A 62-year-old employee at the Bumble Bee Seafoods processing plant in Santa Fe Springs has been killed in an industrial accident, according to a news report. Police reports said that Jose Melena, 62, was found in an industrial steam cooker oven and was pronounced dead at the scene. He had worked at the plant for…
A female Orange County Transportation Authority bus driver has been seriously injured in a crash with another motorist suspected of DUI, according to a news report. Santa Ana police said that the female employee was in an OCTA Toyota Prius used by bus drivers to shuttle between routes when she was hit head-on by a…
The driver of a street sweeper was injured after being involved in a three-vehicle accident on the southbound 241, according to a news report. The California Highway Patrol reported that a street sweeper owned by Viejo Sweeping Service of Mission Viejo was involved in a three-vehicle crash with a pickup truck and a Chevrolet Suburban…
Two men working on an electrical panel at Roger Dunn Golf Shops on Village Way in Santa Ana were injured in an explosion, according to a news report. Santa Ana Fire Department officials said that the two men were in the electrical room at the store working on a panel when a small explosion occurred,…
A construction worker who suffered life-threatening injuries after he was thrown into a rock crusher on an Irvine construction site continues to fight for his life at Mission Hospital, according to a news report. The still-unidentified male construction worker, who was described as being in his late 30s to early 40s, either fell onto or…
A 48-year-old Huntington Beach woman employed at Cal State Long Beach was killed after trying to escape from a malfunctioning elevator at the university, according to a news report. Long Beach Fire Department officials said that Annette Lujan, who was employed in the university’s grants and contracts office, was the lone rider in an elevator…
A construction worker was injured in a fall while working on the site of Newport Beach’s future city hall complex, according to a news report. The unidentified worker apparently fell 30 feet at the construction site, which is located at the 1100 block of Avocado Avenue in Newport Beach. The victim was taken to Western…
One man died and another man was critically injured after they were exposed to toxic chemical fumes at Vista Paints in Fullerton, according to a news report. Fullerton Fire Department officials said that the two men were working inside a tank at the Vista Paints manufacturing plant when they were overcome by fumes. A co-worker…
Four people were injured with burns to their face and arms following an explosion at a Newport Beach apartment complex, according to a news report. The Newport Beach Fire Department said that when firefighters arrived on the scene, they smelled gas and found smoke and flames coming from the first level of the apartment complex…
A 52-year-old Caltrans maintenance worker was struck by a car and killed while he was picking up trash along the northbound I-15 connector ramp to the eastbound 94 in San Diego County, according to a news report. Richard Gonzalez is the third Caltrans employee to be killed on California highways in the past two months. …
