BLADHOLM BROTHERS CULVERT CO., INC.

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN RUN OVER BY CONCRETE TRUCK

ON OCTOBER 30, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1, A SIDE VIBRATOR OPERATOR ON A 110 FOOT BRIDGE FORM, STEPPED BACKWARD INTO THE PATH OF A CONCRETE DELIVERY AND DISTRIBUTION TRU CK AS IT WAS BACKING INTO POSITION. THE CEMENT TRUCK HAD NO BACK-UP ALARM NOR WA S A GUIDE UTILIZED. IT WAS VERY NOISY AT THE WORKSITE (APPOXIMATELY 112 DBA) AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING HEARING PROTECTION PLUGS IN HIS EARS. HE WAS STRUCK AN D RUN OVER BY THE RIGHT REAR DUALS. HE SUFFERED INJURIES TO HIS ARMS AND LEGS AN D A FATAL HEAD INJURY. THE TRUCK OPERATOR WAS RELATIVELY INEXPERIENCED (A "FILL- IN" DRIVER). EMPLOYEE #1 WAS A RECENT HIRE WITH UNDER TWO HOURS EXPERIENCE AT HI S ASSIGNED TASK.