Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DRIVING A GROVE MODEL RT 58 ROUGH TERRAIN HYDRAULIC CRANE, OVER ROUGH TERRAIN, TO A NEW WORK SITE. A SECOND EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING ON THE CRANE'S FUEL TANK. AFTER THE CRANE TOPPED A HILL IT STALLED. THE SECOND EMPLOYEE DISMOUNTED THE CRANE AS EMPLOYEE #1 TRIED TO RESTART IT. MEANWHILE THE CRANE BEGAN TO ROLL DOWN THE HILL. THE CRANE WOULD NOT START, AND, SINCE IT WAS EQUIPPED WITH POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES, EMPLOYEE #1 HAD A DIFFICULT TIME CONTROLLING IT. AS THE CRANE, NOW OUT OF CONTROL, ENTERED A DENSELY WOODED AREA ALONGSIDE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, EMPLOYEE #1 EITHER JUMPED, OR WAS THROWN FROM, THE CRANE'S CAB. HE WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY THE CRANE.