EMBANKMENT BEHIND & UNDERNEATH TRUCKS REAR AXLE SETTLED CAUSING REAR AXLE TO DROP ENOUGHT TO TIP TRUCK OVER BVACKWARD WHILE IT WAS DUMPING ITS LOAD OF OVERBURDEN. DOZER OPERATOR FROM HIS VEHIC LE MOTIONED FOR TRUCK TO STOP ABOUT 10' FROM EDGE OF BANK. APPARENTLY STILL LEFT REAR AXLE ON FRES FILL WHEN DRIVER BEGAN DUMPING LOAD REST OF FILL SLID RESULTING IN TRUCK TIPPING OVER. TRUCK
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March 25, 1989
NY · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
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Freedom Gravel Products Inc · Struck against a moving object
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