Tuesday, June 09, 2015

The Weekly Toll: Death in the American Workplace

Going to work should not be a grave mistake. USMWF has a goal to bring awareness to the fact that worker's die on the job every single day in America. If we can help you in any way, please let us know.

May 18, 2015 - Spokane Valley, WA - Doug Pinyerd of Post Falls, ID was working in Washington state when he suddenly died of natural causes. He was getting his paperwork ready for the day when he collapsed and looked like he was having a seizure. He was employed by Viking Builders LLC.

May 25, 2015 - Spokane, WA - 38 year old Dr. Christopher David Vernon of Greenacres had just arrived at Sacred Heart Hospital to begin his shift. While walking to the nurse's station he collapsed. It was determined that he died of a heart attack. He was employed by Spokane Critical Care Associates.

May 27, 2015 - Lynnwood, WA - Michael Ryman, "Big Mike", was a service technician for Frontier Communications Northwest, Inc. when he was found unresponsive in his office. It was determined he died of natural cause/vascular issues.

May 29, 2015 - Coupeville, WA - Andre Hendricks was a food prep worker for Senior Services of Island County. He was in the kitchen preparing meals for "Meals on Wheels" where he collapsed and was found on the floor by his supervisor. He died at the scene of a heart attack. 

June 1, 2015 - Kennewick, WA - Luis Ramos died on the job of a brain aneurysm which caused him to fall from a height. He was working for Finley Cherries, LLC.


June 2, 2015 - Salem, OR - 55 year old William Hatch III was a highway worker inside a construction zone when he was struck by an impaired driver in the work zone. Hatch was standing by a grinding machine when the driver struck the corner of the machine. He was employed by Salem Road and Driveway.



June 2, 2015 - Old Town, ME - 54 year old Mark Allen Guay of Norridgewock was preparing his chip trailer to be unloaded when he climbed up onto his trailer, lost his balance and fell about 25 feet to the bottom of a chip machine’s hopper. He was at the Expera mill in Old Town and an employee of Richard Carrier Trucking.



June 3, 2015 - Hibbing, MN - 22 year old Patrick D. "Pat" Ryan died after being pinned by a piece of foundry machinery causing traumatic cardiac arrest. He was injured on May 26 and died in the hospital. He was an employee for Cast Corporation.



June 3, 2015 - Tobbyhanna, PA - 54 year old Alfredo Telemaco of Mount Hope Bronx, NY was driving a tour bus carrying Italian tourists near the Pocono Region of Pennsylvania when for an unknown reason the bus veered across a grassy median and crashed into the side of a semi truck's trailer. Two passengers also died in the crash. The bus was owned by Academy Bus.


June 3, 2015 - Seabeck, WA - Gary Michaels was an owner of Michaels & Michaels Tile and was working on a construction site when he collapsed on the site due to a natural caused heart attack.

June 4, 2015 - Orondo, WA - 49 year old Silvestre Avila of East Wenatchee was the owner of Green Land Maintenance and was operating a commercial mower near a river bank. The bank gave way and the mower rolled over, crushing him.

June 4, 2015 - Boardman, OH - 48 year old Alfredo Bliss of Fowler was killed on the job after a truck he was working under fell onto him. He was working under a pickup truck to disconnect the linkage so the truck could be moved. He was an employee for Crump's Towing.

June 5, 2015 - Rush Springs, OK - 47 year old Gordon Ray Pipkin was an Oklahoma Department of Transportation employee who was working with a maintenance crew on Highway 91, near Rush Springs. He was killed on the job when he was struck by a motorist in the work zone. It is not clear what caused the motorist to veer into Pipkin.
was working underneath a pickup truck to disconnect the linkage so the truck could be moved - See more at: http://www.vindy.com/news/2015/jun/05/osha-probes-death-employee-boardman-business/#sthash.drYM2oZ5.dpuf
was working underneath a pickup truck to disconnect the linkage so the truck could be moved - See more at: http://www.vindy.com/news/2015/jun/05/osha-probes-death-employee-boardman-business/#sthash.drYM2oZ5.dpuf

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