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California woman killed by gravel truck.

Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by Chinatown, Mar 24, 2015.

  1. Mar 24, 2015 #1
    Chinatown

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    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A San Francisco-area woman was crushed to death in her driveway by a load of gravel that spilled accidentally from a dump truck onto her car as she was about to move the vehicle at the request of construction workers, authorities said on Tuesday.
    The tragedy occurred on Monday afternoon while sidewalk construction was under way along a half-mile stretch of the woman's street in the East Bay town of Martinez, according to an initial report gathered by workplace safety inspectors.
    “Someone knocked on her door, the lady came out, then actually the chain of events that happened from there are under investigation as to how the gravel load came down onto the woman’s car, pinning her and killing her inside,” said Julia Bernstein, a spokeswoman for California's Occupational Safety and Health Division.
    “It was not expected, and it was absolutely an accident,” she said.
    The Contra Costa County coroner's office identified the victim as Lindsey Combs, 32, who according to her Facebook profile was a hairdresser and the mother of a 4-year-old girl.
    Martinez police were not immediately available for comment.
    State safety inspectors have six months to investigate and report on the incident, including any citations or fines that might be issued should workplace infractions be found.
    Bernstein said the general contractor for the project was cited in 2009 and 2010 for such regulatory violations as failing to post proper signs.
    (Reporting by Emmett Berg; Editing by Steve Gorman and Eric Beech)
     
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  3. Mar 24, 2015 #2
    bigdogpile

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    How the ??
     
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    Oldman49

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    Given the amount of hills in the area,,,a loaded truck sitting sideways on a hill waiting to back up to a sidewalk is very stable.....untill the box is raised and now the center of gravity is 10 feet above ground. They roll over to the low side EVERYTIME.
     
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  5. Mar 25, 2015 #4
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    bigdogpile

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    Knock knock, can you please come out and sit in your car while I dump a load of gravel on it ?? So sad stuff like this is never supposed to happen,Hopefully her family gets a huge chunk of coins..
     
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  8. Mar 25, 2015 #6
    texasbbqbest

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    Well from the picture it looks like the lady couldn't back up to move out of the way at the request of the GC anyway...
     
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  9. Mar 25, 2015 #7
    snowwy

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    the way i see it. is that truck is an end dump. the car didn't need to move. and the guy shouldn't have raised his bed. specially not with people around him. that's pretty obvious he wasn't on level ground.

    the smart guy would have known where and how to dump his load.

    safely without tipping over.
     
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  10. Mar 25, 2015 #8
    KW Cajun

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    The pic was taken from near vertical above, which is one of the hardest angles to see ground slope.
    Yet, even at this angle, the slope is obvious, significant, and a huge No-No for elevating any frameless dump!
    That dump driver made a grave mistake in even raising that bed, and sadly he won't forget this tragedy for his entire life.
     
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  11. Mar 25, 2015 #9
    Skate-Board

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    You can look on Google Maps and get a street view. It's a steep hill and does slope on her side.

    820 Shell Ave Martinez, CA


    [​IMG]
     
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    KW Cajun

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    Yeah, thanks Skate.

    The hill part doesn't matter the way he was facing, but the side-slope was what did it.
    The first and most important thing any dump driver is trained, or should know, is... always be on firm level ground when raising your bed.
    What was he (not) thinking?? So sad.
     
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