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June 12, 1990 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
James River Limestone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SEE ATTCH:DRIVER DESCENDING 2% GRADE WITH LOAD OF OVERBURDEN,OBSERVED A WATER TRUCK ASCENDING THE 10% PORTION OF A ONE LANE ROAD 25'WIDE.THE DESC.TRUCK APPEARED TO SLOW TO A STOP,THE PROCEEDED ON DOWN THE HILL ENTERING DITCH ONCE WHEN THE WATER TRUCK WAS ACROSS FROM HIM.THEN GOT BACK ON THE ROAD AND PROCEEDED ANOTHER 150' ENTERING THE DITCH A 2ND TIME.DRIVER EITHER JUMPED OR FELL F

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