A lead hand employed by a heavy equipment dealer was responsible for operating a grader and a simple conveyor system. The conveyor was being used to separate topsoil. The conveyor was set on the diagonal, and rose about 20 feet in the air from its base. It was supposed to be stopped and lowered to a horizontal position for any maintenance such as greasing the drums in the middle of the unit.

On the day of the tragedy, the worker climbed up the conveyor to the middle unit. He became entangled in the moving machinery. When co-workers found him, his […]