The headline reads, Illinois Road Construction Worker Backed Over and Killed on U.S. 24 in Schuyler County. I've seen this enough times in the past 5 years that anymore it's not even a surprise. I half expect it.

I’ve written about workers, construction workers, interstate highway construction workers and pedestrians all getting run over by a truck on the jobs site that is backing up.  If you’d like to see what’s been previously written follow this link or just check out some of the titles added at the bottom of this post.

Today’s construction site is a highway job site in Rushville, Illinois. The actual roadway where the workers died was U.S. 24 in Schuyler County. The worker was a 53-year-old man named James Brink, the asphalt foreman with Brink Construction. It’s reported by the Hannibal-Courier-Post that the truck that backed into him was a Schuyler County dump truck. It appears from the news article Mr. Brink was knocked to the pavement and was then run over by the rear duals.

What are some of the questions I’d want answers to in this case?

1. Was there a back-up alarm on the truck?
2. Was there a working back-up alarm on the truck?
3. Could the driver see Mr. Brink as he was backing up?
4. Either why wasn’t there a spotter or was the spotter in a place where he was not able to see?
5. Was there a spotter that wasn’t paying attention?
6. What was Mr. Brink doing at the exact time he was backed into?
7. How much room was there for the truck and workers at this site?
8. Did this driver have a record of any kind that should have indicated to the county of Schuyler he should not have been driving the dump truck?
9. Was drinking involved with either construction worker?
10. Where were the supervisor and the general contractor at the time of the accident?
11. Were there other accidents at this job site?
12. What was the safety record on this job?
13. Were there safety meetings?
14. What training did the men have on using spotters and back up warning devices.
15. What did OSHA cite and who got cited on this job after the fatality?

There is much to do and I’d suggest all involved talk with a good lawyer to protect their rights, responsibilities and interests.  More information may be available Hannibal Courier Post.

At another site in Fayetteville, Arkansas a stock worker was killed by a forklift. Few details were available but that accident may have some similarities to this one.  He was trapped under the forklift while at the job site. No name or other details were provided. I'm going to include this in the Life-On-Campus category because college students work construction as a summer job and they need to be aware of what this device is and how it's supposed to work.

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