder while removing wood from the second floor window. | |||
| Employee was working outside during road construction and became ill due to the heat. Employee was taken to the hospital and was in a medically induced coma for 5 days, then died on 7/28/11. | |||
| Worker died from possible electric shock. | |||
| Worker died when he fell 25 feet from a ladder after receiving an electric shock while cutting branches that contacted an electrical line. | |||
| Worker replacing the seal on a piece of equipment was killed when part of the equipment struck him in the head. | |||
| Scott Gochnauer Inc. dba Gochnauer Mechanical, Hilton Head Island, SC 29928 | Worker died when he fell 11 feet through a ceiling opening while repairing an air conditioning unit. | ||
| Worker was found dead. Cause of death unknown. | |||
| Worker was killed after falling more than 50 feet through a roof while carrying roofing materials. | |||
| Worker died after falling from a ladder while removing paint. | |||
| Worker was killed after he was run over by a bulldozer at a gas well site. | |||
| Worker was killed after being caught between a rope and a five-inch rubber hose. | |||
| Worker testing a battery used for power drilling tools in oil fields died after the battery exploded. | |||
Source: www.osha.gov
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