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Accident: 144949.015 - Employee Is Killed When Crushed By Bulldozer Blade
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1586751.015 | 03/30/2022 | Wisehart Investments, Inc. |
At 12:15 p.m. on March 29, 2022, Employee #1, an independent contractor, was rep ositioning blocks of wood as a bulldozer blade was being loaded by a wheel loade r with forks attached. An employee of Wisehart Investments, Inc. drove a truck and trailer loaded with a 5,500 pound dozer blade to a company in Pittsfield, Il linois to meet Employee #1, who was contracted with Wisehart Investments, Inc. t o transfer the dozer blade from one trailer to the other. The owner of the comp any located in Pittsfield, Illinois, operating a John Deere 544 Loader with fork attachments, was in the process of lowering the dozer blade from the employee's trailer to Employee #1's trailer, when the blade slid off the forks of the load er and crushed Employee #1. According to the Sheriff-Coroner, David Greenwood o f the Pike County Coroner's Office, the cause of death was multiple blunt and co mpressional injuries as he was struck by a bulldozer blade. Employee #1 was crus hed to death by the blade.
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1586751.015 | 71 | M | Fatality | Truck Driver: Heavy/Tractor-Trailer |