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, and amendments to citations, go to the OSHA Inspection Information Search webpage and search the inspection number(s).

Fatality Investigations 2025

Number Description Inspection Number
1 Crushed 1801886
2 Deflagration 1804040
3 Crushed 1804726
4 Fall 1810671
5 Crushed 1823895
6 Crushed 1824196
7 Struck by 1828897
8 Fall 1829632
9 Heat stress 1832992
10 Fall 1834154
11 Struck by 1834750
12 Struck by 1837629
13 Crushed by 1845143
14 Drowning 1847360
15 Crushed by 1851696
16 Fall 1853592
33 Struck by 1855302
35 Fall 1856861
36 Caught in 1857003
39 Crushed by 1863700
40 Fall 1863383

 

Fatality Investigation Archive 2021-2024

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
17 Trench cave-in 1771062
18 Crushed/Caught in 1772223
19 Crushed/Caught in 1776739
20 Crushed 1777677
21 Struck by 1778154
22 Fall 1780047
23 Struck by 1785411
24 Crushed by 1787536
25 Crushed 1787855
26 Crushed 1795734
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
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
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

For more information, contact TOSHA.