Trapac, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Aug 31, 2021: Employee fractures leg in fall into unsecured trench grate

At 10:52 a.m. on August 31, 2021, an employee working as a heavy equipment mechanic for a marine terminal was moving grates in place and cleaning small trenches. The employee stepped on a grate that wasn't seated correctly causing the employee to fall approximately 20 inches into the concrete trench side wall and grate. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured right tibia.

Incident on Jan 15, 2021 (fatal): Employee with covid-19 infection dies

An employee was working for a temporary help service when he began having flu-like symptoms with severe muscle aches, mild cough, and fatigue. On December 23, 2020, the employee tested positive for COVID-19 and was admitted to the emergency department of a hospital due to flu-like symptoms, cough that had continued for four days, body aches, fevers, and chills. The employee was hospitalized and died due to COVID-19 related acute respiratory failure with hypoxemia at 9:00 a.m. on January 15, 2021.

Incident on Apr 16, 2020: Employee injures head when port tractor jackknifes

At 10:45 p.m. on April 16, 2020, an employee was driving a port tractor pulling bomb cart with a shipping container towards ship's hold when the leg of the cart hit the rail of the crane. The tractor jackknifed and the employee hit his head on the fifth wheel knob and windshield. The employee was hospitalized to treat a contusion to his head and lower back.

Incident on Sep 25, 2018: Employee sustains multiple nose fractures and contusions whe

At 2:30 p.m. on September 25, 2018, an employee was installing a preassembled inflated multi-rim wheel on a trailer chassis hub. The employee pushed the rim against the spacer between the inner wheel and the outer rim wheel when the outer wheel assembly came apart and exploded. The employee was taken to the hospital and admitted for treatment of a nasal bone fracture, nasal septal fracture, hematoma of the face and right frontal scalp along with a right tibia-fibula fracture.

Incident on May 17, 2013 (fatal): Employee is killed when pickup truck plunges into water

At approximately 2:45 p.m. on May 17, 2013, Employee #1, a marine clerk, was ope rating a pickup truck (Number 711). The employee was driving from east to west w hen he made a turn to the south cutting across traffic lanes numbers 1 and 2. Th e pickup truck struck a bomb cart (Number 511 VIN: 2PBST2BV7 - A015729) in lane number 2. After the collision, the pickup truck accelerated to the north away fr om the collision. The pickup truck struck the bull rail at the edge of the wharf and plunged 20 to 30 ft into the water below. Employee #1 did not exit the pick up truck before it sank. Divers from the Port of Oakland were on the scene and r ecovered the employee's body from approximately 50 ft of water. Employee #1 was pronounced dead at the scene.

Incident on Jan 26, 2013: Employee suffers fracture when trailer falls off yard truck

At about 3:50 p.m. on January 26, 2013, Employee #1, with Trapac, was operating a UTR (Number: 4037) connected to chassis (TAXZ: Number 21584) carrying an inter modal container (SUDU: Number 7505020). Employee #1 had driven his assigned UTR and the container to an aisle (W42) to park the chassis and the container. While Employee #1 was backing the container into its designated space, the container fell off the chassis, causing the UTR to "buck," which injured Employee #1's spi ne. Employee #1 was working unsupervised at the time of the injury, and no witne sses were identified who could give a statement as to the events of this investi gation. Employee #1 was hospitalized in excess of 24 hours after being transport ed to the Hospital by Emergency Response staff. The hospital had informed the em ployer that Employee #1 had been discharged from the Emergency Room, but neglect ed to advise the employer that Employee #1 was still a patient.

Incident on Sep 7, 2012: Employee falls from mooring line

At approximately 3:53 p.m. on September 7, 2012, Employee #1 overreached while p icking up a messenger line used to haul mooring lines and fell on to his left si de resulting in a fracture of his left leg. Employee #1 was taken to a local are a hospital where he was treated and released.

Incident on Oct 17, 2006: Truck driver sustains torn aorta when truck tips over

At approximately 9:30 a.m. on October 17, 2006, Employee #1 was working at TraPa c, Inc., a container ship terminal operator and provider of stevedoring services , in Wilmington, CA. TraPac operates a marine terminal at which containers are l oaded onto and unloaded from cargo ships. Employee #1 worked for the Pacific Mar itime Association (PMA) at various marine terminals in the area. He was assigned by his supervisor at TraPac to operate an Ottawa Model Number TJ5000 UTR (utili ty tractor rig), #476 at the facility, with Serial Number 4LMBF21182L0132303. Th is rig is also known as a trailer spotting tractor or yard hostler. Employee #1 took the UTR and connected an empty 40-foot chassis to it. He then proceeded wit h his load to a specified lane and stopped at the position where a signalman ins tructed. A clerk provided Employee #1 with the container information, and a cran e operator loaded a container onto the 40-foot chassis. Employee #1 then proceed ed to row number W-54, where the container was to be parked. Employee #1 found a parking spot between two parked containers. Employee #1 was backing the contain er into the parking spot, when he heard a loud noise. As he held onto the steeri ng wheel, the UTR tipped over on its side, and the chassis broke loose from the UTR. Employee #1 does not recall what happened after the vehicle tipped over. He was found on the ground in front of the UTR, and the UTR was found in an uprigh t position with two of its tires flattened. Employee #1 sustained lacerations to unspecified locations, a torn aorta, and nerve damage. He was hospitalized.