OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14431845

EJECTED,ROLL-OVER,EQUIPMENT OPERATOR,CRUSHED,SKIDDER,LOGGING,OVERTURN

1989-08-22T00:00:00

Event: EJECTED,ROLL-OVER,EQUIPMENT OPERATOR,CRUSHED,SKIDDER,LOGGING,OVERTURN
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14431845
Report ID: 830100

Event description

Employee killed when skidder rolls over

Investigation abstract

At about 6:30 p.m. on August 22, 1989, Employee #1 was using a 667B rubber-tired skidder to move logs on a hillside when the skidder overturned. Employee #1 was thrown out and killed when the skidder rolled over and crushed him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 27 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
14

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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