Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170360101 - Employee killed when crushed by falling tree

Accident Summary Nr: 170360101 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 09/26/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111965018	09/26/1994	2411	0	Robinson Enterprises

Abstract: At approximately 1:00 p.m. on September 26, 1994, Employee #1, of Robinson Enterprises, Inc., was operating a Caterpillar D7G with a dozer blade on the front and a winch on the rear. He was skidding logs on a logging side in Plumas National Forest. Employee #1 was waiting for the choker setter to hook the cables from two logs when a nearby tree was felled and landed across the skidder's cab. The ROPS was crushed, which, in turn, crushed and killed Employee #1. The choker setter saw the tree falling and moved to the front of the tractor. Because he jumped under the radiator area, he was not injured. Employee #1 and the choker setter were working too close to the fallers.

Keywords: WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, ROPS, CRUSHED, TREE, SKIDDER, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111965018			Fatality	Other	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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