OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14539308

DAKOTA LOGGING

DECKER, MT· 1988-05-04T09:30:00

Event: ROLL-OVER, WORK RULES, ROPS, STEEP GRADE, CRUSHED, SEAT BELT, SKIDDER, LOGGING
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #100028430
Employer profile: DAKOTA LOGGING
Summary number: 14539308
Report ID: 830100

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN LOG SKIDDER ROLLED OVER ONTO HIM

Investigation abstract

AT APPROXIMATELY 9:30 AM ON MAY 4, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH DURING THE ROLL-OVER OF A CLARK 668 RUBBER TIRED LOG SKIDDER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS THROWN F ROM THE SKIDDER APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET DOWN THE 50 PERCENT GRADE. THE SKIDDER RO LLED OVER NUMEROUS TIMES ALL THE WAY DOWN THE 300 FOOT SLOPE. THE SKIDDER WAS EQ UIPPED WITH A ROPS BUT NOT WITH A SEAT BELT.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 27 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
19

Event type
2

Source
27

Occupation code
496

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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