April 7, 1995
ME · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Genest Concrete Works Inc · Struck against a moving object
THE DRIVER LIFTED THE DUMPBODY TO UNLOAD BUT FAILED TO RELEASE THE TAILGATE. BY FAILING TO RELEASE THE TAILGATE THE DUMP BODY REMAINED FULL WHILE IT WAS BEING RAISED. CONSEQUIENTLY WHEN IT REA CHED THE END OF HIS TRAVEL, IT SHEARED THE DUMP PISTON RETAINING MECHANISM. THIS CAUSED THE DUMP BODY TO SEPERATE FROM THE TRUCK WITH THE ENSUING JARRING ACTION INJURING THE DRIVER.