Man Crushed Beneath Construction Equipment
OSHA To Investigate Durango Accident
POSTED: 9:34 am MDT August 8,
2005
Government safety investigators were due in Durango, Colo., Monday to look into the circumstances the led to the death of construction worker.The 24-year-old man, who has not been identified, was crushed under a five-ton road-maintenance vehicle that that flipped on top of him.The man was driving the pneumatic roller in a subdivision when the machine's left wheels went off the edge of a dirt road, causing it to roll over. The man who died was driving the roller, according to the sheriff's office.
The man worked for Scott & Sons Excavation, which was performing road work in the Rafter J subdivision.The Occupational Safety and Health Administration was called in to investigate the workplace-related death.
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