Real-life Scenarios
Riders Falling Off Equipment or Buckets
Although not permitted, casual riding of the equipment by workers (other than the operators) has been the cause of many construction workplace accidents. Review each of the three scenarios below and related images.
A laborer died after he fell from the top of a pile of construction debris that had been loaded into the bed of a trash-style body truck to a paved driveway 8.5 feet below.
A maintenance mechanic died when he was crushed between an overhead gantry crane and a light fixture.
A construction carpenter died when struck by the bucket of a backhoe.
