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May 27, 1983 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Oldwick Materials Inc · Struck against a moving object

STOCK PILE COLLAPSED WHILE DUMPING. TRUCK SLID DOWN BACK AND TURNED OVER, DRIVER OWN BANK AND TUARNED OVER, DRIVER INSIDE TILL TARUCK STOPPED IN UPSIDE DOWN POSITION AT BOTTOM. (HEAD INJURY N ECESSITATED 10 STITCHES IN BACK OF HEAD, BACK INJURED.) DRIVER CLIMBED OUT OF WINDSHIELD.

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