OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14232276
BRAKE,ROLL-OVER,CRUSHED,SEAT BELT,SKIDDER,LOGGING,DRIVE SHAFT
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN LOG SKIDDER ROLLS OVER
Investigation abstract
On December 2, 1989, Employee #1 tried to coast a log skidder without a drive sh odged against a tree. Employee #1 was not using a seat belt. aft down a mountain so he could get his lunch from his truck parked at the base of the mountain. Employee #1 was the person that removed the drive shaft from th e skidder the previous day. The brakes on this skidder are located on the drive shaft so there was no way of slowing or stopping the skidder. The logging road w as at an approximate angle of 40 degrees to the horizontal. When the skidder app roached a slight curve Employee #1 lost control and the skidder overturned throw ing the Employee #1 out of the cab. The skidder rolled over Employee #1 crushing and killing him. No one saw the skidder overturn but it was found upside down l
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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