Pacific Coast Container: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Dec 21, 2020 (fatal): Employee with covid-19 infection dies

Two employees were working in a warehouse where railcars were loaded and unloaded on one side and tractor trailers were loaded and unloaded on the other side of the building. The employees lived together with five other family members in the same household. A c coworker first experienced symptoms on December 14, 2020, and did not report to work. The coworker tested positive for COVID-19 on December 15, 2020, causing the employer to test all 88 employees on December 16. The employer previously did not have any employees exhibit symptoms of COVID-19 and followed state and local guidelines. Employee #1 and three other employees received positive results on December 16, 2020, and Employee #1 started to exhibit symptoms. Additionally, all of Employee #1 and the coworker's household members tested positive for COVID-19. Employee #1's symptoms worsened and on December 21, 2020, he died at home due to COVID-19.

Incident on Oct 5, 2012: Employee gets ankle crushed by boxes of frozen meat

At approximately 8:30 a.m., On October 5, 2012, Employee #1, Employee #2, and Em ployee #3 were assigned to unload boxes of frozen meat from a railcar into a pus h bin. The push bin was to be transported later by forklift to a loading dock. E mployee #1 and Employee #2 were picking up the boxes of frozen meat and loading in to the push bin while Employee #3 was sitting on the forklift waiting for the push bin to be loaded. When loaded, Employee #3 was to pick it up using the for klift and transport it to the loading dock. While Employee #1 and Employee #2 we re picking up the boxes, the pile of boxes next to the pile they were picking up came suddenly crashing down towards them. Employee #2 was able to run around th e space between the forklift and the wall of the railcar but Employee #1 was not able to retreat and was covered from his lower shoulder down to his feet with t he boxes of frozen meat. Employee #1 suffered fractures and dislocation on his r ight ankle and leg requiring surgery and two days hospitalization.

Incident on Aug 25, 2008: Employee fractures arm in golf cart accident

On August 25, 2008, an employee was operating a golf cart and ran over a metal p late that caused the vehicle to collide against barrier posts. The employee sust ained fractures of the left arm. The employee was treated and discharged from Hi ghland Hospital on the same day.

Incident on Apr 19, 1993: Employee suffers second-degree burns in gas explosion

At about 7:35 a.m. on April 19, 1993, Employee #1 entered a trailer that had bee n parked and closed over the preceding weekend. The trailer had been used to sto re an LP-type forklift. As a coworker started up the forklift to drive it off th e trailer, an explosion occurred. The pressure and flame front struck Employee # 1, who was standing near the rear of the trailer. The blast threw Employee #1 ba ckward and knocked him down. Employee #1 received 2nd-degree burns on his face a nd complained of some breathing difficulty. He was admitted to Alta Bates Hospit al Burn Center, Berkeley, CA, for 24-hour observation and released on the follow ing day. The cause of the explosion was an LP gas fuel leak. There were no serio us injuries or fatalities related to this accident. There was one accident-relat ed violation: T8#490, serious.