Fatal Confined-Space Septic Tank Incident in Yermo

County: San Bernardino
Location: Jack in the Box, 35000 block of Ghost Town Road, Yermo, CA
Category: Fire / Explosion / Hazmat
Watch Tags: Fatal / Serious Injury
Severity: high
Priority: high
Occurred On: 2026-05-22 11:02:00
Published On: 2026-05-24 21:15:00
Status: Late Breaking
Occurred Confidence: Official Timestamp
Published Confidence: Exact
First Seen: 2026-05-25 02:19:10
Last Seen: 2026-05-26 00:12:23
Source Records: 4
Match Review: Probable Duplicate Match
Source: Coroner Identifies 63-Year-Old Worker Found Nearly Completely Submerged In Septic Tank In Yermo
Source URL: https://www.vvng.com/coroner-identifies-63-year-old-worker-found-nearly-completely-submerged-in-septic-tank-in-yermo/

Summary

Source-linked reporting and an official coroner entry indicate a worker was found submerged in a septic tank at a fast-food restaurant location on Ghost Town Road. Local reporting describes fire personnel recovery and a hazardous confined-space response.

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Occurred On	Published On	County	Source	Report Run	Update	Report File
2026-05-22 11:02:00	2026-05-24 21:15:00 Late Breaking	San Bernardino	Coroner Identifies 63-Year-Old Worker Found Nearly Completely Submerged In Septic Tank In Yermo Open source	2026-05-26 00:12:23 local_import_merge / Los Angeles	Source-linked reporting and an official coroner entry indicate a worker was found submerged in a septic tank at a fast-food restaurant location on Ghost Town Road. Local reporting describes fire personnel recovery and a hazardous confined-space response.	Intel_052626_0012.txt
2026-05-22 08:02:00	2026-05-24 18:15:00 Late Breaking	San Bernardino	Coroner Identifies 63-Year-Old Worker Found Nearly Completely Submerged In Septic Tank In Yermo Open source	2026-05-25 03:13:15 local_import_merge / Los Angeles	Source-linked local reporting and an official coroner entry indicate a worker was found dead in a septic tank at a fast-food location on Ghost Town Road. The item is logged for fatal confined-space/body-recovery response with HazMat and fire resources noted.	Intel_052526_0313.txt
2026-05-22 08:00:00	2026-05-24 18:15:00 Late Breaking	San Bernardino	Coroner Identifies 63-Year-Old Worker Found Nearly Completely Submerged In Septic Tank In Yermo Open source	2026-05-25 23:18:17 local_import_merge / Las Vegas	Source-linked reporting describes a fatal confined-space incident in which a worker was found nearly submerged in a septic tank at a Yermo fast-food location. This item is logged because the incident involved a death, body recovery, fire response, and hazardous confined-space conditions.	Intel_052526_2318.txt
2026-05-22 08:00:00	2026-05-24 18:15:00 Late Breaking	San Bernardino	Coroner identifies 63-year-old worker found nearly completely submerged in septic tank in Yermo Open source	2026-05-25 02:19:10 local_import_merge / Las Vegas	Source-linked local reporting indicates a worker was found deceased inside a septic tank at a Yermo fast-food location, with fire personnel and HazMat resources involved due to confined-space conditions. This item is logged as a fatality/body-recovery and hazmat-response record published during the reporting cycle.	Intel_052526_0219.txt