April 22, 2006
TN · Metal/Non-Metal
utility man, errand boy, service truck operator
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Lhoist North America Of Tennessee, LLC
· Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Utility operator was preparing to wash out the rail scale. The loader operator was weighing the loader on the scale. The loader operator announced on the radio that he was moving the loader off the scale. He slowly moved forward when he observed the utility operator on the ground. The utility operator apparently fell and was crushed by the front left tire of the loader.