Napa vineyard worker killed after being crushed by forklift
Register staff
OCTOBER 5, 2016
A Napa vineyard worker was killed Monday afternoon after he was ejected from the forklift he was driving and the machine fell on top of him, according to the Napa County Sheriff’s Office.
The man, identified as 27-year-old Arnulfo Pozos, was driving the forklift on a steep and windy road on the 3000 block of Mt. Veeder Road when the incident occurred just before 4:45 p.m., said Capt. Keith Behlmer. Pozos was pronounced dead at the scene.
Pozos was an employee of Coastal Viticultural Consultants doing business as North Coast Farming, said Julie Bernstein, spokeswoman with Cal/OSHA, who immediately opened an investigation.
"We're deeply saddened by the loss," Office Manager Kathy Lopez, Coastal Viticultural Consultants, said on Tuesday. The incident happened on a client's property, she said, declining to name the owner.
Bernstein said there were no witnesses to the incident. The person who reported the death to Cal/OSHA said that Pozos was driving a small forklift down a hill to load grapes, Bernstein said. The road was wet, the grade was steep, and the forklift may have overturned, she said.
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