Ri$k Happens: Watch for falling rocks!

Aug. 14, 2022 - By Mary Ann Gormly - Loss Analyst, ARA Insurance

A man called the rental store from the side of the road. He was very upset because he had been following behind a truck belonging to the rental store and now his windshield was shattered.

The person at the rental store who answered the phone was having a hard time understanding how this could have happened, but he took down the man’s information and promised him a return call as soon as possible.

The man had been correct. The truck belonging to the rental store was hauling a large piece of equipment that had been used on a job site. The equipment was used to clear land and mud and rocks were caked on the machine. The equipment had not been cleaned before being loaded onto the trailer and precautions were not taken to keep the debris from falling onto the roadway.

The man’s windshield had been shattered by rocks falling from the equipment and bouncing onto the road and onto his car.

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