Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 14567879 - Pinned Under Wheel Of Skidder

**Accident: 14567879 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 04/26/1984**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
15127061	04/27/1984	2411	Morgan Brothers Logging

EMPLOYEE #1, A SKIDDER OPERATOR, WAS PULLING A NINETY FOOT LONG LOAD DOWN A DIRT ROAD WITH A FRANKLIN SKIDDER. THE SKIDDER WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT. THE OPERATOR WAS FOUND DEAD UNDER THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL. SINCE THERE WERE NO EYEWITNESSES IT IS NOT KNOWN WHETHER THE OPERATOR JUMPED OR WAS THROWN FROM THE SKIDDER. THE SKIDDER DID NOT HAVE A SEAT BELT.

Keywords: crushed, seat belt, skidder, logging

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	15127061			Fatality	Other	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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