OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14540041
VERNON CAMPBELL LOGGING COMPANY
BOZEMAN, MT·
Event description
Employee killed when thrown from tractor skidder
Investigation abstract
On August 11, 1987, Employee #1 was working on a hillside with a slope of approx imately 60 percent. He apparently lost control of his D-4H Caterpillar tractor s kidder, and it rolled approximately 217 ft. Although the skidder was equipped wi th ROPS, Employee #1 was thrown out of the cab and killed. The physical evidence suggests that he was not wearing his seat belt.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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