Abstract: At approximately 8:00 a.m. on October 13, 2004, Employee #1 and three coworkers were working at a road construction site. Employee #1, a grading contractor, was checking the grading with a site level, while one coworker was operating a pan loader and another operating a bulldozer to cut dirt to form the street area. Employee #1 signaled to the pan loader to make another cut of the road bed. The bulldozer operator observed Employee #1's ordering and stopped to give-way for the pan loader machine to make another cut. The pan loader operator checked his machines position and looked in the curb side mirror. Although he did not see Employee #1, who was checking grading behind the loader, he proceeded to back-up and struck Employee #1. A third coworker observed Employee #1 fall back and away from the curb side of the pan loader machine about 4 feet from the front of the rear wheel and bowl, where he laid on his left side. All three coworkers came to Employee #1's assistance and contacted emergency services. Employee #1 died in route to a local hospital.