OC Construction Worker Hit by Truck Axel

Dump Truck’s Loose Axel Strikes Construction Worker on 405 Freeway

A construction worker was hospitalized Wednesday morning after he was struck by an axle that detached from a dump truck on the 405 Freeway in Orange County. According to police, the dump truck was traveling on the northbound 405 Freeway near Beach Boulevard in Westminster when its liftable rear axle came loose and struck the…

car accident kills 1 injures 2 road workers Huntington Beach

1 Dead, 2 Caltrans Workers Injured in 405 Freeway Car Accident

One person was killed and two injured following a car accident on the 405 Freeway in Huntington Beach on Thursday, April 30. According to police, at approximately 10:40 p.m. Caltrans (California Department of Transit Workers) contractors operating our of a truck towing a traffic-control sign were setting up a closure on the southbound lanes of…

Westminster Car Accident

Aardvark Clay & Supplies Inc. Fined $250,000 for Fatal Machinery Accident In Santa Ana

Six months ago, 18-year-old Enrique Vasquez Garcia died in a workplace accident. On Tuesday, the Santa Ana-based company, Aardvark Clay & Supplies Inc. was fined $250,160 in connection with the fatal workplace accident, Cal/OSHA officials announced. The clay supply company was cited for the Sept. 20 workplace accident at 1400 E. Pomona St. that killed…

Westminster Car Accident

18-year-old Tustin Man Killed By Clay Mixing Machine

A clay-products business was the scene of a tragic accident last Thursday when an 18-year-old employee became trapped in an industrial mixing machine and killed. The man has been identified as Enrique Garcia-Vazques of Tustin. The Orange County Coroner’s office stated that first responders arrived quickly, but that preliminary reports indicated that Garcia-Vazques died before they…