Wednesday, August 31, 2016

The operator of an excavator with Mirra Construction injured after the equipment rolled onto its side as it was being loaded onto the trailer in Royalston




Worker hurt when excavator topples in Royalston, Mass.



Tuesday Posted Aug 30, 2016 at 4:04 PM Updated Aug 30, 2016 at 4:39 PM

 By Elaine Thompson
Telegram & Gazette Staff


ROYALSTON, MA – The operator of an excavator was taken to the hospital Tuesday after the equipment fell from a trailer on Turnpike Road.

State Trooper Paul Sullivan said the vehicle rolled onto its side as it was being loaded onto the trailer. The 61-year-old operator, whose name was not publicly released, was taken by ambulance to Heywood Hospital in Gardner with injuries that were not life-threatening, the trooper said.


He said representatives of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration declined to investigate because the accident “probably does not meet the standards for a basic investigation.”He said the company involved in the accident is Mirra Construction