A front-end loader was working on a dirt road beside a fly ash pit. The loader went off the road into the pit, turned over and pinned the driver under water, where he drowned. The driver and at least a half-dozen other employees knew the loader brakes weren't working and hadn't been for about two months. The loader was also lacking a rollover protective structure or seatbelts. There was no guard railing along the roadway or edge of the pit. The lives of the operator and everyone working in the area were endangered every day this loader continued to work without […]

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