June 17, 1988
MA · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
Fatality · MACHINERY
B N T Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck against a moving object
VICTIM WAS OPERATING A 1965 CATEPI LLAR MODEL 46A D-8 BULLDOZER GRATING AN ALLEUVIAL DEPOSIT TO A TWO TO ONE SLOPE HE APPARENTLY LOST CONTROL OF THE MACHINE AND PLUNGED 40 FT TO P IT FLOOR. THE BULLDOZER NOT FITTED WITH ROPS CAME TO REST ON THE CANOPY. SEVERING THE VICTIM. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT A TRUCK DRIVER DISCOVERED THE VICTIM NEAR THE SMOLDERING M