Compaction cautions: Never bypass a machine’s safety features

Equipment World Staff (EQW)
Apr 11, 2014
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The accident: Using a borrowed compactor, an operator was compacting soil for a new road. The machine had a faulty starter system – when used on rough terrain, the engine would die, requiring a manual jump start…

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