The 53 companies with the most fatal accidents
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Accidents were caused by a variety of incidents, ranging from explosions to workplace violence.
- By Laura Woods
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When employees report to work, they expect to clock out at the end of the day and go home to their families; unfortunately, this doesn't always happen. Rare, tragic accidents do occur on the job, costing some workers their lives.
Established in 1970, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration was formed to set and enforce safe and healthy working conditions. Since then, the lives of more than 75,000 workers have been saved and millions of injuries have been prevented. While OSHA has made workplace safety requirements more robust, it is unable to prevent every accident.
FindTheCompany, a corporate data site by Graphiq, used the most recent data available from OSHA to find the workplace incidents with the most fatalities and the companies or organizations where the accident occurred. To break ties, the data experts at FindTheCompany calculated the number of additional injuries sustained by workers. Please note this list does not include all fatalities to ever occur at a company, but rather the fatalities linked to the specific incident. OSHA data only goes back to the 1970s.
The vast majority of violations were categorized as a safety issue, but a handful fell into the health category. Accidents were caused by a variety of incidents, ranging from explosions to workplace violence.
Note: Fatality and injury counts only include employees of the individual companies or organizations.
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Fatalities: 5
Injuries: 0
Site location: Banning, CA
Dates of inspection case: 10/27/06 - 01/24/08
Accident description: Fire, Smoke
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Fatalities: 5
Injuries: 0
Site location: Channelview, TX
Dates of inspection case: 07/06/90 - 11/07/96
Accident description: Explosion, Fire
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Fatalities: 5
Injuries: 0
Site location: New York, NY
Dates of inspection case: 10/24/01 - 05/29/07
Accident description: Scaffold, Collapse
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Fatalities: 5
Injuries: 0
Site location: Piti, GU
Dates of inspection case: 05/17/05 - 12/08/05
Accident description: Water, Drown
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Fatalities: 5
Injuries: 0
Site location: Beaver, PA
Dates of inspection case: 10/10/01 - 12/26/01
Accident description: Motor vehicle accident, Construction
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Fatalities: 5
Injuries: 0
Site location: Morgan City, LA
Dates of inspection case: 03/06/07 - 05/04/07
Accident description: Natural gas, Explosion
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Fatalities: 5
Injuries: 3
Site location: Redmond, OR
Dates of inspection case: 07/22/93 - 07/26/93
Accident description: Traffic accident
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Fatalities: 5
Injuries: 4
Site location: Illiopolis, IL
Dates of inspection case: 04/24/04 - 05/19/05
Accident description: Explosion, Chemical burn
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Fatalities: 5
Injuries: 7
Site location: Vicksburg, MS
Dates of inspection case: 05/16/02 - 10/24/06
Accident description: Explosive mixing
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Fatalities: 6
Injuries: 0
Site location: Dearborn, MI
Dates of inspection case: 02/01/99 - 09/30/04
Accident description: Bioler, Explosion
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Fatalities: 6
Injuries: 1
Site location: Henderson, KY
Dates of inspection case: 06/26/08 - 08/12/08
Accident description: Gunshot, Fighting
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Fatalities: 6
Injuries: 6
Site location: San Diego, CA
Dates of inspection case: 07/10/87 - 06/10/96
Accident description: Aerial lift, Fall
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Fatalities: 6
Injuries: 10
Site location: Laughlin, NV
Dates of inspection case: 06/10/85 - 06/21/85
Accident description: Pipe, Rupture
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Fatalities: 7
Injuries: 0
Site location: New York, NY
Dates of inspection case: 12/14/95 - 05/15/00
Accident description: Workplace violence, Fire, Smoke inhalation
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Fatalities: 7
Injuries: 8
Site location: Meridian, MS
Dates of inspection case: 07/09/03 - 09/25/03
Accident description: Workplace violence
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Fatalities: 7
Injuries: 19
Site location: Norco, LA
Dates of inspection case: 05/05/88 - 08/23/94
Accident description: Refinery, Explosion
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Fatalities: 9
Injuries: 0
Site location: Beaver Township, OH
Dates of inspection case: 05/20/85 - 03/07/86
Accident description: Fireworks, Explosion
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Fatalities: 11
Injuries: 84
Site location: Texas City, TX
Dates of inspection case: 03/23/05 - 09/19/05
Accident description: Refinery, Explosion
Note: Image does not depict J. E. Merit Constructors site.
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Fatalities: 12
Injuries: 0
Site location: Channelview, TX
Dates of inspection case: 07/06/90 - 12/21/92
Accident description: Explosion, Fire
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Fatalities: 13
Injuries: 0
Site location: Glenwood Springs, CO
Dates of inspection case: 07/07/94 - 05/17/95
Accident description: Fire, Smoke
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Fatalities: 19
Injuries: 0
Site location: Yarnell, AZ
Dates of inspection case: 07/01/13 - present
Accident description: Fire, High Wind
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Fatalities: 24
Injuries: 62
Site location: Hamlet, NC
Dates of inspection case: 09/03/91 - 11/07/00
Accident description: Fire, Obstructed egress
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Fatalities: 5
Injuries: 0
Site location: Brigham City, UT
Dates of inspection case: 12/29/87 - 08/14/89
Accident description: Fire, Burn
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Fatalities: 5
Injuries: 0
Site location: Georgetown, CO
Dates of inspection case: 10/02/07 - 01/11/16
Accident description: Carbon monoxide, Toxic fumes
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Fatalities: 5
Injuries: 1
Site location: Waipahu, HI
Dates of inspection case: 04/12/11 - present
Accident description: Fireworks, Explosion
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Fatalities: 5
Injuries: 2
Site location: Kansas City, KS
Dates of inspection case: 07/06/04 - 10/01/04
Accident description: Workplace violence, Gunshot
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Fatalities: 5
Injuries: 2
Site location: Joliet, IL
Dates of inspection case: 04/22/88 - 04/12/90
Accident description: Explosion, Building collapse
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Fatalities: 5
Injuries: 3
Site location: Lodi, NJ
Dates of inspection case: 04/21/95 - 10/29/99
Accident description: Pressure release, Explosion
Note: Image does not depict Napp Technologies chemical plant.
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Fatalities: 5
Injuries: 9
Site location: Auburn, IN
Dates of inspection case: 06/28/88 - 10/12/93
Accident description: Cyanide, Confined space
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Fatalities: 5
Injuries: 13
Site location: Rio Piedras, PR
Dates of inspection case: 01/14/97 - 08/05/97
Accident description: Gas leak, Explosion
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Fatalities: 6
Injuries: 0
Site location: Kinston, NC
Dates of inspection case: 01/29/03 - 10/08/03
Accident description: Combustible dust, Explosion
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Fatalities: 6
Injuries: 0
Site location: Rio Piedras, PR
Dates of inspection case: 01/22/97 - 07/30/97
Accident description: Gas leak, Explosion
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Fatalities: 6
Injuries: 0
Site location: Daytona Beach, FL
Dates of inspection case: 12/30/14 - present
Accident description: No keywords given
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Fatalities: 6
Injuries: 0
Site location: Graniteville, SC
Dates of inspection case: 01/19/05 - 05/23/05
Accident description: Railroad car, Burn
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Fatalities: 6
Injuries: 1
Site location: New York, NY
Dates of inspection case: 03/15/08 - 12/04/13
Accident description: Tower crane, Collapse
Note: Image does not depict Joy Contractors Inc.
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Fatalities: 6
Injuries: 1
Site location: Bronx, NY
Dates of inspection case: 03/25/90 - 11/27/90
Accident description: Workplace violence, Fire
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Fatalities: 7
Injuries: 0
Site location: Honolulu, HI
Dates of inspection case: 11/05/99 - 01/05/01
Accident description: Workplace violence
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Fatalities: 7
Injuries: 11
Site location: Corbin, KY
Dates of inspection case: 02/20/03 - 05/17/06
Accident description: Explosion, Fire
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Fatalities: 8
Injuries: 0
Site location: Sterlington, LA
Dates of inspection case: 05/03/91 - 10/31/91
Accident description: Fire, Explosion
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Fatalities: 8
Injuries: 1
Site location: Crystal Springs, MS
Dates of inspection case: 02/04/86 - 03/24/86
Accident description: Gas leak, Explosion
Note: Image does not depict Watkins Furniture and Appliance Store site.
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Fatalities: 8
Injuries: 1
Site location: Charleston, SC
Dates of inspection case: 06/20/91 - 08/11/92
Accident description: Explosion, Construction
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Fatalities: 8
Injuries: 2
Site location: Houston, TX
Dates of inspection case: 12/23/96 - 11/24/98
Accident description: Pressure release
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Fatalities: 9
Injuries: 0
Site location: Menominee, MI
Dates of inspection case: 07/27/89 - 09/27/89
Accident description: Toxic atmosphere, Inhalation
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Fatalities: 9
Injuries: 0
Site location: Charleston, SC
Dates of inspection case: 06/19/07 - 03/20/13
Accident description: Firefighter, Smoke inhalation
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Fatalities: 9
Injuries: 0
Site location: Seattle, WA
Dates of inspection case: 03/27/90 - 07/31/90
Accident description: Drown, Water
Note: Image does not depict Arctic Alaska Fisheries Corporation.
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Fatalities: 9
Injuries: 2
Site location: Manchester, CT
Dates of inspection case: 08/04/10 - 12/06/10
Accident description: Workplace violence
Note: Image does not depict Hartford Distributors warehouse.
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Fatalities: 11
Injuries: 0
Site location: Bridgeport, CT
Dates of inspection case: 05/06/87 - 03/11/88
Accident description: Building collapse
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Fatalities: 12
Injuries: 2
Site location: Five Points, CA
Dates of inspection case: 08/09/99 - 03/12/09
Accident description: Traffic accident
Note: Image does not depict Green Valley Ag Inc.
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Fatalities: 12
Injuries: 15
Site location: Glenwood Springs, CO
Dates of inspection case: 12/17/85 - 03/27/86
Accident description: Gas leak, Explosion
Note: Image does not depict Rocky Mountain Natural Gas Company.
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Fatalities: 12
Injuries: 26
Site location: Port Wentworth, GA
Dates of inspection case: 02/10/08 - 05/27/11
Accident description: Agriculture, Fire, Explosion
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Fatalities: 18
Injuries: 57
Site location: Santurce, PR
Dates of inspection case: 01/08/87 - 08/12/99
Accident description: Fire, Smoke inhalation
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Fatalities: 19
Injuries: 0
Site location: Pasadena, TX
Dates of inspection case: 10/25/89 - 09/29/97
Accident description: Explosion, Fire
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Fatalities: 21
Injuries: 5
Site location: Jennings, OK
Dates of inspection case: 06/25/85 - 03/10/94
Accident description: Explosion, Fireworks
Note: Image depicts location in Pawnee County, OK.
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- By Laura Woods
When employees report to work, they expect to clock out at the end of the day and go home to their families; unfortunately, this doesn't always happen. Rare, tragic accidents do occur on the job, costing some workers their lives.
Established in 1970, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration was formed to set and enforce safe and healthy working conditions. Since then, the lives of more than 75,000 workers have been saved and millions of injuries have been prevented. While OSHA has made workplace safety requirements more robust, it is unable to prevent every accident.
FindTheCompany, a corporate data site by Graphiq, used the most recent data available from OSHA to find the workplace incidents with the most fatalities and the companies or organizations where the accident occurred. To break ties, the data experts at FindTheCompany calculated the number of additional injuries sustained by workers. Please note this list does not include all fatalities to ever occur at a company, but rather the fatalities linked to the specific incident. OSHA data only goes back to the 1970s.
The vast majority of violations were categorized as a safety issue, but a handful fell into the health category. Accidents were caused by a variety of incidents, ranging from explosions to workplace violence.
Note: Fatality and injury counts only include employees of the individual companies or organizations.
Fatalities: 24
Injuries: 62
Site location: Hamlet, NC
Dates of inspection case: 09/03/91 - 11/07/00
Accident description: Fire, Obstructed egress
Fatalities: 8
Injuries: 1
Site location: Crystal Springs, MS
Dates of inspection case: 02/04/86 - 03/24/86
Accident description: Gas leak, Explosion
Note: Image does not depict Watkins Furniture and Appliance Store site.
Fatalities: 12
Injuries: 15
Site location: Glenwood Springs, CO
Dates of inspection case: 12/17/85 - 03/27/86
Accident description: Gas leak, Explosion
Note: Image does not depict Rocky Mountain Natural Gas Company.
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