Man dies after fall at Boeing

A 48-year-old Santa Ana man fell to his death at Boeing’s Huntington Beach facility Monday afternoon.

Angel Celaya, 48, was a sub-contractor for Boeing in Building 45 when he fell off a scissor lift at 4:10 p.m., according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department’s Coroner Division. Celaya was 15 feet off the ground, but fell another six feet into a pit, said Martha Werth, the Huntington Beach Fire Department’s public information officer.

The man was considered dead when the fire department arrived, Werth said.

“Our deepest sympathies and thoughts are with the family, colleagues and friends of the deceased,” said Cheryl Sampson, Boeing’s spokeswoman.

— Britney Barnes