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LUIS MORALES
Construction worker
ON THE JOB
FATALITIES
IN OREGON
IN 2015
TERALYN MORGAN
School bus driver
JOHN MORRILL
Farmer
RICHARD ABEL
Watchman
SHAWN NEWELL
Apartment manager
LENARD ABERCOMBIE
Mechanic
JOSE OLMEDO-ZARAGOZA
Ag equipment operator
DEANNA ANDERSON
Bucker
EVERETT PALMER
Dump truck driver
ANTONIO AVALOS
Rolling stock operator
BRADY PICKLE
Truck driver
JESSE BASTIEN
Delivery truck driver
CHRISTOPHER PIERSON
Crane operator
LAYNE BATTENFIELD
Highway construction supervisor
STEVE PRESTON
Tank operator
WESLEY BAUMEISTER
Garbage truck driver
MICHAEL BENTZ
Rancher
DONALD BIDWELL
Truck driver
LEE BRYANT
General contractor
DARRELL CARMICHAEL
Chaser
SAMUEL CATES
Logging equipment operator
GICU COSTIAN
Truck driver
GIL DATAN
Deputy sheriff
Workers Memorial Day, April 28, 2016
NEAL REAU
Computer technician
MICHAEL DENMAN
Delivery truck driver
WILLIAM HERNANDEZ
Truck driver
DONALD ROBERTS
Rigging crew
CRAIG DESMARAIS
Restaurant owner
KATHERINE JONES
Truck driver
HARVEY STICKLER
Farmer
ANTHONY GALLERANI
Helicopter flight instructor
MARTIN KOCH
Log truck driver
EUGENE STILL
Farmer
DALE GREGORY
Millwright
ANDREW LAMBERT
Truck driver
MASON TAGEN
Rigging crew
JOSÉ GUTIERREZ
Service installation technician
AUSTIN LEE
Tank operator
GLENN YOST
Truck driver
29 others died on the job from a heart
attack, stroke or natural causes
WILLIAM HATCH
Groundman
LAWRENCE LEVINE
Associate English professor
(Names on this fatality list are compiled from
Oregon-OSHA reports, workers’ compensation
data, and newspaper reports.)