Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14440564 - LOG SKIDDER DRIVER KILLED WHEN SKIDDER ROLLED OVER

Accident Summary Nr: 14440564 -- Report ID: 1032500 -- Event Date: 12/28/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103192779	12/29/1986	2411	0	Timber Services Inc.

Abstract: ON DECEMBER 28, 1986, AT APPROXIMATELY 10 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A RUBBER TIRED SKIDDER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ON HIS SECOND TRIP AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. AS HE WAS TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THE MACHINE, THE REAR WHEELS BECAME SITUATED ON THE UPHILL SIDE OF THE SKID TRAIL WHILE THE FRONT WHEELS WERE ON THE TRAIL. THE MACHINE WAS AT, OR NEAR, FULL ARTICULATION WHEN THE REAR WHEELS SLIPPED OFF OF THE UPHILL SLOPE, CAUSING THE MACHINE TO ROLL OVER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS THROWN OFF THE SKIDDER AND STRUCK BY IT AS IT ROLLED OVER HIM. HE SUFFERED NUMEROUS SEVERE INTERNAL INJURIES WHICH WERE FATAL.

Keywords: ROLL-OVER, ROPS, SLIP, STEEP GRADE, SKIDDER, STRUCK BY, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103192779			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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