OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #675975
K & W LOGGING
DETROIT, OR·
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED IN ACCIDENT WHEN LOG SKIDDER BRAKES FAILED
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE (EMPLOYEE #1) OF K & W INC. WAS DRIVING A CATERPILLAR MODEL 518 RUBB ER-TIRED SKIDDER DOWN A LOG HAUL ROAD. HIS BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING THE SKIDDER TO GAIN SPEED UNTIL THE EMPLOYEE COULD NO LONGER CONTROL THE MACHINE. THE SKIDDER RAN OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND CAME TO REST AFTER RUNNING OVER SOME CHUNKS, STUMPS AND A LOG. WHEN THE SKIDDER STRUCK THE LOG EMPLOYEE #1 WAS THROWN OUT OF THE SEAT AND UP AGAINST THE CANOPY CROSS-MEMBER. THE EMPLOYEE FELL TO THE GROUND WHERE TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES DISCOVERED HIM. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HOS PITALIZED WITH A FRACTURED SKULL.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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