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May 3, 2005 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Ratliff Ready Mix L.P. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A CUSTOMER TRUCK DRIVER GOT OUT OF HIS TRUCK WHILE A MINE FRONT END LOADER OPERATOR WAS LOADING HIS TRUCK WITH SAND. HE WAS WORKING ON SOMETHING ON THE BACK OF HIS TRUCK AND FORGOT TO SET HIS PARKING BRAKE. THE TRUCK BEGAN TO ROLL BACK AND HE COULD NOT GET OUT OF THE WAY, RESULTING IN THE CUSTOMER BEING PINNED UNDER HIS TRUCK

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