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Incident Information:
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Location:
California -
Date:
10/08/2007 -
Incident Type:
Heavy Equipment -
Description:
On Monday, October 8, 2007, at 12:42 p.m. in Monterey County, California, CAL FIRE Dozer 4641 was working on a structure/wildland fire when the dozer rolled over, seriously injuring its operator who was taken to the San Jose Regional Medical Center. At 2:40 p.m. the next day, the Dozer Operator died. His fatal injury was from a single violent impact to the head from blunt force trauma.
Heavy Equipment, Fatality
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