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Preliminary Report - Fatality #9 - June 27, 2016

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A Caterpillar D250E haul truck was positioning to dump a load of material near the edge of a highwall in order to build a ramp to the lower bench. The loaded haul truck rolled backwards over the 90 foot highwall.