A second workplace death was reported in the South Bay this week.
A man died Thursday afternoon in an accident involving a man who was driving a tractor at the Steven's Creek Quarry in Cupertino. The man was taken to Stanford hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The company identified him as Jose Gonzales, 49, of San Jose.
Gonzales was driving some type of large vehicle at the quarry around 1:30 p.m. when the accident took place, sheriff's spokesman Deputy Kurtis Stenderup told Bay City News.
Customers use the quarry for dumping loads of clean dirt, concrete and asphalt that is recycled and used by other patrons at construction projects, according to the quarry's website.
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health is investigating.
"It sounds like the brakes may have failed" while the driver was headed down "a slight grade," Agency spokesman Greg Siggins said.
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Cal/OSHA found no hazards at the quarry and did not order a work stoppage, Siggins said.
Another man died at a construction site in Santa Clara on Monday. Donald White, 63, was working on an elevator at the new 49er stadium when he was hit by a counter weight.
Cal/OSHA is also investigating that case.
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