Prado

I. BACKGROUND

A. The Death of Alfredo Prado Canela Alfredo Prado Canela was a lifelong employee of the John Smith Road landfill in Hollister, California. In 2015, Canela became the landfill’s spotter. At the landfill, when a truck arrives, it drives to the spotter’s box, a zone protected by concrete blocks where the spotter generally stays for safety reasons, and the spotter tells the truck where to go. Before dumping their loads, trucks generally line up in a designated staging area, with the rear of the trucks facing the dumping area. If another truck is in the area, or the trash inside the landfill needs to be pushed back, trucks must wait before reversing into the dumping area. Typically, the landfill operator tells the spotter when the dumping area is ready for another truck, and the spotter tells the next truck in line that it may start reversing. The spotter gives this “go signal” to the truck by radio or hand signal. Early on March 16, 2017, Mauricio Navarro Castillo picked up a load of scrap metal in San Jose and went to the landfill. Another truck was in the dumping area, so Castillo parked his truck in the staging area. After briefly exiting his truck, Castillo…