OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #947390

SLIP,CRUSHED,LOGGER,FALL,SKIDDER,SLIPPERY SURFACE,UNMANNED

1989-12-18T00:00:00

Event: SLIP,CRUSHED,LOGGER,FALL,SKIDDER,SLIPPERY SURFACE,UNMANNED
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 947390
Report ID: 355119

Event description

Employee crushed to death under skidder wheel

Investigation abstract

At approximately 2:45 p.m. on December 18, 1989, Employee #1 was operating a Joh n Deere, model # JD 440-C, log skidder in the woods. Employee #1 was found dead lying on his back between the skidder's left front wheel and left rear wheel on an approximately 10 degree grade. The skidder, facing uphill, was running and in neutral. The hand brake was not set. Employee #1 had hooked the towing cables a round a tree and apparently was getting back on the skidder when he slipped on t he skidder step or just fell to the ground. Employee #1's abdomen had been crush ed by the skidder's left front wheel. Icy conditions prevailed the day before.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 31 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
1

Event type
2

Source
30

Occupation code
856

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
17

Task assigned
1

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