Alert and aware: Know what’s around you – and behind you – at all times

Apr 15, 2014

Updated Apr 29, 2014

The accident: A welder was working on a newly-laid section of rail when a wheeled excavator operator backed over his left arm. The machine’s wheel forced the welder’s arm into an inch-wide gap in the rails, severely crushing the limb.

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