An employer who requires employees to transport heavy machinery on open tray-top trucks has a duty to warn of the risks of manually repositioning shifted loads and to instruct employees on what to do if a load shifts during transit. Contributory negligence may be assessed objectively even where the employer has failed to give any instructions, but the absence of instructions is a relevant contextual factor that may reduce the employee's share of responsibility.
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