To some, it was inevitable. The chip terminal on Coos Bay near Newmark St. and Hwy. 101 (Tremont Ave.) is undergoing a major redevelopment on the former south pile of the two that stacked between the railroad tracks and the Bay. That left the north pile larger than normal and the operators of the tractors with the huge scoops that work the piles have been seen high in air and close to the edge. Saturday, August 17, one rolled over. Luckily, no one was injured and the operator was able to exit the tractor safely. Operators used the other two scoops to dig out around the rolled over tractor and get it righted. The terminal was occupied with a foreign ship taking on the wood chips for the Far East.
