Work Related Fatality Investigation Archive

Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration (TOSHA)

The following lists contain links to brief narratives for each work-related fatality investigated by TOSHA. They are listed in chronological order by date of occurrence.

For additional information such as employer name, address, scope of inspection, union affiliation, number of employees, NAICS code, amendments to citations, etc. go to the following link and search the inspection number(s).

https://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/InspectionNr.html

 

Fatality Investigation Archive 2020-2024

Work-Related Fatality Investigations 2024
Number  Description Inspection Number
1 Fall through skylight 1721951
2 Struck by forklift 1726215
3 Caught in forklift 1736779
4 Struck by tree 1739406
5 Slip on wet floor 1745860
6 Struck by bus 1748341
7 Fall from vehicle 1748083
8 Struck by alloy chain sling 1749105
9 Explosion/burn 1751638
10 Fall 1752671
11 Struck by vehicle 1757132
12 Crushed by equipment 1757669
13 Fall from loading dock 1761709
14 Electrocution 1763555
15 Struck by tree 1764554
16 Crushed by trailer 1769429
18 Crushed/Caught in 1772223
19 Crushed/Caught in 1776739
20 Crushed 1777677
Work-Related Fatality Investigations 2023
Number Description Inspection Number
1 Fall through skylight 1641715
2 Struck by wood panel 1648501
3 Struck by chipper truck 1656945
4 Crushed by elevator mechanism 1657666
5 Struck by garbage truck 1660587
6 Overturned vehicle 1665536
7 Struck by saw blades 1667775
8 Fall through skylight 1668035
9 Thrown from motorcycle 1668457
10 Struck by dumpster 1668340
11 Crushed by landscaping blocks 1670069
12 Crushed inside concrete manhole 1671601
13 Struck by bumper jack hook 1672738
14 Workplace violence 1674337
15 Fall through skylight 1675158
16 Smoke inhalation 1676429
17 Thrown from bucket 1676283
18 Fall from roof 1677565
19 Fall from tobacco barrels 1679535
20 Crushed between parts of ride 1681434
21 Crushed by cave-in 1682055
22 Mower rollover 1686168
23 Stung by wasp 1682697
24 Stung by hornets 1683499
25 Struck by building collapse 1687413
26 Struck by forklift 1684364
27 CO exposure 1688101
28 UTV rollover 1692768
29 Heat exhaustion 1694161
30 Heat exhaustion 1694606
31 Fall from ladder 1696251
32 Crushed by wood pack 1696239
33 Fall from balcony 1696801
34 Mower rollover 1698362
35 Fall from roof 1700418
36 Overturned compactor 1701031
37 Fall from roof deck 1703349
38 Workplace violence 1707386
39 COVID-19 1707309
40 Struck by dolly 1713378
41 Struck by tree 1716116
42 Embolism 1717461
43 Fall from roof 1716690
44 Fall from rafters 1718518
45 Slip-trip-fall 1733319
Work Related Fatality Investigations 2022
Number Description Inspection Number
1 Fire-Burn 1567369
2 Slip/Trip/Fall 1572028
3 Fall from roof 1579645
4 Slip/Trip/Fall 1577011
5 Fall from order picker 1575504
6 Struck By Vehicle 1579373
7 Struck by Vehicle 1576344
8 Slip/Trip/Fall 1579387
9 Overturned Vehicle 1579237
10 Crushed by arm of loader 1580400
11 Struck By Bulldozer 1581821
12 Overturned Vehicle 1586861
13 Struck By Loader 1590123
14 Slip/Trip/Fall 1591564
15 Fall from roof 1594745
16 Struck by concrete forms 1602868
17 Fall from equipment 1604846
18 Electrocution 1606779
19 Electrocution 1638921
20 Overturned Equipment 1610411
21 Electrocution 1615803
22 Workplace Violence 1618374
23 Struck By forklift 1622152
24 Fall 1622756
25 Fall from scaffold 1625611
26 Struck By Vehicle 1626203
27 Struck By Bulldozer 1625931
28 Fall from ladder 1629501
29 Fall from ladder 1630453
30 Workplace Violence 1637058
32 Electrocution 1641355
33 Fall from concrete platform 169005
34 Struck By Trailer 1640565
Work Related Fatality Investigations 2021
Count* Description Inspection Number    
1 Covid-19 1508853    
2 Struck by tree limb
1511077    
3 Covid-19 1511886    
4 Covid-19 1512253    
5 Struck by 1513692    
6 Covid-19 1513771    
7 Covid-19 1514812    
8 Fall through roof 1516301    
9 Struck by 1518649    
10 Crushed by
1520198    
11 Struck by vehicle 1521184    
12 Electrocution 1521923    
13 Fall from scaffold 1522606    
14 Struck by 1525401    
15 Fall from ladder 1525984    
16 Struck by 1527789    
17 Fall 1530439    
18 Covid-19 1532595    
19 Covid-19 1535328    
20 Inhalation 1537464    
21 Fall 1537769    
22 Fall 1540822    
23 Covid-19 1543068    
24 Covid-19 1544443    
25 Covid-19 1544448    
26 Crushed 1545152    
27 Fall from ladder 1547079    
28 Fall 1548417    
29 Covid-19 1549571    
30 Covid-19 1549737    
31 Fall 1550204    
32 Covid-19 1550282    
33 Struck by 1550303    
34 Crushed by 1550391    
35 Covid-19 1550966    
36 Covid-19 1550996    
37 Covid-19 1551384    
38 Covid-19 1551520    
39 Covid-19 1551575    
40 Covid-19 1552600    
41 Fall 1554214    
42 Electrocution 1555603    
43 Covid-19 1555862    
44 Covid-19 1557129    
45 Covid-19 1557151    
46 Electrocution 1557229    
47 Struck by 1557275    
48 Covid-19 1558820    
49 Covid-19 1558861    
50 Struck by a tree 1560455    
51 Fall 1561370    
52 Crushed by 1564415    
53 Covid-19 1565426    
54 Crushed in machine 1566355    
55 Covid-19 1567353    
56 Covid-19 157300    

*Numbering as of 6/13/2022

Work-Related Fatality Investigations 2020
Number Description Inspection Number
1 Struck by trailer across arm 1466931
2 Crushed by building 1467240
3 Crushed by equipment 1468412
4 Chemical exposure 1470223
5 Electrocution 1471620
6 Fall through skylight 1472242
7 Workplace violence 1472512
8 Crushed by silo 1474222
9 Struck by vehicle 1474882
10 Chemical exposure 1476489
11 Exposure to chemicals 1476739
12 Struck by tire mold 1480490
13 Electrocution 1479620
14 Fall from scaffold 1480705
15 Electrocution 1481193
16 COVID 1511364
17 COVID-19 1482454
18 COVID-19 1486957
19 Crushed by mobile home 1485553
20 COVID-19 1486739
21 Crushed by concrete panel 1486686
22 Thrown from a concrete truck 1487282
23 Crushed by rotating machine 1488100
24 Struck by vehicle 1486741
25 COVID-19 1488196
26 Fall from elevation 1455880
27 Fall from ladder 1489679
28 Struck by vehicle 1490030
29 Electrocution 1489625
30 Electric shock 1491516
31 COVID 1492086
32 Workplace violence 1493606
33 Struck by a tree 1495881
34 COVID 1495394
35 Electrocution 1495774
36 Electrocution 1496921
37 Struck by winch rope 1499982
38 COVID-19 1501037
39 Fall from elevation 1500974
40 Electrocution 1502600
41 Fall from elevation 1503330
42 Struck by a vehicle 1503288
43 COVID-19 1504219
44 Struck by concrete truck boom 1506283
45 Fall from ladder 1506332
46 Struck by road grader 1507304
47 COVID-19 1508020
48 COVID-19 1507342
49 Struck by a vehicle 1508175
50 COVID-19 1507615
51 COVID-19 1500732
For more information, contact TOSHA.