Worker Killed by Excavator Bucket at Tahoe Reno Industrial Center; Nevada OSHA Investigating

Trino Saucedo Lechuga, 64, of Sun Valley, Nevada, was struck and crushed by an excavator bucket while working in a ditch at the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center in Storey County on the morning of June 9, 2026, according to the Storey County Sheriff's Office and local news accounts.

Saucedo Lechuga was working along Peru Drive inside the large industrial park east of Reno when he was struck at approximately 7:09 a.m. Emergency personnel pronounced him dead at the scene.

Investigations underway

The Storey County Sheriff's Office and the Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Nevada OSHA) are investigating the fatal incident, according to KOLO TV, which reported in mid-June that the OSHA investigation was ongoing. No findings have been issued; both investigations are open.

411 Press will update this report as the OSHA investigation develops. State and federal OSHA agencies typically take several months to complete a fatality investigation before issuing any citations or findings. The death is part of 411 Press's ongoing industrial accident coverage, which includes a worker killed by a rock crusher in Swampscott, Massachusetts and a worker crushed by a steel spool dropped from an overhead crane in Carol Stream, Illinois.