| 5/29/2004: Atlanta, Georgia — Trailer Dump Mishap |
| 1/10/2004: Port St Lucie, Florida — Mechanic crushed in dump truck mishap |
| October 11, 2003: El Paso, Texas — Man crushed in accident at East Side building site Tammy Fonce-Olivas El Paso Times A 37-year-old man died Wednesday morning while attempting to unload a Bobcat front-end loader from a trailer hitched to a dump truck at an East Side construction site, sheriff's officials said. The accident, which occurred at 7:30 a.m. and was reported to authorities at about 8 a.m., was at 13352 Colina Corona in a subdivision northwest of the intersection of Horizon Boulevard and Interstate 10, sheriff's spokesman Rick Glancey said. The victim, whose name was withheld pending notification of family, was "sandwiched between the rear end of the dump truck and the hitch area of the trailer," Glancey said. The incident is under investigation. Glancey said the dump truck belongs to Villalobos Landscaping in Anthony, N.M. Authorities did not say whether the victim worked for the landscaping company. Tammy Fonce-Olivas may be reached at tfonce@elpasotimes.com Similar accident: see February 23, 2001 below. |
| September 11, 2003: Portsmouth, New Hampshire — Driver crushed by dump truck in freak accident. |
| August 13, 2003: Paint Township, Pennsylvania — Dump truck kills man in Clarion road work zone |
| February 23, 2001: Port Royal, South Carolina — Man crushed in work accident A Port Royal man died Tuesday after he was accidentally crushed between a dump truck and trailer. |
