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Truck Safety <br />• A review of the information gathered on truck operation, maintenance <br />and qualification standards for drivers indicates that the operation by <br />Savage Brothers is a very safe one. During the nearly four years of <br />operation at the Orchard Valley Mine, there have been no accidents involving <br />other vehicles and the coal trucks. <br />,. The steep grade (nearly 8%) on Stevens Gulch Road at the approach to <br />~~- the intersection with SH 133 warranted some concern at the outset of the <br />` study. However, the braking systems used appear to leave adequate reserve <br />for emergency stops, if ever required. There appears to be no real need <br />for such design modification as adding a runaway truck ramp. <br />~: <br />• <br />-17- <br />