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San Bernardino is the gateway between the Los Angeles basin and everything east of it. The 10, the 215 and the 210 converge here and the Cajon Pass climbs out of the city toward the high desert — carrying an enormous volume of freight.
San Bernardino at a glance
| Court | San Bernardino Superior Court, San Bernardino Justice Center 247 West Third Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415 |
|---|---|
| Who writes the report | San Bernardino Police Department; CHP San Bernardino Area on the 10, 215, 210 and the Cajon Pass |
| Where you are taken | Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton, a level II trauma center; Loma Linda University Medical Center, level I |
| Corridors we see most | The Cajon Pass on the 15 · The 10 and 215 interchange · Waterman Avenue · Baseline Street · Mount Vernon Avenue |
The Cajon Pass
The Cajon Pass is a sustained grade carrying heavy truck traffic between the Inland Empire and the high desert. Descending grades of that length produce a specific and well-documented failure mode: brake fade and runaway heavy vehicles.
When that happens the question is rarely just driver error. Brake maintenance records, the pre-trip inspection, the load weight and the driver's experience on that grade are all the carrier's responsibility, and all of them are documented somewhere. Those records are retained on a schedule, which is why a preservation demand needs to go out in days. See truck accident claims.
Warehouse work
The Inland Empire holds one of the largest concentrations of warehouse and distribution employment in the United States, and San Bernardino is at the center of it. Forklift collisions, falls from loading docks and racking, pallet and racking collapses, and repetitive and lifting injuries are a daily occurrence across the region.
Nearly every injured warehouse worker is told workers' compensation is their only option. That is true as against their own employer and frequently untrue otherwise: staffing agencies, equipment manufacturers and maintenance contractors, delivery carriers, and the building owner are all separate entities. Where one of them caused the injury there is a third-party claim covering pain and suffering and full wage loss. See how the two systems interact.
Questions people ask
I was hurt in a warehouse. Is workers' compensation all I can get?
Against your own employer, usually yes. Against anyone else, no. Equipment manufacturers, maintenance contractors, delivery carriers, the building owner and sometimes the company directing the work through a staffing agency are separate entities, and a claim against them covers pain and suffering and full wage loss.
A truck lost control coming down the Cajon Pass.
Brake fade on sustained descents is a known failure mode, and the inquiry goes well beyond the driver: brake maintenance records, pre-trip inspection, load weight and the driver's experience on that grade. Those records are kept on retention schedules measured in months, so a preservation demand is urgent.
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Reviewed October 2026 by Simon Aziz Budhwani, Esq., the attorney responsible for this site. Legal statements here name the California code section they rely on, so you can check them rather than trust them. This is information about the law in general, not advice about your situation.
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