Officials identify South Gate man fatally run over by bulldozer in Arcadia


ARCADIA >> Coroner’s officials have released the identity of a 61-year-old construction worker who died after being run over by a bulldozer while working to level a vacant residential lot in Arcadia last month.
Sirpriano Dorame-Martinez of South Gate died in the industrial accident, which took place about 11:20 a.m. on April 15 in the 900 block of Monte Verde Drive, Ed Winter, assistance chief of operations at the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner said.
Dorame-Martinez was working alongside another employee of Camerena Land Clearing to level the lot for new home construction when the mishap occurred, according to Arcadia Police and California Department of Industrial Relations Division of Occupational Safety and Health officials said.
“One of the workers was operating a large bulldozer, flattening the lot,” Arcadia police Lt. Vaughn Whalen said in a written statement. “In the process of flattening the lot, the operator drove over (Dorame-Martinez).”
Paramedics pronounced the victim dead at the scene, officials said.
Representatives of the contractor could not be reached for comment Wednesday.
OSHA officials described the construction equipment involved in the fatal accident as a Caterpillar.
An autopsy determined Dorame-Marintez died from “multiple traumatic injuries,” and the death was ruled accidental, Winter said.
OSHA has joined Arcadia police in investigating the incident, according to agency spokeswoman Julia Bernstein. The OSHA investigation may take up to six months to complete.

  • By Brian Day and Courtney Tompkins
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