A woman was scooped into the shovel of a dump truck, covered by sand, then poured into a gravel crusher, according to footage from a security video. Local authorities in Yidu City, Hubei Province, said the woman passed away from suffocating on Feb. 24, at around 9 a.m.
All information about the report was removed from mainland Chinese websites.
Work Site Death
The report said that the woman was guiding a blue truck that was delivering sand at a pottery factory. As the blue truck backs into place, the front-loader starts up behind her.As the front-loader drives forward, the woman is knocked into the large shovel. The loader then moves forward and scoops a large pile of sand into its shovel, covering the woman.
The loader backs up, and raises the shovel into the air, pouring the sand into a gravel crusher, according to reports.
After the sand is emptied, the truck backs away. In the security video, the woman can be seen scrambling through the sand.
The truck then stops abruptly, and the driver leaps out. He’s seen jumping as he runs off screen, and other workers immediately start running over.
He can be seen pointing to the machine. He runs off the screen with the other worker, before the footage ends.
