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Worker Killed at Blue Mountain in Construction Accident

SAM Magazine–September 25, 2011–According to The Morning Call, a 49-year-old man working for an excavation company at Blue Mountain Ski Area in Pennsylvania was killed when the truck he was operating overturned on a ski slope last Wednesday morning, September…

SAM Magazine–September 25, 2011–According to The Morning Call, a 49-year-old man working for an excavation company at Blue Mountain Ski Area in Pennsylvania was killed when the truck he was operating overturned on a ski slope last Wednesday morning, September 21.

The accident victim, Victor Bortz, was an employee of Livengood Excavating & Paving. While there were no witnesses, Bortz was apparently ejected when he lost control of the over-sized dump truck.

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