Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170082150 - Employee crushed to death by logging skidder

Accident Summary Nr: 170082150 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 01/04/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107634610	01/19/1994	2411	0	Lkc Logging, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, the owner of the business, was helping to hook up a log to a skidder's winch line. The skidder was on a steep incline and was being held steady by only the brakes. (It had to be out of gear for the winch to operate.) The weight of the skidder on the incline overpowered the brakes, and the skidder went downhill, catching Employee #1 between the skidder and the log. He was crushed and died instantly of multiple skull and chest injuries.

Keywords: CHEST, BRAKE, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, STEEP GRADE, CRUSHED, SKULL, SKIDDER, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107634610			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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