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OPERATING A HAUL TRUCK AND TRAVERSING QUARRY FLOOR, STRUCK A LARGE ROCK/ BOULDER. IN DOING SO, HHE WAS EITHER EJECTED OR JUMPED FROM VEHICLE. HE WAS FOUND SEMI-CONSCIOUS ON FLOOR OF QUARRY AND HAD NO RECOLLECTION OF EVENTS PRIOR TO ACCIDENT.
DRIVER WAS DRIVING HIS INTERNATIONAL 350 PAYHAULER UP THE RAMP, SAID HE HEARD A BANG NOISE AND HE JUMPED OUT OF HIS VEHICLE.
EE WAS DRIVING HIS LOADED INT'L 180 PAYHAULER WEST ON THE RAMP TO THE CRUSHER AND OTHER EE WAS DRIVING HIS EMPTY INT'L PAYHAULER EAST ON THE RAMP TO BE RELOADED WITH MATERIAL. AS THEY PASSED E ACH OTHER ON THE THIRD LEVEL OF THE RAMP, THEIR CABS STRUCK EACH OTHER.
DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR OF THE TRUCK OPENED. POLICE SAID AS EE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE RAMP. AS HE REACHED TO SHUT THE DOOR, HE UNKNOWINGLY STEERED TOWARDS THE EDGE OF THE ROAD. AFTER REALIZING WHAT H E DONW, EE JUMPED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE STRUCKA BOULDER AND TURNED OVER AND LANDED ON EE.
EE WAS DRIVING HIS 180 INTERNATIONAL PAYHAULER REAR DUMP TRUCK FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE QUARRY TO THE CRUSHER AT THE TOP, ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY UP THE RAMP, THE 180 LOST POWER AND EE T RIED TO STEER THE VEHICLE INTO THE WALL TO STOP IT. IT WAS AT THIS TIME THE 180 TURNED OVER ON ITS SIDE.