Welcome to CPR's first- and only-of-its-kind Crimes Against Workers Database. Here you’ll find detailed information about state criminal cases and grassroots advocacy campaigns against employers responsible for crimes against workers – leaving them dead, maimed, seriously injured or sick, or robbing them of some or all of their paychecks. You'll also find links to Google Drive folders with source materials. Search using the tools below.
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Fall | California | January 16, 2008
Antonio Martinez died when he fell from a 38 feet high apartment building roof where he was working without a harness. Evidence presented to the Grand Jury showed there were no safety measures in place at the worksite, according to news sources.
Wage Theft | California | January 1, 2007
According to the criminal complaint (available in the Google Drive folder accessible below), Florinda Yambao, owner of Florin White Dove Care Homes, committed a series of criminal offenses and other offenses at various times between January 1, 2007 and September 15, 2014. Yambao was indicted for the commission of wage theft offenses under the criminal […]
Trench Collapse | Michigan | April 23, 2006
Worker killed in trench collapse. The company owner, Aldo Magnante, was operating a backhoe and directing the work activities relating to the excavation work to construct a new sewer line. Two workers were laying pipe within an excavation that measures rougly 8 feet deep by 4.5 feet wide; the sides were nearly vertical. The excavated […]
Fire/ Explosion | California | November 9, 2004
During the installation of a water-district main for the East Bay Municipal Utility District, a backhoe operator with Mountain Cascade punctured a high-pressure pipeline owned by Kinder Morgan. The puncture caused an explosion, killing five workers and seriously injuring four others. Cal/OSHA found that Kinder Morgan had failed to mark a bend in the Walnut […]
Trench Collapse | New York | December 15, 2003
Pavia and Paci were installing a sewer pipe inside a 12-15 ft deep trench when it collapsed and they were killed. Kenneth Formica, a partner in Formica Construction Corp. and a licensed contractor with 30 years of experience, was supervising the work. Formica ignored regulations on shoring trenches and directed the two workers to work […]
Electrocution | Michigan | November 6, 2002
Green was electrocuted when operating a machine used to pound guard rail posts into the ground along M-65. When Green was standing alongside the machine, the boom truck moved forward bringing the machine into contact with an energized overhead line and electrocuting Green. MIOSHA’s inspection revealed that Green had experienced a similar event in Sept. […]
Wall/Building Collapse | New York | May 16, 2002
One worker was killed and four others were hospitalized with concussions when a building collapsed on the Upper East Side during construction of an additional floor and restaurant. OSHA's inspection found that twelve inch cinderblocks were being hoisted from the ground and stacked on the fifth floor. Three employees were on the second floor working. […]
Chemical Exposure | Arizona | October 24, 2001
Gamble and Lanser died from acute hydrogen sulfide gas poisoning while working in an underground sewage tank. They lost consciousness because of the exposure and drowned in the sewage. Connie Charles directed Gamble to enter the tank and unplug the gravity line once it filled up halfway with sewage because she was concerned the lift […]
Fall | New York | October 24, 2001
5 immigrant workers killed, and 4 other workers seriously injured in scaffolding collapse. The scaffolding was 130 ft high and designed and built by the owner, Phillip Minucci. Minucci ignored city building codes that required any scaffolding over 75 ft high to be designed and built by a licensed architect and engineer.