On Tuesday, December 16th 2014 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Mira Loma, CA which had occured previously at Caliber Auto Transfer Of Mira Loma Inc. A 58 year old Laborer had been killed when the
Accident Date2014-12-16
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 8:30 a. m. on December 16, 2014, Employee #1, a railroad worker, climbed into the top third level (C-deck) of a Tri-level Auto-rack railcar #700G96, to check and verify the tire securement of a yellow Chevrolet Camaro. He checked the chock and straps of the car, to see if they were removed. After the employee went around to the front of the car, he moved backwards and fell from the C-deck through a 3 foot 6.5 inch gap opening between two bridge plates at an elevation of more than 13 feet above the rail road tracks. Employee #1 fell and struck the tracks and sustained head trauma and multiple body fractures, killing him.