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July 14, 2017 IL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Eagle River Coal LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee was stopped on haul road in a Cat 777 haul truck waiting on an approaching Cat 785 haul truck. When the approaching 785 truck was blinded by the sun while leaving the coal yard and struck the parked Cat 777.

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