Dump Truck Safety Tip - Loading your Truck properly

Loading of your Truck:

-Loading of the box front-to-back must meet allowable gross weight and axle weight limitations set by the Department of Transportation (DOT). From side to side it is best to load as evenly as possible.

-If material is likely to flow poorly, lighten up the load in the top end of the box. A slightly smaller load will be better than a full load that causes a tip-over.

-Box liners will help most materials flow better during dumping. Liners also help to keep the box in good condition.

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Mark Deverson
President
Precision Endgate Safety Inc.
Phone: 1-877-942-4225
Fax: 1-866-278-8735
Email: mark@precisionendgate.com
http://www.precisionendgate.com/

Dump Truck Safety Tip - Dump Truck Stability

Dump Truck Stability is adversely affected by one or more of the following factors:

-the unit is not on a level surface when dumping.

-a large amount of material is in the upper portion of the raised box.

-material does not flow out of the top portion of the box, or does not flow out of one side of the top portion.

-the rear wheels settle unevenly as the load moves to the rear during dumping.

-wind may exert lateral loads, especially if the box is long, as is the case with end-dump semi-trailers.

Stability may also be affected by the unit's mechanical condition:

-Poor rear suspension systems on one side of the vehicle.
-Uneven tire pressures in rear wheels.

-Worn or inadequate components of the lifting system such as pins.

-Worn or inadequate lifting cylinders.

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Mark Deverson

President

Precision Endgate Safety Inc.

Phone: 1-877-942-4225

Fax: 1-866-278-8735

Email: mark@precisionendgate.com

http://www.precisionendgate.com/

Airborne tail gate kills couple In Toronto

Seniors die in SUV on Hwy. 400 after truck hits median, sending object through their windshield

Apr 20, 2008 04:30 AM - Brett Popplewell Staff Reporter

There was no way they could have seen it coming. The tailgate from a dump truck flew across traffic on Highway 400 and smashed through the windshield of an SUV, killing an elderly couple from Toronto.

The victims, a 75-year-old man and woman, have been identified but their names are not being released until next of kin have been notified. They were travelling north on the highway and were near King Rd. around 2 p.m. yesterday when the accident occurred.

"The dump truck was travelling southbound when it lost control and hit the centre cement median," OPP Const. Dave Woodford smaid yesterday.
"Some witnesses are telling us that the truck may have blown a tire and that it hit the median as a result."

More than three hours after the accident, police had still not removed the victims from the remains of the vehicle, a Chevrolet Avalanche.

Woodford said the female passenger was crushed upon impact and died immediately. The man driving the Avalanche was still conscious and breathing faintly when police arrived at the scene but he died before being removed from the car.

The driver of the dump truck was not injured. Witnesses, including the driver of a second dump truck, stopped at the scene but were unable to help the couple.

"There's nothing left of the vehicle, (the truck's tailgate) went straight through the front," Woodford said. "You can't plan for anything like this, it's like being struck by lightning or having a tree coming down on top of you.

"Everyone could have been doing everything perfectly right," he said, adding that he'd never heard of a tailgate coming off a dump truck before.

All lanes of Highway 400 between King Rd. and Highway 9 were closed yesterday afternoon.

Northbound lanes were reopened shortly after 7 p.m. but southbound traffic remained diverted until late into the night as police continued to investigate.

With files from Tamsyn Burgmann

Two killed in dump truck accident In Canada on Highway 400 Toronto

This accident was reported last summer by CTV Toronto with a tail gate problem from CTV Toronto's John Musselman. Click Here for full Report

An elderly man and woman are dead after the tailgate on a dump truck flew off and slammed into a vehicle on Highway 400 on Saturday afternoon.

Ontario Provincial Police said the dump truck was travelling south when it lost control and slammed into the centre median near King Road at about 2 p.m.

The impact ripped the tailgate from the large truck, sending it into the northbound lanes, where it crashed through the windshield of a Chevrolet Avalanche, said Const. Dave Woodford.
The occupants of the Chevrolet, a man and woman both aged 75, were pronounced dead at the scene.

"You don't expect something like that to happen," Woodford told CTV Toronto. "We hear sometimes tires coming off, but I've never heard of a tailgate coming off a vehicle."

Police closed all lanes of the highway in both directions to investigate and clean up the accident.
Woodford expected the highway to remain closed until at least 8 p.m.

Police are asking witnesses to contact Aurora OPP at 905-841-5777.

Dump Truck Safety Tip - Before you lift your box

Before you lift your box – or raise any piece of construction equipment … in Canada

-Check for overhead power lines, inquire as to the voltage rating of the power line, and follow the mandated safe limits of approach in the Occupational Health and Safety Act & Regulations.

-Continue watching for overhead power lines until your box has lowered to your frame when driving a dump truck.

-Contact with a overhead power line can cause damage to parts of your vehicle. Tires can act as an insulator until they blow. If tires do not blow drivers should check them for damage once they are clear from the site, and before they drive off.

-If you contact and down a power line stay in your vehicle unless there is an immediate fire danger. Others should be instructed to stay back at least 35 feet since electricity can travel through the ground around the impacted vehicle.

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Mark Deverson

President

Precision Endgate Safety Inc.

Phone: 1-877-942-4225

Fax: 1-866-278-8735

Email: mark@precisionendgate.com

http://www.precisionendgate.com/