Florida landfill worker in port-a-potty crushed by bulldozer in ‘tragic’ accident, officials claim
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office told Atlanta Black Star, “OSHA was contacted immediately,” after the incident and “it does appear to be a tragic, industrial accident.”
“While he was using the bathroom in a port-a-potty after his shift, a bulldozer driven by a man by the name of Johnny Johnson, ran him over, killing him instantly,” Black Lives Matter Restoration Polk Co-founder, Carl Soto said. Leonard disagrees with the sheriff’s office claims. “It wasn’t an accident,” Henderson said.
Henderson says his brother told him he and Johnson had been having problems on the job prior to his brothers death.
“How the same guy you get in an argument with accidentally kill you?” Leonard asked.
The Henderson family is outraged that the Polk County Sheriff’s Office came to a quick decision to rule Aaron Henderson’s death an accident.
“It ain’t just started, him and this guy, so that’s why I’m trying to understand why the police, the investigation, why y’all ain’t following up on that,” Leonard Henderson said.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd told WFLA, “There was no evidence of an ongoing conflict at this stage of the investigation.”
Soto and the Polk County chapter of Black Lives Matter has since been advocating on the behalf of the Henderson family. Soto says the company contracted to operate the landfill, CertiTemp, also has some responsibility for the tragic death.
“He [Johnson] chose to maneuver this bulldozer alone without a spotter, at the end of the shift, and, unfortunately, his choice was negligent, because he deviated from OSHA guidelines and regulations and his choice resulted in the death of Mr. Henderson,” Soto said.
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