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Driver damages dock door upon exiting receiver — Preventable or Not?

May 29, 2018

Updated Jan 27, 2021

This video is an adaptation of a scenario from CCJ’s Preventable or Not manual. It is presented via a partnership between CCJ and Instructional Technologies. While exiting a grocery store after delivering a load, John Doe’s tractor struck a dock door that had been partially lowered while he was inside the store. Was this a preventable crash?

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