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August 20, 2002 TN · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Washington County Highway Department · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE HAD JUST EXITED HIS DUMP TRUCK AFTER BACKING IT UNDER THE BINS. HE WAS STANDING, LOOKING UP, TALKING TO ANOTHER EE WHO WAS STANDING ABOVE HIM. ANOTHER DRIVER WAS BACKING INTO THE ADJOINING STALL, HIS TRUCKBED STRUCK EE IN THE BACK, KNOCKING HIM TO THE PAVEMENT, THEN THE RIGHT REAR WHEELS RAN OVER HIS BODY. THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER TRUCK GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND RAN TO CALL 911.

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