(L.A.) Melvin Villanueva Rojas, 39, Died From a Fall

Case Number: 2024-08775

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 39-year-old Latino male that occurred in the backyard of an apartment building.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Blunt Trauma

RIP MELVIN VILLANUEVA ROJAS (January 25, 1985 – May 31, 2024)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Friday at 11:42 a.m.

The decedent was a landscaper / groundskeeper whose death was investigated by the federal government as a workplace fatality.

He died in a fall during tree trimming.

OSHA REPORT

Melvin Via Nueva (37) died in fall from tree

At 11:42 a.m. on May 31, 2024, Employee #1 was trimming a tree and moving from one branch to another. While relocating, the employee failed to reconnect his fall protection gear and fell from the tree. The employee sustained a head injury and was later pronounced dead at the scene.

Site Address:

Prd Gardening Services, Inc.
4005 W. 1st Street
Los Angeles, CA 90004

Union Status: NonUnion

NAICS: 561730/Landscaping Services