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<blockquote data-quote="Sammie" data-source="post: 198821" data-attributes="member: 8657"><p>We lost a UPS employee in our yard and after such an event, no one is ever the same again. Our guy was crushed to death between the wall of a building and a yardbird, which he left in reverse without setting the brake properly to step out and check on something. </p><p> </p><p>With all of the activities that go on in the yards during the busy times, so many terrible things can go wrong.</p><p> </p><p>One of my UPS buddies e mailed me more info on the Massachusetts accident -</p><p> </p><p>BROCKTON - A Bridgewater man run over by a tractor-trailer truck at the UPS</p><p>plant in Brockton Wednesday night died yesterday at Boston Medical Center.</p><p> Peter Duhamel, 56, had worked at UPS for 33 years, according to UPS</p><p>spokesman Neil Rossi. </p><p> Rossi, Brockton police and officers of the Occupational Safety and Health</p><p>Administration said yesterday that the details of the accident are still</p><p>under investigation.</p><p> Duhamel was run over by a tractor-trailer truck in the yard of the Oak</p><p>Hill Way UPS warehouse just after 8 p.m. Wednesday.</p><p> For many years, Duhamel worked as a delivery driver and was well-known on</p><p>the area, said his mother, Carol Duhamel of Brockton. After a back</p><p>operation, he took a job in the warehouse on Oak Hill Way in Brockton, she</p><p>said.</p><p> Besides his mother, Duhamel leaves a wife, Laura, of Bridgewater, and</p><p>three children; Arik, of Newton; Alison, of Jamaica Plain, and Adam and his</p><p>wife, Shelby, of Bridgewater. He is also survived by three brothers and a</p><p>sister, his mother said.</p><p> Duhamel was an Army veteran of the U.S. Army who served in Vietnam. He</p><p>was a member of the Teamsters, and traveled to mines in the Rocky Mountains</p><p>and Maine as an amateur geologist and gemologist.</p><p> He enjoyed the outdoors by fishing as a surf-caster, and made his own</p><p>fishing poles. He was also a member of the Beach Buggy Association.</p><p> His mother said yesterday Thursday that the victim's wife and two of his</p><p>children were out of state when the accident happened, and were due to</p><p>arrive home last night. Meanwhile, she has been comforted by friends.</p><p> "The caring and concern of friends make the hard parts of life easier,''</p><p>she said.</p><p> The accident is under investigation by Brockton Police, the state police</p><p>accident reconstruction team and the Occupational Safety and Health</p><p>Administration.</p><p> OSHA spokesman Ted Fitzgerald, spokesman for OSHA, said yesterday that</p><p>OSHA has opened an inspection of the plant on Oak Hill Way as a result of</p><p>the accident.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sammie, post: 198821, member: 8657"] We lost a UPS employee in our yard and after such an event, no one is ever the same again. Our guy was crushed to death between the wall of a building and a yardbird, which he left in reverse without setting the brake properly to step out and check on something. With all of the activities that go on in the yards during the busy times, so many terrible things can go wrong. One of my UPS buddies e mailed me more info on the Massachusetts accident - BROCKTON - A Bridgewater man run over by a tractor-trailer truck at the UPS plant in Brockton Wednesday night died yesterday at Boston Medical Center. Peter Duhamel, 56, had worked at UPS for 33 years, according to UPS spokesman Neil Rossi. Rossi, Brockton police and officers of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration said yesterday that the details of the accident are still under investigation. Duhamel was run over by a tractor-trailer truck in the yard of the Oak Hill Way UPS warehouse just after 8 p.m. Wednesday. For many years, Duhamel worked as a delivery driver and was well-known on the area, said his mother, Carol Duhamel of Brockton. After a back operation, he took a job in the warehouse on Oak Hill Way in Brockton, she said. Besides his mother, Duhamel leaves a wife, Laura, of Bridgewater, and three children; Arik, of Newton; Alison, of Jamaica Plain, and Adam and his wife, Shelby, of Bridgewater. He is also survived by three brothers and a sister, his mother said. Duhamel was an Army veteran of the U.S. Army who served in Vietnam. He was a member of the Teamsters, and traveled to mines in the Rocky Mountains and Maine as an amateur geologist and gemologist. He enjoyed the outdoors by fishing as a surf-caster, and made his own fishing poles. He was also a member of the Beach Buggy Association. His mother said yesterday Thursday that the victim's wife and two of his children were out of state when the accident happened, and were due to arrive home last night. Meanwhile, she has been comforted by friends. "The caring and concern of friends make the hard parts of life easier,'' she said. The accident is under investigation by Brockton Police, the state police accident reconstruction team and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. OSHA spokesman Ted Fitzgerald, spokesman for OSHA, said yesterday that OSHA has opened an inspection of the plant on Oak Hill Way as a result of the accident. [/QUOTE]
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