Man dies after being pinned by truck at Sioux City business

Hell, I've seen so many idiots walk, (or drive, for that matter,) behind trucks that are backing up, that it's unbelievable they have lived as long as they have. It just goes back to the simple fact, that if you are working around moving machinery, or equipment, get your head up and out of your arse, and get your ears and eyes open.
This is a horrible situation, for everyone. And it could have been prevented, by the victim.
I really feel sorry for the driver here.

 

Ditto, not moving until I know where they are. I don't trust dock lights either, it turns green I get out and check.

I feel for the driver, life can change in an instant.

 

Any time I'm in a situation where I might kill someone who does something stupid (backing, pulling out of a shop where someone might get stupid and get back under the trailer right when i'm pulling out) I open my windows and move slowly. I'd like to hear the panicked screams and get the chance to stop before I accidentally kill someone.

 

Recently had someone zip behind me on a freakin motorcycle.

 

I dont think their is anyway to avoid the ignorance of others. It wont matter how much GOAL a driver does. The ignorant will still do things that are just plain wrong. Our diligence sometimes is not enough. Be grateful that it wasnt you driving the truck and dont let it bother you. SH - - happens.

 

It's a shame.

I once got out of my rig in the bullpen at Fort Collins CO at the meat plant there. I had just finished a epic 2000 mile run to get there among other problems in my life that night. It was about 8 oclock in the evening, dark and fixing to storm. Very tired I stumbled towards the washbay which has two or three steel docks not far from where I had dropped the trailer to get cleaned.

I saw my trailer coming straight back for me at very high speed and wondered I just drove that #### trailer what is it doing now? Fixing to kill me. I dove after two giant steps. Fell into green goo which might have been something left over from a cattle gut or something that is rotting. And that was what happened, the jockey slammed my trailer into the first dock and probably would have cut me in half on that steel right about lung level.

Believe you me I was awake the rest of the night. But that was ok, it was three days and two nights resting and building 70 hours back on the recap in order to run that load down and eastbound. I consider that one of my birthdays and one of the 8 or so lives lost lol.

What I don't see coming will be what kills me more than likely lol. Might as well get it over with.