AFSCME Members Killed on the Job
Report the death of an AFSCME member killed on the job.
Name | State | Council | Local | Date of Death | Industry | Cause of Death | Description |
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Patrick Johnson | Alaska | AK - PSEA, Local 803 | Jul 01, 2014 | Violence | Sergeant Scott Johnson was shot and killed while investigating reports that a person had brandished a firearm in the village of Tanana several days earlier. | ||
Gabriel Rich | Alaska | AK - PSEA, Local 803 | Local 803 | Jun 30, 2014 | Law Enforcement | Other | Trooper Gabe Rich was shot and killed while investigating reports that a person had brandished a firearm in the village of Tanana several days earlier. |
Tage Toll | Alaska | AK - PSEA, Local 803 | Local 803 | Jun 30, 2014 | Law Enforcement | Other | Trooper Tage Toll was killed in a helicopter crash during a search and rescue mission near Talkeetna, Alaska. |
Grady Waxenfelter | Oregon | OR - Council 75 | 350 | May 29, 2014 | Transportation | Violence | As a weighmaster, Grady was shot during a spot vehicle inspection and died onscene. |
Damon Frick | California | CA - Local 3299 | 3299 | Apr 22, 2014 | Died as a result of critical injuries he sustained from a 20 foot fall. | ||
Ron Clifford | New York | NY - CSEA, Local 1000 | 1000 | Apr 22, 2014 | Health Care Workers | Heart Attack | Passed away after clearing snow at the Greene County Mental Health Building. |
Rich Capper | New York | NY - CSEA, Local 1000 | Apr 22, 2014 | Heart Attack | Died while plowing snow in the Silver Mine area of Harriman State Park. | ||
Nick Farella | New York | NY - CSEA, Local 1000 | 1000 | Apr 22, 2014 | Vehicle | Crushed when the sanitation truck he was on backed up into a telephone pole. | |
Steven Giacobello | New York | NY - CSEA, Local 1000 | 1000 | Apr 22, 2014 | Vehicle | Struck by a car while collecting recycled waste. | |
Lance Gayton | New York | NY - CSEA, Local 1000 | 1000 | Apr 22, 2014 | Machinery | Killed while trying to move a machine used to crush rocks with an excavator when it fell on him. | |
Glenn Martin | New Mexico | NM - Council 18 | 624 | May 01, 2013 | Machinery | Suffocated between a fence and a loader after his loader popped out of gear while working alone. | |
Lee Rizor | Ohio | OH - OCSEA, Local 11 | 2100 | Apr 22, 2013 | Transportation | Clearing debris from the road side and struck by a vehicle. | |
Thomas Welch | Indiana | IN - Council 962 | 725 | Apr 08, 2013 | Vehicle | Struck by a garbage truck. | |
Daniel Methven | New York | NY - CSEA, Local 1000 | 852 | Jan 12, 2013 | K-12 Schools | Vehicle | He lost control of the vehicle. |
William Lavelle | Ohio | OH - Council 8 | 1608 | Apr 11, 2012 | Other | Died of injuries from an on-the-job accident. | |
Gary Wilson | Ohio | OH - Council 8 | 759 | Mar 01, 2012 | Public Works | Chemical | Methane leak in the building where they were performing electrical repairs. |
Ken Stiver | Ohio | OH - Council 8 | 759 | Mar 01, 2012 | Public Works | Chemical | Methane leak in the building where they were performing electrical repairs. |
Barbara Ester | Arkansas | AR - Council 38 | 2899 | Jan 21, 2012 | Corrections | Violence | Was stabbed to death by an inmate while attempting to confiscate an unauthorized pair of tennis shoes. |
Gene Hern | New Mexico | NM - Council 18 | 2851 | May 18, 2011 | Trenching | Trench collapse | |
Frank Romero | New Mexico | NM - Council 18 | 2851 | May 18, 2011 | Trenching | Trench collapse | |
Michael Struck | Minnesota | MN - Council 5 | Local 28 | Mar 22, 2011 | Other | Backhoe with operator was swept into the churning Minnesota River | |
David Vogel | Colorado | CA - Council 57 | 101 | Mar 14, 2011 | Vehicle | Struck and killed by a vehicle as he performed routine street inspections | |
Billy Rhynalds | Washington | WA - Council 28 | 378 | Jan 17, 2011 | Transportation | Fall | High winds toppled a tree ヨ hitting him on the head as he put out cones to warn drivers about water over the roadway. |
Gary Chapin | Maryland | 2643 | Oct 13, 2010 | Corrections | Violence | Attack by an inmate | |
Jack Griffin | Pennsylvania | PA - Council 13 | 2116 | Oct 01, 2010 | Transportation | Vehicle | Struck by a car in a workzone. |
Name | State | Council | Local | Date of Death | Industry | Cause of Death | Description |
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Larry Hutchins | Maryland | 2091 | Oct 01, 2010 | Public Works | Violence | Shot to death by an unidentified assailant. | |
John Kelly | New York | NY - CSEA, Local 1000 | Sep 02, 2010 | Public Works | Chemical | Died while working in a manhole that was oxygen deficient. | |
Anthony Ruggiero | New York | NY - CSEA, Local 1000 | Sep 02, 2010 | Public Works | Chemical | Died while working in a manhole that was oxygen deficient. | |
Thomas Allen | Pennsylvania | 2157 | May 11, 2010 | Transportation | Vehicle | Died from injuries sustained by an automobile while working for Penn DOT on Gravel Hill Road. | |
Shawn Blubaugh | Ohio | OH - OCSEA, Local 11 | Local 11 | May 07, 2010 | Vehicle | Shawn was killed when a track hoe backed over him. | |
Jabin Lakes | Ohio | OH - Council 8 | 856 | May 07, 2010 | Confined Space | Fell into a manhole he was inspecting on Yankee Road after apparently being overcome by fumes. | |
Richard Bentel | Pennsylvania | 1816 | Apr 22, 2010 | Transportation | Vehicle | Crushed by grating equipment. | |
Rodriguez Gomez | Puerto Rico | PR - Council 95 | 3647 | Mar 23, 2010 | Violence | Attempted robbery led to a shootout that killed the park rangers serving as security guards at agency headquarters. | |
Kenneth Betancourt Camacho | Puerto Rico | PR - Council 95 | 3647 | Mar 23, 2010 | Violence | Attempted robbery led to a shootout that killed the park rangers serving as security guards at agency headquarters. | |
Neal Richards | Washington | WA - Council 28 | 1556 | Nov 19, 2009 | Other | Struck by a falling tree limb while clearing debris on the highway. | |
Theresa Foss | Delaware | 818 | Oct 02, 2009 | Fall | Fell to the ground while responding to a call about an out-of-control pit bull. | ||
Thomas Doyle | Michigan | MI - Council 25 | 1499 | Sep 03, 2009 | Transportation | Vehicle | Struck by a truck while working along the eastbound shoulder of Swan Road. |
William Hesson | Ohio | OH - OCSEA, Local 11 | Apr 29, 2009 | Corrections | Violence | Brother Hesson died after an incident with a youth. | |
Rick Zorman | WI - Council 32 | 344 | Feb 18, 2009 | Fall | Fell while replacing a light bulb on a bridge. | ||
Gennaro Montello | New York | NY - District Council 37 | 1320 | Jan 09, 2009 | Public Works | Machinery | Steel supports from a temporary conveyor belt collapsed on top of him. |
Joe Crosson, Jr. | Pennsylvania | PA - Council 13 | Local 521 | Sep 10, 2008 | Public Works | Machinery | Crushed between a trash packer and utility poles as he and his partner picked up garbage. |
Rickie Sanders | West Virginia | WV - Council 77 | 3261 | Jun 04, 2008 | Transportation | Vehicle | Mr. Sanders was killed while working on a pickup truck. The truck rolled off a ramp and onto Sanders crushing him. |
James Porter | Local 65 | Jun 04, 2008 | Transportation | Vehicle | Hit by a pickup truck while doing road maintenance on Highway 151 near Sun Prairie. | ||
John E. Doty, Sr. | New York | NY - CSEA, Local 1000 | Feb 29, 2008 | K-12 Schools | Other | Died from a head injury sustained while working for the Sullivan County BOCES. | |
Tyrone Korte | Kansas | KS - KOSE, Local 300 | Sep 11, 2007 | Transportation | Vehicle | On September 11, 2007, two construction workers in a work zone along U.S. Highway 59 were killed in a hit-and-run accident, including KDOT employee Tyrone "Ty" T. Korte, 30, of Seneca. Korte was an Engineering Technician and had worked at KDOT since Novem | |
Syndia Jean-Pierre | New York | NY - Council 1707 | 389 | Apr 18, 2007 | Violence | ||
William White | New York | NY - CSEA, Local 1000 | Feb 14, 2007 | Transportation | Heart Attack | Died from a heart attack while loading a salt truck. | |
John Hollman | New York | NY - CSEA, Local 1000 | 830 | Feb 14, 2007 | Public Works | Heart Attack | Killed by a heart attack during refuse collection. |
Michael Russo | New York | NY - CSEA, Local 1000 | 837 | Jan 31, 2007 | Fall | Killed when the bucket of his lift truck flipped when it struck a tree. | |
Ryan Thomas Brady | New York | NY - CSEA, Local 1000 | 107 | Dec 15, 2006 | Vehicle | Killed when he struck a tree in a pick-up truck. |
Name | State | Council | Local | Date of Death | Industry | Cause of Death | Description |
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Gary Crabtree | Iowa | IA - Council 61 | 2997 | Dec 14, 2006 | Vehicle | Died from injuries sustained in a work related accident. | |
Nathan Price | WI - Council 32 | Dec 12, 2006 | Other | Suffered a fatal head injury after being struck by a cable when workers tried to remove his vehicle from the ditch. | |||
Kenneth Gardner | Texas | 1624 | Dec 10, 2006 | Vehicle | Crushed to death in a rear-end collision with a grease recycling truck | ||
Michael Len | New York | NY - CSEA, Local 1000 | 5000 | Dec 07, 2006 | Other | Fell into the river while clearing debris and raising the dam gates. | |
Robert Batt | New York | NY - CSEA, Local 1000 | Jun 27, 2006 | Transportation | Vehicle | Killed while loading a piece of highway equipment into a flat bed trailer. | |
Dean Norris | New York | NY - CSEA, Local 1000 | Jun 10, 2006 | Transportation | Vehicle | Struck by a inattentive driver while flagging traffic. | |
Patrick Mapleson | New York | NY - CSEA, Local 1000 | 835 | Mar 17, 2006 | Transportation | Vehicle | Struck by a concrete truck while patching holes in a work zone. |
George Green | New York | NY - CSEA, Local 1000 | 676 | Feb 17, 2006 | Struck by a falling pine tree which crushed the cab of his truck. | ||
Linda Curtis | New York | NY - CSEA, Local 1000 | 857 | Oct 06, 2005 | Transportation | Vehicle | Struck by a privately dump truck while flagging in a work zone. |
Nicky Antico | New York | NY - District Council 37 | Local 376 | Oct 01, 2005 | Transportation | Vehicle | Hit in a work zone by a hit and run driver. |
Helen Smith | New York | NY - CSEA, Local 1000 | 862 | Sep 30, 2005 | K-12 Schools | Fall | Fell off a loading dock while disposing trash in a dumpster. |
Michael Sallee | New York | CSEA Local 1000 | Aug 28, 2005 | K-12 Schools | Electrical | Working on the wiring in the ceiling of Miller Place High School when he was electrocuted and died. | |
Eric Loiselle | New York | NY - CSEA, Local 1000 | 816 | Aug 17, 2005 | Vehicle | A tractor trailer struck his vehicle. | |
Wayne Morgan | Tennessee | 2173 | Aug 09, 2005 | Corrections | Violence | Gun shot | |
Andrew Rock | New York | 1000 | Jul 27, 2005 | Corrections | Chemical | Cardiac arrest from a bee sting. | |
John Rodriguez | New York | l000 | Jul 21, 2005 | Public Works | Fall | Fell off the back of a garbage truck. | |
Marquerite Loperfido | New York | NY - CSEA, Local 1000 | 435 | Jun 14, 2005 | Collapsed and died while performing admission interview. | ||
Michael Sanguedolce | New York | 1635 | Jan 27, 2005 | Public Works | Vehicle | Pinned beneath the recycling truck's back wheels. | |
Denis Keenan | New York | NY - CSEA, Local 1000 | 814 | Jan 26, 2005 | Other | Killed while unloading salt from the back of a snowplow. | |
Robert Krska | Ohio | OH - Council 8 | 265 | Jan 05, 2005 | Other | ||
Janis Avery | New York | NY - CSEA, Local 1000 | 855 | Dec 07, 2004 | Worker and Family Support | Vehicle | Struck by a car while on her lunch break. |
Dave Burroughs | New York | NY - CSEA, Local 1000 | 627 | Dec 01, 2004 | Corrections | Chemical | Killed in a forklift accident at the loading dock of the Faculty Student Association commissary. |
Richard Parker | New York | NY - CSEA, Local 1000 | 15 | Jun 15, 2004 | Vehicle | Seasonal employee. Killed when a road roller he was operating on a park trail tipped over. | |
Heath Van Handel | WI - Council 32 | 1218 | Apr 08, 2004 | Other | A state Department of Natural Resources plane being used to help spot grass fires crashed, killing the pilot. | ||
Brian Bergeon | Ohio | OH - Council 8 | 2351 | Feb 23, 2004 | Explosion | While trying to remove a tire from the rim, it exploded and he was struck by the tire rim. |
Name | State | Council | Local | Date of Death | Industry | Cause of Death | Description |
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Thomas Metli | South Dakota | 1025 | Feb 19, 2004 | K-12 Schools | Fall | Fell from 10-foot ladder while changing a light bulb. He suffered a head injury and died the next day. | |
Marc Gutshall | Pennsylvania | 2138 | Jan 24, 2004 | Heart Attack | Heart attack while driving a snow plow. | ||
Erlinda Ursua | Colorado | 206 UAPD | Nov 20, 2003 | Health Care Workers | Violence | Dr. Ursua was performing a physical examination of mentally ill patient and the patient murdered her. | |
Lozada Carlos | Delaware | 4 | Sep 15, 2003 | Public Works | Vehicle | Carlos was riding in the back of the twon refuse truck when an errant driver crossed inot the wrong lane and smashed into the truck. | |
Carlos Lozada, Sr | Delaware | 1303-229 | Sep 05, 2003 | Vehicle | Carlos was killed when the garbage truck he was working on, was hit by an out of control vehicle. The vehicle struck the side of the truck with enough impact to immediately deflate the tires. Carlos was thrown off the rear of the truck and suffered seve | ||
John Webb | Ohio | OCSEA Local 11 | Sep 04, 2003 | Vehicle | Was killed when his ODOT vehicle was hit by a dump truck. | ||
Allen Cappel | Ohio | OCSEA Local 11 | Sep 04, 2003 | Vehicle | Was killed when his ODOT car was hit by a dump truck. | ||
Willie Young | New York | 1000/384 | Aug 11, 2003 | K-12 Schools | Heart Attack | Found unconscious in his delivery truck after having suffered a heart attack. | |
Bonnie Cook | New York | 1000/334 | Jul 30, 2003 | Other | Died of respiratory arrest following an asthma attack in the Onondaga County Courthouse. | ||
Arthur Themm | Michigan | 92 | May 29, 2003 | Vehicle | Thrown from a bucket truck aand died of blunt force trauma. | ||
Adolfo Mendez | Delaware | 1716 | May 15, 2003 | Public Works | Heart Attack | Suffered a fatal heart attack while performing his duties for the city. | |
Alan Swires | Pennsylvania | 2133 | Feb 27, 2003 | Heart Attack | Had a heart attack while driving a truck. | ||
Stan Wiley | Texas | TX - Council 7 | 3848 | Jan 29, 2003 | Corrections | Violence | Inmate slashed Boot factory supervisor-Wiley's throat from behind. |
Joseph Finn | New York | 1000 | Jan 02, 2003 | Heart Attack | Collapsed while shoveling snow outside the workplace. Died of a heart attack. | ||
Jean-Max Auguste | New York | Oct 31, 2002 | Health Care Workers | Violence | Assaulted in a hospital ward by an agitated patient | ||
David Schrader | New York | 1000 | Oct 16, 2002 | Other | Steam line valve burst. | ||
Richard Neal | New York | 1000 | Oct 02, 2002 | Other | Killed when he lost consciousness while driving a dump truck and crashed into a tree. | ||
George Nader | New York | 1000 | Aug 09, 2002 | Heart Attack | Heart attack. | ||
James Gotthardt, Jr. | New York | 1000 | Jul 30, 2002 | Transportation | Heart Attack | Died of an heart attack outside of DOT truck. | |
James Nash | New York | 1000 | Jul 21, 2002 | Fall | Fell from ladder while working. | ||
Robert R. Zulawski | New York | 1000 | Jul 19, 2002 | K-12 Schools | Vehicle | Lost control of empty school bus and crashed. | |
Ivan Price | Pennsylvania | 2121 | May 07, 2002 | Vehicle | PennDot vehicle accident | ||
Andre Lahens | New York | NY - District Council 37 | 2507 | Apr 26, 2002 | Health Care Workers | Vehicle | Responding to a false report that a police officer had been shot was ejected from the ambulance when it was broadsided by a drunk driver. |
Robert Ressler | Michigan | MI - Council 25 | 92 | Jan 29, 2002 | Vehicle | A road grader, he was working on in the county garage ran over him and crushed him. | |
Melinda Drumm | New York | 1000 | Jan 14, 2002 | Worker and Family Support | Vehicle | Killed in a car accident while driving a county-owned vehicle. |
Name | State | Council | Local | Date of Death | Industry | Cause of Death | Description |
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Arthur Walter, Jr. | Pennsylvania | 2127 | Dec 17, 2001 | Vehicle | Vehicle collision | ||
Lowell Young | New York | NY - CSEA, Local 1000 | 834 | Oct 05, 2001 | Fall | Found at the bottom of a ravine while making evening rounds. | |
Mychal, Rev. Judge | New York | 299 | Sep 11, 2001 | Other | Attack at World Trade Center | ||
Chet Louie | New York | NY - District Council 37 | 2021 | Sep 11, 2001 | Other | Attack at World Trade Center. | |
Dorothy Temple | New York | 1000 | Sep 11, 2001 | Other | Attack at World Trade Center | ||
Harry Goody | New York | 1000 | Sep 11, 2001 | Other | Attack at World Trade Center | ||
Marian Hrycak | New York | 1000 | Sep 11, 2001 | Other | Attack at World Trade Center | ||
Florence Cohen | New York | 1000 | Sep 11, 2001 | Other | Attack at World Trade Center | ||
Yvette Anderson | New York | 1000 | Sep 11, 2001 | Other | Attack at World Trade Center | ||
Carlos Lillo | New York | NY - District Council 37 | 2507 | Sep 11, 2001 | Other | Attack at World Trade Center | |
Ricardo Quinn | New York | NY - District Council 37 | 2507 | Sep 11, 2001 | Other | Attack at World Trade Center | |
Jerry Minor | Kentucky | KY - Council 962 | 2629 | Jun 29, 2001 | Other | Struck by a tree while widening of the roadway. | |
Richard Bradley | Pennsylvania | 2143 | May 15, 2001 | Transportation | Vehicle | Struck by vehicle. | |
Michael Jablonski | Pennsylvania | 2156 | Apr 30, 2001 | Transportation | Vehicle | Struck while working. | |
Robert Townsend | Florida | 2588 | Mar 16, 2001 | Vehicle | Vehicle collision | ||
Archie Tyler | New York | NY - District Council 37 | Mar 04, 2001 | Public Works | Other | Rushing water sucked him into a drainage pipe in the Jerome Park Reservoir. | |
James Pfeiffer, Jr. | New York | NY - CSEA, Local 1000 | 805 | Dec 20, 2000 | Transportation | Vehicle | Truck he was driving was hit by another truck while he was inspecting roads. |
Frederick Sponaugle | West Virginia | WV - Council 77 | 3257 | Nov 15, 2000 | Machinery | Asphyxiation | |
Rafael Rivera | Pennsylvania | 2160 | Sep 07, 2000 | Transportation | Vehicle | Struck by work vehicle. | |
Janet Balcom | New York | 1000 | Aug 31, 2000 | Health Care Workers | Vehicle | Automobile accident while traveling to visit patient. | |
Christopher Thompson | Massachusetts | 1368 | Jul 03, 2000 | Corrections | Violence | Inmate altercation | |
Robert Wissink | Michigan | MI - Council 25 | 1063 | Jun 30, 2000 | Public Works | Vehicle | The road commission dump truck he was driving was struck by a train. |
Monte Whitt | WI - Council 32 | 1057 | May 31, 2000 | Electrical | Vehicle he was operating came in contact with live overhead power lines. | ||
Donald Murphy | Iowa | IA - Council 61 | 620 | May 16, 2000 | Public Works | Chemical | Exposed to hydrogen sulfide. |
Joseph Lohman | New York | NY - District Council 37 | May 01, 2000 | Public Works | Vehicle | Struck by a truck in a street work zone. |
Name | State | Council | Local | Date of Death | Industry | Cause of Death | Description |
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Jeffrey Parsons | Pennsylvania | 2104 | Apr 05, 2000 | Vehicle | Struck by vehicle. | ||
George Dingwall | Delaware | 1361 | Jan 28, 2000 | Vehicle | High speed pursuit | ||
Daniel Nagle | Texas | 3890 | Dec 17, 1999 | Corrections | Violence | Stabbed to death. | |
Ivan Day | Georgia | DC - Council 20 | 2091 | Dec 16, 1999 | Fall | Fall from the back of a leaf collection truck. | |
James Church | Nebraska | 251 | Nov 14, 1999 | Electrical | Electrocuted | ||
Edward Miller | New York | 1000 | Sep 01, 1999 | Vehicle | Suffered a heart while driving in a county truck. | ||
Michael Walzer | Colorado | 1902 | May 27, 1999 | Other | Suffered fatal internal injuries after being caught, beaten and crushed by boring mill. | ||
Heiland Goldsborough | Pennsylvania | PA - Council 13 | 2156 | Mar 03, 1999 | Vehicle | Collision with another vehicle. | |
Mathew Goodwin | Pennsylvania | PA - Council 13 | 2498 | Jan 29, 1999 | Corrections | Heart Attack | Heart attack |
Kevin McCarthy | New York | 1000 | Dec 22, 1998 | K-12 Schools | Infection | Died of infection contracted as a result of leg injury hanging banner at school. | |
Charles Albert | Pennsylvania | PA - Council 13 | 2944 | Oct 27, 1998 | Trenching | Trench collapsed. | |
Larry J. Douglas | New York | NY - Council 66 | 400 | Jul 31, 1998 | Public Works | Vehicle | Fell off the back of a sanitation truck. |
Rudy Waterman | Iowa | IA - Council 61 | 1127 | Jul 23, 1998 | Fall | Fell 20 feet from a utility pole when the platform that he was standing on collapsed. | |
Jon North | Michigan | 5 | Jul 22, 1998 | Explosion | Fatally scalded while working on a steam line. | ||
Thomas Hartley | Ohio | OH - Council 8 | 101 | Jul 16, 1998 | Transportation | Vehicle | Decapitated when hit by drunk driver while climbing out of manhole. |
Paul Brunsvold | Iowa | IA - Council 61 | Apr 14, 1998 | Transportation | Vehicle | Semi truck crashed into workzone. | |
Ronnie Cooper | Iowa | IA - Council 61 | Apr 14, 1998 | Transportation | Vehicle | Semi truck crashed into workzone. | |
John W. Johnson | New York | 1000 | Mar 16, 1998 | Vehicle | Piece of machinery fell from dump truck and pinned him. | ||
Patrick Ryan | Minnesota | 1623 | Jan 15, 1998 | Vehicle | State pickup truck he was driving collided with a freight train. | ||
Donald Juenemann | Minnesota | 1842 | Dec 24, 1997 | Violence | Gun shot | ||
Bruce Hanley | Delaware | 1237 | Dec 13, 1997 | Violence | Shot in the line of duty. | ||
Jeffrey Teske | Pennsylvania | 2605 | Oct 20, 1997 | Transportation | Vehicle | Struck by truck while standing near a traffic signal they were installing. | |
Dennis Miller | Pennsylvania | 2102 | Oct 13, 1997 | Transportation | Vehicle | Struck by a work vehicle while working on a milling operation. | |
Paul Butler | Illinois | IL - Council 31 | 1891 | Oct 07, 1997 | Public Works | Vehicle | Thrown from moving sanitation truck when the door flew open while rounding a corner. |
Tracy Allen Lee | New York | NY - District Council 37 | 2507 | Sep 26, 1997 | Infection | Infected with HIV on the job in June 1988. |
Name | State | Council | Local | Date of Death | Industry | Cause of Death | Description |
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Vince Matylewicz | Pennsylvania | 2147 | Sep 20, 1997 | Vehicle | Tire explosion | ||
Perry Welch | Indiana | IN - Council 962 | 1478 | Aug 14, 1997 | Public Works | Confined Space | Inflatable rubber plug that blocked wastewater blew out of a pipe. |
Sandy Hunter | Iowa | IA - Council 61 | Aug 01, 1997 | Health Care Workers | Violence | Assault | |
Michael Johnson | Maryland | MD - Council 67 | Jul 22, 1997 | Public Works | Trenching | Valve brake filling unshored trench with water. | |
Paul Smith | Maryland | MD - Council 67 | Jul 22, 1997 | Public Works | Trenching | Trench collapsed when valve failed and unshored trench filled with water. | |
James Adamsheck | WI - Council 32 | 1287 | Jun 23, 1997 | Confined Space | Unplugging a sewer drain in a confined space. | ||
Jerry Oshelm | WI - Council 32 | 1287 | Jun 23, 1997 | Confined Space | Suffocated in a confined space while trying to unplug a sewer drain. | ||
James Kapiris | West Virginia | 3975 | Apr 04, 1997 | Public Works | Machinery | Garbage truck up on lift for maintenance slid off and crushed him. | |
Randall Kacyon | Alaska | 52 | Nov 30, 1996 | Vehicle | Airplane crash | ||
Leah Miller-Rumsey | Pennsylvania | 2126 | Sep 30, 1996 | Transportation | Vehicle | Struck by a dump-truck. | |
John M. Tucker | Arkansas | AZ - Council 97 | 3195 | Aug 21, 1996 | Vehicle | Cherry picker basket in which he was working was struck by a truck. | |
Martin Grenzhauser | New York | 1000 | Aug 01, 1996 | Trenching | Drowned when 8-foot deep unshored trench collapsed. | ||
Larry Porter | Indiana | IN - Council 962 | 1489 | Jul 25, 1996 | K-12 Schools | Fall | Working on a flag pole when a gust of wind toppled the lift bucket in which he was working. |
Michael Quesenberry | Pennsylvania | 2135 | Jul 10, 1996 | Transportation | Vehicle | Struck by dump truck. | |
Daniel Van Benschoten | New York | 1000 | Jun 30, 1996 | Fall | Fell 200 feet off bridge after unhooking safety harness. | ||
Jack Sharps | West Virginia | Jun 07, 1996 | Vehicle | ||||
Harlan Kopplin | Illinois | IL - Council 31 | 1058 | Jun 05, 1996 | Fall | Fell 15 ft. from a piece of equipment used to pick up leaves. | |
Sally Harmon | WI - Council 32 | 727A | May 23, 1996 | Health Care Workers | Vehicle | Out performing home visits, when her vehicle was struck head-on by a driver who ran a stop sign. | |
Barry Courts | West Virginia | 598 | Apr 12, 1996 | Other | |||
Patricia Belich | Pennsylvania | 2105 | Mar 31, 1996 | Transportation | Vehicle | Struck by vehicle. | |
Jeffery Lynn Cox | Maryland | 1081 | Feb 23, 1996 | Vehicle | Struck by a tree he was cutting. | ||
Mike McGuire | Illinois | IL - Council 31 | 89 | Feb 14, 1996 | Transportation | Vehicle | Struck by vehicle. |
Robert Lee Gary | New York | NY - Council 66 | 264 | Feb 13, 1996 | Public Works | Vehicle | Fell from the back of a garbage truck. |
Mark A. Bretz | Hawaii | FL - AFSCME Florida | 532 | Feb 09, 1996 | Violence | Shot to death by disgruntled former co-worker, who was fired after failing drug test. | |
Joseph Belotto | Hawaii | FL - AFSCME Florida | 532 | Feb 09, 1996 | Violence | Shot to death by disgruntled former co-worker who was fired after failing drug test. |
Name | State | Council | Local | Date of Death | Industry | Cause of Death | Description |
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Kenneth A. Brunjes | Hawaii | FL - AFSCME Florida | 532 | Feb 09, 1996 | Violence | Shot to death by disgruntled former co-worker, who was fired after failing drug test. | |
Donald Leroy Moon Jr. | Hawaii | FL - AFSCME Florida | 532 | Feb 09, 1996 | Violence | Shot by former co-worker who was fired after failing a drug test. | |
Timothy Miller | Pennsylvania | 2110 | Feb 07, 1996 | Explosion | Explosive fire in maintenance garage | ||
Louis Valentino | New York | NY - District Council 37 | 508 | Feb 05, 1996 | Explosion | Auto body shop fire | |
Tammy Sperle | Michigan | MI - Council 25 | 5 | Feb 05, 1996 | Corrections | Violence | Beaten by inmate in prison store. |
Richard Dineen | New York | 1000 | Feb 01, 1996 | Transportation | Vehicle | Pinned under a grade-all. | |
Richard Boettcher | Michigan | MI - Council 25 | 1103 | Jan 31, 1996 | Public Works | Explosion | Valve burst in an underground pit while checking a water meter. |
Russell Rocker | Michigan | MI - Council 25 | 1103 | Jan 31, 1996 | Public Works | Explosion | Valve burst in underground pit while checking a water meter. |
Frederick Parker, Jr. | New York | 1000 | Jan 01, 1996 | Vehicle | DPW truck he was driving struck a propane truck. | ||
Geoffrey Constable | Ohio | OH - Council 8 | Dec 12, 1995 | Fall | Fell through a third-floor walkway in a vacant industrial building. | ||
Gerald Gornac | Pennsylvania | 2123 | Nov 15, 1995 | Heart Attack | Heart attack | ||
Edward Hughes | Pennsylvania | 2366 | Oct 22, 1995 | Heart Attack | Heart attack | ||
David Earliwine | West Virginia | Oct 06, 1995 | Vehicle | ||||
Peter Anderson | New York | 1000 | Oct 01, 1995 | Transportation | Vehicle | Van broadsided his truck. | |
James Pillatzke | South Dakota | 2488 | Sep 01, 1995 | Vehicle | Pinned under a city pickup and unable to free himself. | ||
Keith Shibes | Maryland | MD - Council 67 | 2677 | Aug 21, 1995 | Vehicle | Crushed by roller. | |
Ed LeMin | New York | 1000 | Jul 28, 1995 | Public Works | Vehicle | Slipped and fell off sanitation truck. | |
Bryant Bayne | Hawaii | Jul 22, 1995 | Vehicle | Riding in basket attached to fire rescue helicopter that crashed while searching for hikers. | |||
Tate Kahakai | Hawaii | Jul 22, 1995 | Vehicle | Helicopter crash | |||
Arthur ""Skip"" Coulter | West Virginia | Jun 09, 1995 | Vehicle | Rubber-tired roller went over cliff when he was trying to turn it around. | |||
Gary Kramer | WI - Council 32 | 2470 | Jun 06, 1995 | Transportation | Vehicle | Spraying weeds along the interstate when he was hit by a semi truck. | |
James Pickering | South Dakota | 1031 | Jun 01, 1995 | Public Works | Vehicle | Struck by garbage truck. | |
Eugene L. Waugh | New York | 1000 | May 15, 1995 | Transportation | Vehicle | Struck by a vehicle that crashed though his work zone while cutting and chipping brush. | |
Edward Cronk | New York | 1000-833 | Apr 15, 1995 | Fall | Drowned after falling into several feet of water. | ||
Charles Holmes | Pennsylvania | PA - Council 13 | Apr 11, 1995 | Transportation | Vehicle | Struck by vehicle. |
Name | State | Council | Local | Date of Death | Industry | Cause of Death | Description |
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Calvin Weakland | Pennsylvania | 3165 | Apr 01, 1995 | Transportation | Vehicle | Struck by vehicle. | |
Richard Maez | New Mexico | NM - Council 18 | 624 | Feb 08, 1995 | Public Works | Vehicle | Struck by asphalt truck while directing another vehicle. |
Kareneda Kennedy | Ohio | OH - Council 8 | 101 | Jan 27, 1995 | Public Works | Vehicle | Waste collection truck pinned her between the truck and the stairwell. |
James Chenault | New York | NY - District Council 37 | 371 | Jan 04, 1995 | Worker and Family Support | Machinery | Decapitated when elevator lurched upward with the door open. |
Steven Bramlett | Colorado | CA - Council 57 | 1684 | Dec 19, 1994 | Vehicle | Brakes failed and plunged over cliff into a river. | |
Eileen Duggan | New York | NY - District Council 37 | 372 | Nov 17, 1994 | Vehicle | Struck by vehicle. | |
Louis Perrine | Oregon | OR - Council 75 | 3361 | Nov 17, 1994 | Corrections | Vehicle | Supervising 10 inmates when a small tractor flipped over over on top of him. |
Peter Christopher | Ohio | 4 | Nov 07, 1994 | K-12 Schools | Violence | Shot by a crazed gunman who entered a school looking for the Assistant Principal. | |
Mark Carpenter | Ohio | OH - Council 8 | 3852 | Aug 25, 1994 | Transportation | Vehicle | Run over by a paving machine that had not been shut down. |
Christopher Prescott | New York | NY - District Council 37 | 2507 | Jun 17, 1994 | Vehicle | Struck by vehicle while placing an injured motorist in an ambulance. | |
Hubert A. Morrison | New York | NY - Council 66 | 663 | May 18, 1994 | Public Works | Vehicle | Struck by a sanitation truck. |
Kenneth Windows | Pennsylvania | 2609 | May 18, 1994 | Transportation | Vehicle | Struck by vehicle. | |
Richard Marderian | Colorado | 1902 | Apr 29, 1994 | Transportation | Other | Heart attack on the job. | |
Eric McGowan | Georgia | DC - Council 20 | 2091 | Mar 31, 1994 | Public Works | Vehicle | Run over by a sanitation truck. |
Pete Valdez | New Mexico | NM - Council 18 | 624 | Feb 14, 1994 | Public Works | Machinery | Crushed in sanitation truck compactor. |
Richard Herter | Illinois | IL - Council 31 | 1275 | Jan 31, 1994 | K-12 Schools | Other | Suffered an aneurism while driving a school bus. |
George Saum | Pennsylvania | PA - Council 13 | Jan 28, 1994 | Heart Attack | Heart attack | ||
Michael Piciullo | New York | NY - District Council 37 | 1320 | Dec 14, 1993 | Fall | Drowned in tank of raw sewage. | |
Jay Vance | Indiana | IN - Council 962 | 1484 | Nov 12, 1993 | Transportation | Fall | Fell from a cherry picker. |
Brian Henry | Pennsylvania | 3157 | Nov 09, 1993 | Fall | Fell into chemical tank. | ||
Rudy Guiterrez | Connecticut | CO - Council 76 | 857 | Oct 15, 1993 | Vehicle | Truck was broadsided while working on highway. | |
Ralph ""Curly"" Voss | 171 | Oct 01, 1993 | Fall | Window washer working atop a resident-hall porch fell 16 feet. | |||
Ellsworth Briscoe | Maryland | MD - Council 67 | 44 | Sep 20, 1993 | Public Works | Violence | Murdered when he stopped his city truck at a store. |
John Autuoria | Delaware | 1083 | Sep 13, 1993 | Heart Attack | Heart attack | ||
David Davies IV | Ohio | 11 | Aug 24, 1993 | Transportation | Vehicle | Struck by vehicle in work zone. |
Name | State | Council | Local | Date of Death | Industry | Cause of Death | Description |
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Ismael Villanueva | Colorado | 1902 | Aug 23, 1993 | Other | Cerebral hemorrhage | ||
Robert Sullivan | WI - Council 32 | 82 | Aug 11, 1993 | Vehicle | Traffic accident | ||
Lloyd R. Gibbs | Delaware | Jul 31, 1993 | Transportation | Vehicle | Run over by a truck. | ||
Wayne Schroeder | WI - Council 32 | 227 | Jul 27, 1993 | Vehicle | Lost control of a nine-wheel rolling machine while working on a hill. | ||
Mark Avery | Kansas | May 22, 1993 | Corrections | Violence | Beaten by inmates. | ||
Theresa Bender | WI - Council 32 | 48 | May 03, 1993 | Violence | Shot by husband along with two co-workers. | ||
Glen Lorry | WI - Council 32 | 48 | May 03, 1993 | Violence | Shot along with two co-workers by husband of co-worker. | ||
Rodney Cornell | WI - Council 32 | 48 | May 03, 1993 | Violence | Shot along with two co-workers by husband of co-worker. | ||
William Schoenberger | WI - Council 32 | Apr 22, 1993 | Vehicle | Rear-ended by a semi while protecting scene of a car fire. | |||
Robert R. Vallandingham | Ohio | 11 | Apr 15, 1993 | Corrections | Violence | Held hostage in prison uprising. | |
Nelson Foster | Ohio | OH - Council 8 | 101 | Feb 06, 1993 | Transportation | Vehicle | Stuck by vehicle. |
Shaun Casey | New York | 1000-834 | Feb 02, 1993 | Other | Collapsed while trying to be sure a burning building was vacant. | ||
Peter Lombardi | New Jersey | NJ - AFSCME New Jersey | 2928 | Jan 07, 1993 | Public Works | Fall | Fell through access doors to floor below while guiding a hoist. |
Mark A. Morgan | Pennsylvania | 338 | Jan 01, 1993 | Other | |||
Ray Thomas | Missouri | 1810 | Jan 01, 1993 | Corrections | Heart Attack | Heart attack | |
Raymond Matson | Illinois | IL - Council 31 | 2837 | Dec 30, 1992 | Machinery | Crushed by a 3-ton concrete block. | |
Scott Petteys | New York | NY - CSEA, Local 1000 | 416 | Dec 23, 1992 | Worker and Family Support | Chemical | Mesothelioma |
Walter Williams | Delaware | 1237 | Dec 18, 1992 | Violence | Shot during routine traffic violation. | ||
John J. Franklin | Missouri | 3825 | Dec 02, 1992 | Public Works | Machinery | Caught in compactor of a sanitation collection truck. | |
Camille Bailey | WI - Council 48 | 148 | Dec 01, 1992 | Violence | Shot by former boyfriend who had held other employees (AFSCME Members) hostage. | ||
Irvin Woyak | WI - Council 32 | 311 | Nov 01, 1992 | Transportation | Vehicle | Construction vehicle backed over him. | |
Nancy J. Wheeler | New York | 1000-849 | Oct 15, 1992 | Worker and Family Support | Violence | Shot by client over child support payments. | |
Phyllis Caslin | New York | 1000-849 | Oct 15, 1992 | Worker and Family Support | Violence | Shot by client over child support payments. | |
Florence A. Pike | New York | 1000-849 | Oct 15, 1992 | Worker and Family Support | Violence | Shot by client over child support payments. | |
Denise Van Amburg | New York | 1000-849 | Oct 15, 1992 | Worker and Family Support | Violence | Shot by client over child support payments. |