CROOKSTON, CITY OF

EMPLOYEE RUN OVER AND KILLED BY FRONT END LOADER

EMPLOYEE #1 LEFT THE SHOP AT APPROXIMATELY 8 AM, DRIVING A CAT 920 FRONT END LOA DER. HE WAS FOUND AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 AM, DEAD, WITH THE LEFT REAR WHEEL OF T HE CAT 920 FRONT END LOADER ON HIS HEAD. HE WAS WORKING ALONE, AND THERE ARE NO KNOWN WITNESSES. THE CAT WAS RUNNING, WITH BOTH EMERGENCY BRAKES AND TRANSMISSIO N LOCK DISENGAGED WHEN FOUND. AFTER VIEWING PHOTOS TAKEN BY THE CROOKSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, IT IS APPARENT THAT THE LEFT REAR WHEEL OF THE LOADER HAD RUN OVER EMPLOYEE #1'S UPPER RIGHT TORSO, THEN COME TO A STOP ON HIS HEAD, CRUSHING IT AL MOST FLAT. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOUNT THE LOADER WHEN HE TR IPPED OR FELL FOR SOME REASON AND THE MACHINE RAN OVER HIM.