The Brief
- State workplace safety investigators referred the death of a worker at Alco Iron & Metal to the Alameda County District Attorney.
- The Jan. 8 death of Louis Guerrero of Castro Valley was the third employee death at this San Leandro company.
- The DA has not yet decided if prosecutors will charge the company; Alco did not respond for comment.
SAN LEANDRO, Calif. – The legal unit of Cal-OSHA – the state agency vested with workplace safety in California – is recommending that a San Leandro metal recycler be criminally charged after an employee was crushed by a forklift earlier this year – the third employee to die on the job in the last eight years.
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Referral for prosecution
Peter Melton, a spokesman for the state Occupational Safety and Health Administration, told KTVU on Wednesday that the agency’s Bureau of Investigations has referred this case to the Alameda County District Attorney for prosecution.
The DA has not yet announced a decision on whether anyone at Alco Iron & Metal will be charged following the Jan. 8 death of Luis Guerrero, 41, of Castro Valley, who died while trying to fix a broken forklift at the shop.…