Operator error. Failed to set crane up in digging mode. Employee did not set the travel locks prior to digging.
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June 13, 2020
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
Fatality · MACHINERY
Salt River Sand & Rock · Drowning
April 25, 1983
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Salt River Sand & Rock · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
VICTIM WAS RUN OVER BY 980B FRONT END LOADER WHICH WAS MOVING IN A REVERSE DIRECTION WITH BACKUP ALARM SYSTEM WORKING. LACK OF ATTENTION BY VICTIM AND LOADER OPERATOR FOR A POTENTIAL ACCIDENT. AUTOPSY REPORT SHOWED AN ALCOHOL CONTENT IN THE VICTIMS BLOOD LEVEL.
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