A tree service worker with Stanley Tree Service, Inc. is dead after an accident in Guilford, CT

GUILFORD, CT – 

A tree service worker is dead after an accident in Guilford. He was employed by Stanley Tree Service out of Smithfield, RI.

Police are not releasing many details at this time, but say they were called to the intersection of State Street and Little Meadow Road just before 2 p.m. Thursday afternoon for a reported work site accident.

Guilford Fire/Rescue found an injured 46-year-old man who was working for a private tree service; they rushed him to Yale-New Haven Hospital, but, police say, ‘he ultimately succumbed to his injuries.’

The identity of the victim is being withheld pending notification of his family, and an autopsy by the state medical examiner will determine the exact cause and manner of death. 

The accident is under investigation by the Guilford Police Department and the Occupational Health & Safety Administration.

Luis Garcia, 48, a Santa Rosa arborist, was killed near Healdsburg after a tree he was cutting down with a chainsaw unexpectedly snapped and fell on him in Sonoma County, CA

Sonoma County, CA

 A Santa Rosa arborist was killed near Healdsburg after a tree he was cutting down with a chainsaw unexpectedly snapped and fell on him, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday.

The arborist was identified as Luis Garcia, 48, of Santa Rosa. He was the sole owner of Ponce Tree Removal Service, a private tree-cutting company, according to a spokesman for Cal-OSHA.

Two employees ran to help Garcia after he was struck by the tree Wednesday afternoon in the 1300 block of West Dry Creek Road. They administered CPR but could not revive him, sheriff’s officials said in a statement.

Deputies were called to the accident just before 3 p.m. Wednesday. Cal-OSHA is investigating the cause.

A burning candle left unattended on the back porch caused the deadly fire at a home on Lescot Lane in Orlando, Florida that took the lives of Syiah Johnson, 8, and her grandmother, Ingrid Howard, 60, who died while trying to rescue Syiah.

ORLANDO, FL


A burning candle left unattended on the back porch caused the deadly fire at a home on Lescot Lane, according to the Orlando Fire Department.

The fire started early July 8 in the 5200 block of Lescot Lane in the Carver Shores neighborhood.

A relative who lived in the home told Orlando fire investigators he lit the candle while playing cards and drinking with friends on the back porch, according to a report. The man left the home around 5 a.m. and the fire began about 30 minutes later, the report said.

“He stated that he returned back to find the house on fire and stated it was his fault; he lite the candle, placed on the floor of his messy room and left it unattended,” the report said.

The candle likely caught something on the floor on fire, and it quickly spread from there, spokeswoman Ashley Papagni said.

Flames extended to the attic, kitchen and front porch, Papagni said.


There were three people inside at the time. A 7-year-old boy ran for help and was uninjured. Syiah Johnson, 8, could not make it out and her grandmother, Ingrid Howard, 60, died days after the fire from injuries suffered while trying to rescue Syiah.

The report said Howard tried taking Syiah out of the house but she left her grandmother’s side and hid under a bed.

Firefighters found Syiah’s body in the shower, according to a report. The home was a total loss and the roof caved in, the report said.

There were no working smoke detectors in the home.

“This is a horrible tragedy that we hope the community will heed our safety messages, including having a working smoke alarm and practice candle safety,” Papagni said. “Smoke alarms save lives.”

Friends said Syiah had a “sweet soul” and Howard was remembered as a dedicated grandmother who was raising the grandchildren.

=====================

Sunday morning at approximately 5:30am tragedy struck the house hold of Howard and Johnson's. Casusing them to lose everything they owned and the tragic lose of Life that meant so much to this Howard/Johnson Family.

Siyah Johnson(God bless her soul) is no longer with us. Due to fire she was sadly taken from us in a horrific manor no one would wish for on anyone.
Anyone that knows Ingrid knows this model of a  Mother would give you the clothes off her back last meal she has to help anyone that has not.
Ingrid Howard gain custody of the 3 siblings Saron, Sion, and Siyah almost 10yrs ago. Honestly, she took in 3 kids that were not hers and has raised the three as if they were her very Own.
Sun Up to sun down Ingrid dedicated her life to keeping and raising them together surrounded by Family and Love. So much Love she refused to leave a burning house with a collapsing roof while screaming out for Siyah. If not for the Heroic efforts of our "Angel" of a neighbor Mr.Tommie to kick the door down, drag her out the house as she was near the front door turning back to go into the fire with a falling roof to save Siyah; This SuperWoman of a mother would no longer be here. Fortunate she is alive as of now. But unfortunately she suffered 3rd degree burns on over 30% of her body and may not pull through.
 Everything she saved, had in her possesion, owned, documentations, etc. are all up in flames!
Ingrid, Saron, Sion, and Siyah needs a Coummunity of support to pull through such an unexpected horrific ordeal that has both Families in deep sorrow.
We ask anyone with a heart, who sees this feel compel to help out a family in dyer need to PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP in anyway you possibly can.
As a representative of the Howard's we ask this of you to help with the long road ahead for Ingrid Howard's recovery and for the kids.
 All donations and efforts will go directly to Siyah Johnson's funeral, Ingrid howards recovery, Any financial, emotional, mental support the kids will need for recovery and moving foward.  

==========================









Five people have died in accidental Orlando house fires so far this year and none of those homes — all rentals — had a working smoke detector, authorities said.

On Monday, the Orlando City Council will vote to make property maintenance codes stricter for landlords, including a requirement that smoke alarms must be in every home.

“That’s a trend that we certainly don’t want to continue with,” Orlando Fire District Chief Walter Lewis said of the preventable deaths. “Landlords that are up to par, they’re not gonna even really see an effect of this maintenance code coming into play — it’s the ones that are not necessarily providing a good property.”

On July 8, 8-year-old Syiah Johnson died after she was trapped inside the Carver Shores neighborhood home rented by her grandmother, Ingrid Howard, in a fire caused by an unattended candle.   

Howard, 60, who refused to leave the burning house without her granddaughter until a neighbor dragged her out, died four days later from severe burn injuries.
 
Yolanda Alomar, fiancé of Kevin Howard, the son of Ingrid Howard, who recently died from a fatal house fire walks away from the fire scene on Lescot Lane in Orlando. (Red Huber / Orlando Sentinel)

The tragedy in Carver Shores was the latest in a string of deadly house fires in rental homes in the city.

In January, two people died in separate house fires in the Parramore neighborhood because of space heaters. Shortly after, city officials spent three weeks going door to door in the area to identify properties with fire-safety hazards.

They were able to inspect the inside of 215 homes and discovered 54 percent didn’t have working smoke detectors and 28 percent were using space heaters as their only heat source. Thirty-six homes didn’t have any source of heat and eight residences relied on open stove doors for warmth.

Under the proposed ordinance, if a landlord provides space heaters as the sole source of warmth in a home, it must have a tip-over switch that will automatically shut off the device if it falls down.

Historic buildings will not be exempted in the proposed ordinance.

“It won’t delineate between older homes and newer homes,” Lewis said. “It is rented properties, homes and apartments so all tenants will be in a safe haven.”

Tenants who believe their residence is unsafe can contact the city’s code enforcement division and an investigator will come out to inspect the property. Landlords are given seven to 10 days to fix any problems noted by the inspector.

“If they don’t meet the requirements, then there’s the teeth behind it to add a fine assessment so that the resident has a safe place to live,” Lewis said.

The National Fire Protection Association recommends smoke detectors be installed in each bedroom and tested monthly. Larger homes may require multiple fire alarms.

For Orlando homeowners, the fire department offers installation of one free smoke alarm with a 10-year lithium battery in residences without any previous detectors.

Fire from the spontaneous combustion of tortilla chips at 6110 Trade Center Drive in Austin, Texas

(Photo credit: Field Training Officers, Austin Fire Department)

 
Spontaneously combusting tortilla chips blamed for two fires
Posted 7:45 AM, July 21, 2018, by Tribune Media Wire



Normally, tortilla chips need a healthy topping of spicy salsa to be described as fiery. Not, as it turns out, in Austin, Texas.

In a Wednesday Facebook post, fire officials described arriving at July 12 factory fire caused by the “spontaneous combustion of tortilla chips. Yes, you read that right.”

The factory had apparently been testing a new way to handle food waste from the making of the chips that “didn’t work out so well.” According to officials, boxes of the food waste suddenly burst into flame, setting fire to multiple pallets. As firefighters responded, they watched as more boxes, separate from the fire, burst into flame on their own.

“Then, to add insult to injury, additional (previously uninvolved) boxes of the same food waste spontaneously combusted just three days later,” the post reads.

Authorities say there was no damage in either fire, both of which were confined to the outside of a building, per CBS Austin.

Firefighters eventually “drowned all of the other crates that had yet to burn, thereby eliminating the risk completely.”



Tortilla chips are big business around these parts. We take them seriously, as they are responsible for holding all manner of very important things—like queso, salsa, nachos, and various other sundry items that are critical to a Texan’s everyday life and well-being. So imagine how distressed we were to be called to a fire at a tortilla chip warehouse earlier this week…not once, but twice!

On the evening of July 12, several of our B-shift crews responded to 6110 Trade Center Drive for the spontaneous combustion of tortilla chips.


Yes, you read that right.

Spontaneous combustion. Of tortilla chips.

The factory in question was trying out a new way to handle the waste from the chips that, suffice it to say, didn’t work out so well. The fire was confined to the exterior of the building and to multiple pallets of food waste, but large cardboard boxes of the same waste continued to ignite while we were on scene!

Then, to add insult to injury, additional (previously uninvolved) boxes of the same food waste spontaneously combusted just three days later.

The solution? The A- and B-shift crews from Engine 35 who were getting off/coming on that day drowned all of the other crates that had yet to burn, thereby eliminating the risk completely.

Thankfully, there were no damages in either case since the fires were on the outside of the building and involved only food waste.

Hundreds of people have been displaced after almost 100 apartments were destroyed by a massive condominium complex fire at 800 McIntosh Court in northwest suburban Prospect Heights, Illinois

PROSPECT HEIGHTS (Sun-Times Media Wire) - 

The residents of nearly 100 units were displaced after a massive fire Wednesday at an apartment complex in northwest suburban Prospect Heights.

The five-alarm fire started about 1:30 p.m. at a four-building apartment complex in the 800 block of McIntosh Court in Prospect Heights, according to Prospect Heights Fire Chief Drew Smith. Flames spread to three of the buildings before it was brought under control by about 9 p.m.


The remnants of the fire continued to smolder after that, and firefighters remained at the scene soaking hot spots until about 6 a.m. Thursday, Smith said.
    
Two civilians were injured in the fire, Smith said. One of them was hospitalized while the other was treated at a hospital and released. A firefighter also suffered minor injuries and was treated and released from a hospital.

All residents of about 96 units were displaced as a result of the fire, Smith said.

The American Red Cross opened a shelter at Lakewood Chapel, 1307 E. Palatine Road in Arlington Heights, to assist the affected residents, the organization said in a statement. The shelter will remain open until all residents can be relocated.

The fire appeared to be accidental, but the cause remained under investigation Thursday, Smith said. He declined to provide further details on the investigation because it involved a minor.



==================================

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

PROSPECT HEIGHTS, Ill. (WLS) -- 

Hundreds of people have been displaced by a massive condominium complex fire in northwest suburban Prospect Heights Wednesday.

The fire burned in the 800-block of McIntosh Court. Each time firefighters appeared to get the blaze under control, flames flared up again.

"It seems like it keeps getting bigger and bigger. They're trying to control it, it gets better, and then again there's more fire coming out," said Alfred Rubio, resident.

Prospect Heights Fire Chief Drew Smith said the fire began at about 1:30 p.m. Smith said more than 150 firefighters from 50 departments in the area were working on the fire. It continued to burn into the night.

A resident said her children were playing outside Wednesday afternoon and alerted her to the fire. Video footage shows it started on the balcony of a corner condominium. Firefighters were able to quickly put out the initial flames, but the fire had already entered the roof and its hollow design allowed flames to spread unpredictably.

The fire quickly spread to two more 24-unit buildings next door. Firefighters were able to stop the fire from spreading to the fourth building nearby.

Smith said two of the three buildings will be total losses and the third building suffered some fire damage and significant smoke and water damage.

None of the buildings had sprinklers due to their age, Smith said. Sprinklers had not been added because the trigger to add sprinklers to old building is remodeling or modification of at least 50 percent of the structures. He said he expects that the owners will be required to add sprinklers when they rebuild in the wake of the fire.

Police said windy conditions and the lightweight wood truss construction of the roof made it a very difficult firefight.

Three people were taken to local hospitals to be treated for smoke inhalation. A firefighter was seen being taken away on a stretcher, but appeared responsive.

Pets are feared dead if they were in units alone while their owners were at work, Mayor Nicholas Helmer said.

The cause of the fire has not yet been determined.

Residents lost everything.

"Everything, everything. Whatever I have on now plus this," said resident Monica Alvarez, holding up her keys, "that's all I have. That's all I have. And my children, thank god for that. I got my babies, but other than that, the clothes on our backs is all we have."

Francisco Ruiz's family lost two apartments.

"It's hard to see all those memories of pictures and all those emotional items that go along with their loss," he said. "Then we are going to have to start all over again."

Nelson Flores now has nothing but the work clothes he is wearing.

"What I thank that everyone is alright, like family. Nobody got hurt," he said.

The Red Cross of Chicago said 10 responders are at the scene to help provide food, shelter and emotional support to the residents who have been displaced. A shelter is open for displaced residents at Lakewood Chapel on East Palatine Road.

Pastor John Elleson immediately offered his church for shelter.

"They need a friend. They need someone to stand with them. And if we can't be a friend in a time like this, what good are we?" Elleson said.

"It fits all the criteria we need so we are going to take him up on his offer," said Red Cross Captain Ron Leffler.

Volunteers brought pizza and water as residents could only watch from a distance as fire gutted their buildings.

"Everyone is going to have to look out for each other, that's all you can do. Everyone gonna look out," said Owen Knight, resident whose apartment was damaged.

Eric Byers, 29, a civilian employee, burned to death, 4 others injured in the explosion and flash fire in a painting area for vehicles at the Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg, PA

By The Associated Press


CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. (AP) — 

A civilian worker died from burns received in an explosion at an Army facility, officials announced Friday.

The Lehigh County coroner’s office identified the victim as Eric Byers, a resident of Satillo, Huntington County, Pennsylvania.

Byers was pronounced dead just after 7 p.m. Thursday at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest. The coroner’s office said Byers, 29, of Satillo, was handling chemicals when a flash fire occurred.

His death was ruled accidental.

Four other civilian employees were injured in the fire at Letterkenny Army Depot.

The depot’s commander said Friday that two victims remain hospitalized in critical but stable condition. Two others were treated at local hospitals and released.

“The entire Letterkenny family is mourning this loss,” the depot commander, Col. Stephen Ledbetter, said in a statement. “We continue to keep the families and all of our teammates in our thoughts and prayers.”

The blast and fire occurred Thursday morning in a painting area for vehicles at the facility in Chambersburg, about 160 miles (260 kilometers) west of Philadelphia.

The cause is under investigation.

The 18,000-acre depot handles air defense tactical missile ground support equipment, mobile electric power generation equipment, Patriot missile recertification and route guidance vehicles.

======================

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) -


One of five employees injured in an explosion and fire at Letterkenny Army Depot has died.

Eric Byers, 29, of died Thursday evening at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, the Lehigh County coroner's office said.

Byers, of New Garden Township, Chester County, was handling chemicals when a flash fire occurred. The cause of death is thermal Injuries due to a fire, and the manner of death is accidental, the coroner's office said.

"The entire Letterkenny family is mourning this loss," Depot commander Col. Stephen Ledbetter said in a statement Friday. "We continue to keep the families and all of our teammates in our hearts and prayers."

Ledbetter said two employees remained hospitalized in critical condition but were stable. Two others were treated at hospitals and released.

The explosion occurred in a painting area for vehicles. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is assisting an investigation into the cause.
=======================

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) - Four employees were injured by a small explosion and fire Thursday morning in one of the major production areas of the Letterkenny Army Depot in Franklin County.

Depot commander Col. Stephen Ledbetter said three workers were flown to Baltimore area hospitals.

Ledbetter did not specify what injuries the workers received and did not have their conditions at a 1 p.m. news conference, but earlier he said the civilian employees sustained injuries he would "classify as serious."

The Franklin Fire Company said the workers were airlifted for burns.

A fourth worker was taken to a hospital by ambulance. The Associated Press reported the worker was treated for minor non-burn injuries and released.

The explosion and fire occurred in Building 350 around 7:20 a.m. The 320,000 square foot facility is used for painting military vehicles and equipment, and the injured workers were "supporting painting operations," Ledbetter said.

More than 300 workers were evacuated from the building and then sent home for the day. Second and third-shift workers were told not to report.

Ledbetter said the depot expected to resume normal operations in the paint area on Sunday, beginning with the third shift.

Normal operations continue across the rest of the depot.

Officials continue to investigate what caused the explosion. Ledbetter said the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is assisting, and they're looking at "all angles, all avenues."

He said there is "no suspicion of terrorist activity at this time."



======================




By Mark Scolforo, Associated Press |
  Updated: Thu 12:04 PM, Jul 19, 2018



LETTERKENNY, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on an explosion at a Pennsylvania Army depot (all times local):

11:15 a.m.

A worker has been treated and released from a hospital after receiving minor injuries in an explosion at a Pennsylvania Army depot.

The worker had been taken by ambulance early Thursday to a hospital near the Letterkenny Army Depot, about 160 miles (257 kilometers) west of Philadelphia, shortly after the explosion and fire at a paint operation of a vehicle shop. A hospital spokeswoman says the worker did not receive treatment for burns, but did not release further details of the injury.

Officials say three other employees were airlifted to Baltimore area hospitals with burn-related injuries. Their conditions were not immediately known.

Army officials say the cause of the blast is still under investigation. It was contained to a single area of the depot, and there was no suspicion of terrorist activity.

___

A small explosion Thursday in a vehicle shop at an Army depot injured four workers, leaving at least three with burns, officials said.

The blast occurred at Letterkenny Army Depot about 7:15 a.m. Army Depot officials quickly posted on social media that the blast was contained, that operations elsewhere on the base would not be affected and that there was no suspicion of terrorist activity.

Col. Stephen Ledbetter, the depot commander, said three victims were flown to Baltimore area hospitals and the fourth left in an ambulance.

A fire company said three had burns. Their conditions were not immediately available.

Ledbetter said the explosion occurred in the painting area of a vehicle shop.

Both the Army and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will investigate, he said.

The depot, located 160 miles (257 kilometers) west of Philadelphia, or about 55 miles (88 kilometers) southwest of Harrisburg, employs about 3,600 people. The depot's website says work there focuses on air defense tactical missile ground support equipment, mobile electric power generation equipment, Patriot missile recertification and route guidance vehicles.
===========================

Letterkenny Army Depot (originally Letterkenny Ordnance Depot), the Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence (CITE) for Air Defense and Tactical Missile Systems, was established in 1942. The Depot is under the command structure of the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM). The facilities at Letterkenny are used to conduct maintenance, modification, storage, and demilitarization operations on tactical missiles and ammunition. 

Located primarily in Letterkenny Township and extending into Greene Township and Hamilton Township, all in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, just northwest of the borough of Chambersburg, the Depot consists of nearly 18,000 acres (71 km²). It is the largest employer in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and adds over one-quarter of a billion dollars annually to the region's economy.

20-year old construction worker with Atkinson-Clark Construction died after getting pinned underneath a telescopic forklift that went down an embankment in Pomona, CA

Construction worker dies after getting pinned underneath forklift in Pomona

Man dies after getting pinned beneath a forklift at 10 freeway construction site

By Nathaniel Percy | npercy@scng.com | Daily Breeze

 

July 20, 2018 at 9:51 pm

A 20-year old Redlands man died after he was pinned beneath a forklift at a construction site on the eastbound 10 Freeway in Pomona on Friday, July 20, authorities said.

About 9:35 a.m., firefighters with the Los Angeles County Fire Department responded to the scene on the freeway at Kellogg Drive.

Arriving firefighters found the man under the forklift. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The man had been working in a construction zone south of the eastbound I-10 Freeway, between Via Verde and Kellogg Drive, Officer Rodrigo Jimenez of the California Highway Patrol said in a report.

The worker was operating a telescopic forklift, travelling eastbound on an unimproved dirt road south of the freeway, but the forklift went down an embankment, ejecting the victim before falling on top of him, Jimenez said.

The man had not been identified by officials.

The accident shut down the Kellogg Drive off-ramp from the eastbound I-10 Freeway for more than five hours while officials investigated, Jimenez said. The ramp was reopened at 4:20 p.m.

The victim was working with construction crews on a project to add a carpool lane in each direction on the 10, between the 605 and the 57 freeways, according to Caltrans.

Officials did not divulge whether the man worked for Caltrans or a contracted company.
Alcohol and drugs do not appear to be a factor in the incident, Jimenez said.

CHP continues to investigate the cause of the incident.

Location: I-10 Puente Avenue to SR-57 Project description: HOV Lanes Construction period: 2014-2021 Total project cost: $343 million

 Q: What is the I-10 HOV Construction Project?

A: The San Bernardino Freeway (I-10) has experienced serious congestion while carrying a substantial amount of traffic. To address this issue, carpool lanes are being constructed in each direction of I-10 between the San Gabriel River Freeway (I-605) and Orange Freeway (SR-57). Bridge widening, ramp realignment and soundwall and retaining wall construction is also taking place as part of construction activities.

Caltrans is currently working on the second and third segment of the I-10 HOV lane construction project. Segment 1 construction, between I-605 and Puente Avenue in Baldwin Park, completed in 2013.

Segment 2 covers I-10 between Puente Avenue and Citrus Street. Construction began summer 2014 and is anticipated to complete in 2019.

Segment 3, which began construction April 2016, will construct an HOV lane in each direction of I-10 between Citrus Street and SR-57, and is anticipated to complete summer of 2021.

 

Caltrans District 7 has awarded Atkinson a $172 million contract for the I-10 High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lane Improvements from West Covina to the 57/10 Separation. This project will alleviate traffic congestion in and around West Covina, CA.

 

Atkinson will construct the 5.5-mile-long I-10 HOV Lane Improvements project in six stages. As part of their scope, the team will build new HOV lanes, and widen 10 existing bridges, including cast-in-place box girder, cast-in-place T-girder, and precast box girder structures, as well as re-align existing ramps. Additionally, they will construct 3.5 miles of retaining walls, including, cast-in-place standard Caltrans walls, soil nail walls, tie-back walls, soldier pile walls, and CIDH walls, and perform 220,000 cubic yards of concrete paving and 100,000 tons of asphalt paving. To make way for road improvements, the team will excavate 550,000 cubic yards of soil and materials; 200,000 cubic yards will be re-used on site, while the remaining 350,000 cubic yards will be transported to designated dump locations.  Additional scope items include landscaping, drainage, concrete barrier, reinforcing, and electrical work. Atkinson will self-perform 60 percent of the work.

 

The West Covina 57/10 Separation is located in a bustling urban corridor with a high daily traffic volume. To reduce the impact to local commuters, the team will complete the majority of work at night.  This approach will also allow construction vehicles to move throughout the site unimpeded. 

 

While evaluating the project, Atkinson identified an alternative approach to building the job that will allow the team to construct the eastbound and westbound retaining walls within the same project stage. Under this plan, the job is separated into two distinct work phases: heavy structures (excavation, retaining walls, bridges, and lowering city streets) and roadway finishes (grading and paving). This innovative approach will allow the team to reduce overhead costs and deliver the project a year ahead of schedule.

=======================


Friday, July 20, 2018
POMONA, Calif. --

A construction worker died after getting pinned underneath a forklift in Pomona on Friday morning, L.A. County fire officials said.

Fire crews responded to the eastbound 10 Freeway at Kellogg Drive, where the worker was trapped.

UPDATE: #VerdeIC #Pomona deceased has been removed from under the forklift. Units will remain on scene waiting for the LA County Coroner.

PERSON TRAPPED: EB 10 Fwy/ Kellogg Dr #Pomona #FS141 BC2 on scene advising 1 person pinned under a forklift at a construction site. This will now be the #VerdeIC

The worker was already dead when authorities arrived at around 9:30 a.m.

Crews removed the deceased worker from beneath the forklift shortly before noon, officials said.



=====================



POMONA (CBSLA) – A worker died after getting pinned under a forklift on a construction site in Pomona Friday morning.


(CBS2)

The incident was reported before 10 a.m., off the eastbound 10 Freeway and Kellogg Drive, near Cal Poly Pomona, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

Firefighters responded to reports of a worker trapped underneath a forklift. He died at the scene, the fire department reported. His name was not released.

The circumstances leading up to the accident were not confirmed.