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pacer01
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What is the name of your state? Virginia
Recently I was loading some pallets onto one of our trucks here at work and when i backing out of the truck our loading dock collapsed(it is one that moves up and down to accomadate different size trucks). The Big Joe(motorized pallet jack) that wieghs 2500 lbs flipped bak and almost fell on top of me, it grazed my shoulder. I was not hurt but if it did fall back on me it probably could have killed me. My question is this: It turns out that the dock was due for routine maintenance that no one has been doing, and the reason it collapsed is that it had a broken part. Is there any negligence here? It is a shot in the dark but i was just wondering, cause the thing could of killed me if i didnt get out of the way
Thanks
Recently I was loading some pallets onto one of our trucks here at work and when i backing out of the truck our loading dock collapsed(it is one that moves up and down to accomadate different size trucks). The Big Joe(motorized pallet jack) that wieghs 2500 lbs flipped bak and almost fell on top of me, it grazed my shoulder. I was not hurt but if it did fall back on me it probably could have killed me. My question is this: It turns out that the dock was due for routine maintenance that no one has been doing, and the reason it collapsed is that it had a broken part. Is there any negligence here? It is a shot in the dark but i was just wondering, cause the thing could of killed me if i didnt get out of the way
Thanks