OSHIT
OSHIT is an occupational safety and health podcast where hosts, Ella and Kat, tell you about serious occupational safety and health incidents.
Episodes
Crushed-by: Gm Logistics
Welcome to Episode 34 of OSHIT where we discuss the loss of Mr. Paul Blas through a forklift crush that took place during a bus moving event by GM Logistics in Barragada, Guam. This podcast is dedicated to the victims, their families, and t…
Update - Caught-In: Vorteq Coil Finishers, LLC
Welcome to episode 33 of OSHIT where Kat and Ella had the honor of sitting down with Mrs. Jen Reyes, the incredible wife of Mr. Joe Reyes. Joe’s fatality case was covered on episode 15 “Caught-In: Vorteq Coil Finishers, LLC.” originally rel…
Explosion: Us Ecology Idaho, Inc.
Welcome to Episode 32 of OSHIT, Explosion: Us Ecology Idaho, Inc. where Ella and Kat discuss the explosion at US Ecology’s Boise, Idaho plant that resulted in the fatality of Alex Green and the hospitalization of 3 others. This podcast is i…
Chemical Overexposure: Rivera Power Washing Llc.
Welcome to episode 31 of OSHIT where Kat talks about the tragic loss of Jjesti Jossue Sanchez-Lara, a beloved father, son, brother, and so much more. This episode discusses the atmospheric hazards that can arise from manure pits, for more i…
Caught- In: Surgical Appliance Industries, Inc.
Welcome to episode 30 of OSHIT where Kat and Ella discuss the loss of Carolyn Joyce Brooks while operating a drill press at Surgical Appliance Industries, Inc in January, 2022. This episode is dedicated to Mrs. Brooks, her loved ones, and t…
Chemical Exposure: Federal Bureau of Prisons
Welcome to Episode 29 of OSHIT where Kat and Ella discuss the story of Supervisory Correctional Systems Specialist Marc Fischer who died after encountering mail laced narcotics in the mail room at USP Atwater in California. This episode is …
Drowning: Bureau of Land Management
Welcome to episode 28 of OSHIT, where Kat and Ella tell the story of 25 year-old Brooke Schryver who lost her life in a drowning incident on May 29, 2022 off the Lost Coast Trail in California. This episode is dedicated to Brooke, her famil…
Struck-By: Flack Farms
Welcome to episode 27 of OSHIT where Ella talks about the death of Flor Lopez, a 28-year old working at Flack Farms during the summer of 2024. The sources used during this episode can be found below. https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/establish…
Electrocution: Hranec Corporation
Welcome to OSHIT Episode 26: Electrocution - Hranec Corporation. Today’s episode will discuss the electrocution of Mr. Jimmy McGalla while changing out the compressor of an HVAC unit. This episode is dedicated to Mr. Jimmy McGalla, his wife…
Collapse: Tropicana Garage, Multiple Employers
Welcome to episode 25 of OSHIT where Kat and Ella break down the Tropicana Casino Resort parking garage collapse, where the lives of Michael Wittland, Scott Pietrosante, Robert Tartaglio Jr., and James P. Bigelow were lost. This episode is…
Heat Illness: Farm Workers
Welcome to Episode 24 of OSHIT where Kat and Ella talk about Heat Illness which resulted in the deaths of Victor Hernandez, 28, Dario Mendoza, 26, Efrain Lopez Garcia, 29, an unnamed male, and many, many others. This episode is dedicated to…
Workplace Violence: Walmart, Inc.
Welcome to Episode 23 of OSHIT where Kat and Ella tell the story of 18-year-old Jason Javari “Lil man” Jenkins who was murdered during his shift at Walmart in Rockford, Illinois on March 24, 2024. This episode is dedicated to Jason and his …
Struck-By: Hat Creek Express
Welcome to Episode 22 of OSHIT where Ella tells the story of the death of an employee of Hat Creek Express in Nebraska on March 5, 2024. This episode is dedicated to the victim, his loved ones, and to preventing loss of life due to forklift…
Caught-In : Piedmont Airlines, Inc.
Welcome to Episode 21 of OSHIT where Ella tells the tragic story of Courtney Edwards, a 33-year old mother of three who lost her life while working for Piedmont Airlines, Inc. at the Montgomery Regional Airport in Alabama in 2022. This epis…
Engulfment/Explosion: Didion Milling, Inc.
Welcome to Episode 20 of OSHIT where Ella tells the stories Randal (Randy) Rote, Duelle Block, Robert Goodenow, Pawel Tordoff, Angel Reyes, and Carlos “Charly” Nunez. These employees lost their lives while working for Didion Milling Inc. in…
Engulfment: Seaboard Foods LLC
Welcome to Episode 19 of OSHIT where Ella tells the story of Jesse West. A 29-year-old father, husband, and Veteran who lost his life working in a rail car for Seaboard Foods LLC in August of 2022. This episode is dedicated to his family an…
Update - Workplace Violence: Elara Caring
Hi, everyone! We are popping into your feed to give you a quick update on a case we covered in October of 2024. The individual charged in the murder of nurse, mother, grandmother, and beloved wife Joyce Grayson has pled not guilty to the ch…
Fall: Jons Tree Service, LLC
Welcome to Episode 18 of OSHIT where Kat tells you the story of Joshua Westmoreland. A 27-year old who was killed while working for Jons Tree Service, LLC in Birmingham Alabama in the summer of 2022 when he fell through a skylight on a comm…
Crushed-by: Odd Jobs
Welcome to OSHIT-Episode 17, Crushed-by: Odd Jobs Today’s story is about Mr. Singh Athwal, a 64-year-old worker who was crushed by a garage wall during demolition. Today’s story also crosses the Atlantic Ocean over and takes place in Winch…
Confined Space: Sun Chemical Corporation
Welcome to Episode 16 of OSHIT, where Kat and Ella discuss the tragic deaths of Robert Isaac and A.D. Barnes at different locations of Sun Chemical Corporation in November 2015 and November 2011, respectively. This episode is dedicated to t…
Caught-In: Vorteq Coil Finishers, LLC
Welcome to Episode 15 of OSHIT, where Kat and Ella discuss the tragic and preventable death of Joseph “Joe” Reyes when he was pulled into a machine with rotating rollers at Vorteq Coil Finishers, LLC in Valencia, PA. This episode is dedicat…
Chemical Overexposure: Hustler Collection
Welcome to Episode 14 of OSHIT, where Kat and Ella discuss the tragic and preventable death of Mina Elsaid due to an overexposure to carbon monoxide in the warehouse where she worked on December 30, 2023. This story is dedicated to Mina and…
Electrocution: Duke Energy
Welcome to Episode 13 of OSHIT where Ella and Kat discuss the electrocution death of Lewis ”Ben” Smith when working as a lineman in Charlotte, North Carolina for Duke Energy. We also discuss the recent deaths of Bryce Freeman and Zach Jones…
Fall: Sun Coast Roofing Services
Welcome to Episode 12 of OSHIT where Ella and Kat discuss a fall which resulted in the death of an unidentified Sun Coast Roofing Services employee in Oviedo, Florida in December 2020. If you have any information regarding this victim, pl…
Chemical Overexposure: Jk & T Wings, Inc.
Welcome to Episode 11 of OSHIT where Ella and Kat discuss a chemical combination at a Buffalo Wild Wings which caused the overexposure and death of Ryan Baldera. If you would like to donate to Mr. Baldera’s family, please follow the link he…
Struck-By: Connecticut Department of Transportation
Welcome to Episode 10 of OSHIT, where Kat and Ella discuss the tragic loss of Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier during a hit-and-run incident in May 2017 in Connecticut. This story is dedicated to his memory and to preventing the loss of …
Drowning: Boys Town
Welcome to Episode 9 of OSHIT where Ella and Kat discuss the tragic event that led to the death of Everett Henry when a lawnmower he was operating rolled over from a slight incline. This episode is dedicated to Everett and his family and to…
Explosion: University of Hawaii, Mānoa
Welcome to episode 8 of OSHIT where Kat and Ella discuss a Laboratory explosion at the University of Hawaii, Mānoa that injured Thea Ekins-Coward.If you would like to contact us about this episode or any other topic, please contact us at P…
Collision: Walt Disney World Co.
Welcome to episode 7 of OSHIT where Kat and Ella discuss the Disney World Monorail crash in July 2009 that tragically took the life of 21-year old Austin Wuennenberg. This episode is dedicated to Austin and his loved ones and to preventing…
Explosion: Letterkenny Army Depot
Welcome to Episode 6 of OSHIT where Kat and Ella tell the story of the victim of an explosion at Letterkenny Army Depot in 2018. This episode is dedicated to the victims, their loved ones, and to preventing loss of life due to workplace exp…
Trench Collapse: Multiple Employers
Welcome to Episode 5 of OSHIT: Trench Collapse, where Kat and Ella tell you about three distinct trench events and their victims… or almost victims.Our sources for this episode are:https://www.bls.gov/charts/census-of-fatal-occupational-inj…
Workplace Violence: Elara Caring
Welcome to episode 4 of OSHIT where Kat and Ella tell the about Workplace Violence in the nursing field and the tragic loss of our victim, Joyce Grayson. Our sources for episode are: https://elara.com/in-memoriam-joyce-grayson/ https://www…
Scaffold Collapse: Research Cottrell
Welcome to episode 3 of OSHIT where Kat and Ella tell the story of the 51 victims of the 1978 Willow Island Cooling Tower collapse in West Virginia. This story is dedicated to those victims and to preventing loss of life due to scaffolding …
Confined Space: D.N. Higgins
Welcome to episode 2 of OSHIT where Kat and Ella tell you the story of the nearly 4 people killed during a permit-required confined space entry in 2017 in Key Largo, Florida. This story is dedicated to those victims and to preventing loss o…
Explosion: Imperial Sugar
Welcome to the inaugural episode of OSHIT where Kat and Ella tell the story of the 14 victims of the 2007 Imperial Sugar Refinery Explosion in Port Wentworth, Georgia. This story is dedicated to those victims and to preventing loss of life …