OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14569404
CRUSHED,SKIDDER,LOGGING,RUN OVER
Event description
STRUCK BY LOG SKIDDER
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 3:45 PM ON OCTOBER 1, 1984, EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES STRIKING SEVERAL SMALL STANDING TREES (AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 ). THE SKIDDER OVERTOOK AND CRUSHED EMPLOYEE #1. THE SKIDDER FINALLY CAME TO A S TOP DUE TO THE BRUSH AND DEBRIS. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FOUND UNDERNEATH THE DEBRIS AND THE SKIDDER. WHEN HE WAS RUN DOWN BY AN FMC MODEL 210CA LOG SKIDDER. THE WORK SITE WAS THE G OHRAM TIMBER SALE, LOCATED IN T65, R37E, SEC. 15, NEAR HIGH MOUNTAIN, OREGON (WE ST OF NORTH POWDER). THE EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT EMPLOYEE #1 HAD TRAVELLED UP AN OLD SKID ROAD, STOPPING NEAR THE TOP OF THE HILL. THE DEGREE OF SLOPE WAS APPRO XIMATELY 46%. HE DISMOUNTED FROM THE SKIDDER, LEAVING THE ENGINE RUNNING, THE ST ACKING BLADE IN THE RAISED POSITION, THE PARKING BRAKE SET AND THE YARDING WINCH IN FREE SPOOL. HE WALKED TO AN AREA BEHIND AND BELOW THE MACHINE, TRYING TO FIN D A LOG TO YARD TO THE LANDING AREA. THE SKIDDER ROLLED DOWN THE HILL BACKWARDS,
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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