Ready-Mix Concrete Manufacturing

NarrativeAt 9:45 a.m. on July 17, 2018, an employee was unhooking a chain that was attached to a concrete block under the bucket of a front end loader. The equipment operator moved bucket downward and struck the employee on the head. The employee sustained a fractured skull and was killed.

NarrativeAt 3:27 p.m. on October 13, 2017, an employee was struck and killed by a cement truck while crossing through a loading zone.

NarrativeAt 4:30 p.m. on October 5, 2017, an employee was checking why box trailer 779 was not fully closing. The employee positioned himself under the box trailer and was ready to check for any air leak visually, by noise, or by feeling by his hand near the cylinder and its fittings of the right cylinder. A coworker who was assisting him connect the air line from the maintenance shop and the cylinder end cap blew off, injuring the employee's right hand as he was moving his hand around the cylinder to feel for any air leak. The air pressure was 160 psi at the time of the accident. The employee suffered a broken right arm, and was taken to Palomar Hospital for surgical treatment and released after 3 days.