Dozer backs over, kills worker in NC

Incident happened in North Carolina
Aug. 18, 2023

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

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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.

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Rod Sutton

Sutton served as the editorial lead of Construction Equipment from 2001 through 2025. 

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