On two separate jobsites, one in Nebraska and one in Michigan, two men were run over by a dozer.
In Kearney, Nebraska, the owner of a construction company was run over March 2 by a runaway dozer.
Ron Blessing, 72, owner of Blessing Construction, had been operating the dozer, according to witness statements to the Kearney Police Department. After he was struck, the dozer continued to travel across a field for about a quarter-mile before it stopped in a ditch.
Blessing died at the hospital. Keaney police and the Buffalo County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the incident.
Blessing founded Blessing Construction in 1998. The civil construction firm performs concrete paving, demolition, site preparation, crushing operations and hauling services. It has about 35 employees.
On March 1 in Jackson County, Michigan, a worker on an I-94 construction project was run over by a dozer.
