A technical engineer died after being crushed by a 12-ton bulldozer at a landfill. The victim was obtaining a soil sample, while a landfill employee was bulldozing a road to a new dumping area. The steel compactor-type wheels on the bulldozer were 36 inches (91.4 cm) high, 30 inches (76.2 cm) wide, with three-inch (7.6 cm) round, one-foot (30.5-cm) long cleats. The operator was driving away from the entrance. The victim entered the site and parked along the new road to take a sample. He was facing away from the bulldozer when the operator backed up over the same ground to compact […]
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