A employee died Monday after turning into trapped beneath a forklift on the Los Angeles Port, in accordance with the Los Angeles Hearth Division.
Firefighters responded at 10:39 a.m. to a report of a employee trapped beneath a forklift on the Los Angeles Port, the fireplace division stated in a press release. Upon arriving, firefighters decided the individual had died. No additional particulars had been offered concerning the employee.
The California Division of Industrial Relations, Los Angeles Port Police and the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner will examine the incident.
In keeping with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the variety of staff who’re dying on the job has been growing since 2013. In California, greater than 500 staff died on the job in 2022, an elevated from 2021, when 462 staff died. In 2022, the biggest share of these staff who had been fatally injured — 26% — had been within the transportation and materials shifting occupations, in accordance with the bureau.
The division has not launched information on occupational deaths for 2023.
