OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14546378
LARRY VEAZEY
FORESTDALEE, AL·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed between skidder and logs
Investigation abstract
At approximately 4:00 p.m. on March 2, 1989, Employee #1 was operating a log ski dder on a hill with a 45 degree grade. Employee #1 parked the skidder facing uph ill. He set the park brake, dismounted, and went to the rear of the skidder to a ttach a wire cable to a log. The skidder rolled back, crushing his body between the logs and bottom of the skidder. Death was almost immediate.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 Male
- Nature of injury
- Concussion (6)
- Part of body
- BODYSYSTEM (4)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- MATERIALS HANDLG EQ. (27)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- PINCH POINT ACTION (1)
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.