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Fish, if you were looking for my blessing, I don't think we have any rule about this sort of thing, which means that it's completely in bounds. We're pretty specific about what we don't want, and this isn't on that list.
Here's the really interesting thing, though. I've been having an ongoing conversation about a claim on one of my accounts that rents equipment like this. It most definitely isn't this same incident (this one looks European to me) since no one died, but it basically involves a piece of equipment being unloaded from a trailer that rolled over and off when it hit the d-ring tiedown. Given this, I doubt that was the cause, but we've been trying to figure out if it is an auto liability or general liability claim for a week or so, and I think it's an interesting coincidence that this set of pictures shows up just as we've gotten our problem solved. I may send this to a couple folks (with stronger stomachs) on the distribution list.
Thanks, Fish.
And will, there's not a rollcage made that would withstand this kind of thing. An enclosed cab MIGHT handle it, but it looks to me like the machine was inverted before it struck the ground. It may not have been, but given the position of the body and the truck, it was certainly within 15 degrees.
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