engineering technician killed
engineering technician killed
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An engineering technician was killed this past Friday at Plant Bowen (Bartow Co. GA, USA). The as yet un-named technician from Contour Engineering of Kennesaw, GA was performing an in-place density test when he was struck and run over by the compactor.





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Jeff
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In light of how people keep getting killed in easily preventable accidents on construction sites (let alone elsewhere...), I am forced to admit that developing a culture of safety, including bringing the contractor's folks and the inspection folks together for safety meetings, is a reasonable and preferable way to go.
I'm sure the site owner in this case would have happily chosen that route as well.
To prove that I'm not just shooting my mouth off, I have discussed this incident with our VP of testing services and issued a safety memo to all our testing personnel describing the incident and suggesting ways for them to avoid a similar situation.
Jeff
Jeffrey T. Donville, PE
TTL Associates, Inc.
www.ttlassoc.com
The views or opinions expressed by me are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of my employer.
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Aren't we sure the worker was not already dead before being squashed. I mean, I would never manage to sleep in such conditions, if alive.
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However, it's just an abstract and doesn't give any more info than boffintech posted.