Caltrans: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on May 4, 2011 (fatal): Employee runover and killed by trolley

On May 4, 2011, Employee #1, of Caltrans, was sent to the jobsite to check on a broken sprinkler. Employee #1 parked his vehicle on the east side of the Interst ate 5 freeway and went down an ice plant embankment. Apparently, Employee #1 sto od at the west rail tracks at M.P. (Mile Point) 5.25 at the 18th Street Bridge, north of the 24th Street Trolley Station. A trolley's operator hit the emergency brakes when he saw Employee #1 honk the Federal horn to get his attention. Howe ver, Employee #1 was unable to move away in time and was struck by the trolley. Employee #1 was transported to UCSD Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead as a result of head and upper torso injuries.

Incident on Oct 12, 2010 (fatal): Employee collapses and later dies

On October 12, 2010, Employee #1 informed his coworkers that he would see them i n the office. The three coworkers assumed he was going to retrieve his lunch fro m his personal vehicle. Soon thereafter, Employee #1 was found lying on the floo r by other coworkers. Employee #1 was in a semi-conscious state and had vomit co ming from his mouth. Emergency medical personnel were summoned. Employee #1 was treated at the scene, and then transported to a medical center. He remained in t he hospital for nine days until his death on October 20, 2010. The coroner deter mined that the cause of death was severe head trauma, which was a result of a fa ll that occurred when he collapsed in the parking structure. Employee#1 sustaine d a fractured skull, subdural hematoma, and traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Incident on Nov 28, 2007 (fatal): Employee is struck by motor vehicle and later dies

At approximately 8:30 a.m. on November 28, 2007, Employee #1, an equipment opera tor, was struck by a car as he removed a dead dog from the northbound lanes of a freeway. Paramedics took Employee #1 to the hospital. The medical report indica ted that Employee #1 died at 9:30 a.m. at the hospital from multiple blunt force injuries to his head and body.

Incident on Oct 6, 1997: Employee injured by high pressure

Employee #1 was looking down a 26 foot shaft. A high pressure soil liquification piping system was being used by another employee. When the operating pressure i ncreased, the high pressure line kicked out of the hole and Employee #1 received a serious head injury, for which he was hospitalized.