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Construction Equipment
Dump truck driver drives bed right into a power line
Watch this fireworks display from a dump truck getting a little too close to active powerlines here on Equipment World.
May 24, 2019
Roadbuilding
Worker killed when core drill strikes power line on I-44 near St. Louis
A contract worker trying to obtain a road core sample was electrocuted November 29 along eastbound Interstate 44 near St. Louis when the truck-mounted core drill he was operating struck a power line. Stephen J. Tepatti, 39, of Florissant was working around 9:45 a.m. beneath a power line that stretched over the highway. He was […]
December 1, 2017
Roadbuilding
Road worker killed following dump truck electrocution in S. Carolina
A road worker in South Carolina died after he was electrocuted while loading asphalt into a paver. According to The State, Javier Lopez-Lira was working with a crew on Shadow Wood Drive in Richland County when the incident occurred. Lopez-Lira was loading asphalt into the paving machine from a dump truck when the bed of […]
March 16, 2016
Safety
Worker dies after suffering possible electrocution in San Antonio
A construction worker who died last week in San Antonio after co-workers found him unconscious on the job is believed to have been electrocuted. According to a report from the San Antonio Express-News, on September 17 workers at the construction site of a new high school in the area realized they had not seen the man […]
September 25, 2015
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