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August 15, 1997 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Rumpke Consolidated Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING NORTH BOUND ON A NORTH BOUND ONLY HAUL ROAD IN POURING DOWN RAIN. EMPLOYEE SAW PAYHAULER COME AROUND THE BEND TOWARD HIM, WRONG WAY, AND SWERVED RIGHT ONTO THE BERM OUT OF THE WAY. PAYHAULER DRIVER SAID HE FORGOT ABOUT THE TRAFFIC DIRECTION CHANGE ADN DROVE SOUTHBOUND. MUD PUDDLE SLPASHED OBSUCRING HIS VISION AND HE DID NOT SEE THE CAT 773 IN FRONT OF HIM.

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