- Location
- DENVILLE N.J.
IN CHESTER NJ A OWNER OF A SMALL COMPANY HAD BEEN WORKING OUT OF HIS BUCKET TRUCK ABOUT 30 TO 40 FEET AND THE TRUCK HAD TURNED OVER ON ITS SIDE .AND AT THIS TIME IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER OR NOT THE OUTRIGGER HAD FAILED OR IF IT WAS EVEN BEING USED . THE MAN IS CURRENTLY IN CRITICAL CONDITION AND UNABLE TO GIVE ANY INSIGHT AS TO WHAT HAPPENED SO ITS TOO SOON TO RUSH TO JUDGEMENT . BUT THIS MUCH IS KNOWN HE WAS WORKING ALONE ( BIG MISTAKE) AND NO PADS WERE USED UNDER THE OUTRIGGERS WHICH WERE ON SOFT GROUND (EVEN BIGGER MISTAKE)AND IF THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE OF POOR EQUIPMENT CARE OR BUY TRYING TO SAVE TIME OR BEING TOO CHEAP TO BUY SOME LUMBER TO MAKE OUTRIGGER PADS THIS IS JUST AS MUCH A TRAGEDY IF THIS PERSON LOSES HIS LIFE . AND JUST REMEMBER WHEN YOU PUT YOURSELF IN THIS POSITION YOU NOT ONLY HURT YOURSELF YOU HURT YOUR FAMILY AND EVERYONE WHO CARES ABOUT YOU AS WELL AS IT BEING A PREVENTABLE ACCIDENT THAT MAKES THIS INDUSTRY EVEN MORE COSTLY TO INSURE
