A worker was run over by a truck backing up on a project in New York. The truck ran over the worker’s legs and lower torso, according to news reports, as he was exiting a portable toilet.
The incident happened on a bridge project on Interstate 88 north of Interstate 81 in New York.
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According to the accident report cited in the reports, the toilet was placed in a manner such that anyone exiting it would be in the path of construction traffic.
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Rod Sutton
Sutton served as the editorial lead of Construction Equipment from 2001 through 2025.
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