Industrial worker killed in South LA
(FOX 11)
SOUTH LOS ANGELES - A worker was killed Tuesday while apparently unloading heavy equipment from a truck at a construction site in the South Los Angeles area.
Firefighters were sent to the 1400 block of West 81st Street about 9:45 a.m., the Los Angeles Fire Department reported.
Information was not immediately available on the identity of the man, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
The man apparently was unloading a "skid steer loader" from the truck when he became trapped beneath it, the LAFD reported. A skid steer loader is an item of industrial equipment with hydraulic lifting arms, often used in grading projects.
Cal-OSHA was notified, and the circumstances of the death were under investigation.