Dozer backs over, kills worker in NC

Aug. 18, 2023

Incident happened in North Carolina

A worker was killed when a crawler dozer backed over him on a road-widening project in North Carolina.

Russell Penley, 29, was doing surveying work on Interstate 26, according to news reports. Law enforcement officials said the operator “failed to see” that the man was behind the machine.

Rod Sutton

Sutton has served as the editorial lead of Construction Equipment magazine and ConstructionEquipment.com since 2001.

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