Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14214308 - SKIDDER DRIVER LOST CONTROL; RUN OVER BY SKIDDER WHEEL

Accident Summary Nr: 14214308 -- Report ID: 0454714 -- Event Date: 05/22/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18429340	05/27/1986	2421	0	Billie & Wayne Russell Sawmill

Abstract: ON MAY 22, 1986, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:45 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A JOHN DEERE SKIDDER, MODEL 440-B. HE WAS DRIVING UP A STEEP HILL (40% INCLINE) WHEN, ABOUT HALF WAY UP, THE MOTOR STALLED. HE WAS ON HIS WAY BACK TO THE WOODS AFTER DRAGGING SOME LOGS TO THE SAWMILL. HE ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE SKIDDER TO CONTINUE UP THE HILL, BUT THE SKIDDER BEGAN ROLLING BACKWARDS, DOWN THE HILL. HE LOST CONTROL AND EITHER JUMPED OR WAS THROWN FROM THE SKIDDER. HE WAS STRUCK BY ONE OF THE WHEELS AND RUN OVER IN THE AREA OF HIS BACK, CHEST AND ABDOMEN. HE WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH.

Keywords: WHEEL, TORSO, STEEP GRADE, CRUSHED, SKIDDER, LOGGING, LOST CONTROL, RUN OVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18429340			Fatality	Other	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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