April 11, 2006
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
1845 Texas Stone Products, Inc.
· Struck by powered moving object
Employee was placing wire around a pallet of stone. He disreguarded the backup alarm of a Case 95XT skid steer loader that was moving in reverse. The employee disreguarded his safety training to yield the right-of-way to moving equipment. As a result, he was struck by the loader and died from his injuries.