A 32-year-old construction surveyor died when backed over by a motor grader. The victim was doing a grade check at the time of the incident. The grader operator was looking at the grade as he was … [Read more...] about A Construction Surveyor Is Run Over by a Motor Grader That Was Backing Up
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A Traffic Controller Is Killed When Backed Over by a Dump Truck
A 53-year-old female traffic controller died when a 10-yard dump truck backed over her. The truck was doing the initial compaction of a 25-foot asphalt patch that the crew had just applied to the … [Read more...] about A Traffic Controller Is Killed When Backed Over by a Dump Truck
A Construction Flag Person Dies After Being Backed Over by a Truck
A 27 year-old male construction flag person died when a tractor-trailer side dump truck backed over him. The truck had just entered the #1 lane (closest to the median), which had been divided off from … [Read more...] about A Construction Flag Person Dies After Being Backed Over by a Truck
A Construction Inspector Dies After Being Backed Over by a Ten-Wheel Asphalt Dump Truck
A 36 year-old male construction inspector for the county died when an asphalt dump truck backed over him. The truck was bringing hot asphalt to a new road being constructed in a new housing project. … [Read more...] about A Construction Inspector Dies After Being Backed Over by a Ten-Wheel Asphalt Dump Truck
Fatal Occupational Injuries – United States, 1980-1994
CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) monitors occupational injury deaths through death certificates compiled for the National Traumatic Occupational Fatalities (NTOF) … [Read more...] about Fatal Occupational Injuries – United States, 1980-1994
Crane Operator Falls 30 Feet From a Crane While Working From a Freeway Overpass in California
A 60-year-old male equipment operator (the victim) died after falling 30 feet from the crane he was operating on an elevated freeway. The width of the freeway where the victim was working was … [Read more...] about Crane Operator Falls 30 Feet From a Crane While Working From a Freeway Overpass in California