FREMONT, CA (KRON)–
A 30-year-old man died Wednesday evening in a workplace accident at Sysco in Fremont, CA.
According to Fremont police, the accident happened at 7:59 p.m. in the 5900 block of Steward Avenue.
Investigators say that a 30-year-old driver was backing a company tractor and trailer towards a loading dock. The victim was standing behind the vehicle and guiding the driver.
The driver finished backing up to the loading dock and unhooked the trailer, officers said.
Nearly 15 minutes later the victim was found pinned between the end of the dock and the parked trailer. Police say he was unresponsive.
The trailer was reconnected to the tractor and moved to free the man.
Drugs and alcohol aren’t factors in this incident.
Sysco is the global leader in selling, marketing and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away from home. Its family of products also includes equipment and supplies for the foodservice and hospitality industries. With over 65,000 associates, the company operates approximately 300 distribution facilities across the globe and serves more than 500,000 customer locations. For fiscal year 2017 that ended July 1, 2017, the company generated sales of more than $55 billion.
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Worker Dies in Fremont After Getting Pinned Between Big Rig, Loading Dock
By Bay City NewsJanuary 11, 2018
A 30-year-old man died at work in Fremont Wednesday evening when he was pinned between a tractor trailer and a loading dock while helping the driver back into place, according to police.
Emergency crews responded to a business in the 5900 block of Stewart Avenue just before 8 p.m. on report of a collision between a tractor trailer and a pedestrian.
Investigators say the man was standing behind the tractor trailer, guiding the driver towards the loading dock when he was pinned in place.
The driver backed all the way in and unhooked the trailer from the tractor. He found the victim, unresponsive, 15 minutes later.
The driver moved the trailer, but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. He's been identified by the Alameda County coroner's bureau as Fremont resident Travis Michael St. Amant.
Drugs and alcohol were not factors in the incident, according to police.