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Accident Summary Nr: 170723803 - EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN STALLED SKIDDER ROLLED DOWN HILL

Accident Summary Nr: 170723803 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 07/21/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119756682	08/26/1993	2411	0	Warner Mountain Wood Products

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A 518 SKIDDER TO BRING JUNIPER TREES DOWN TO THE PORTABLE CHIPPER AREA. EMPLOYEE #1 NORMALLY OPERATES THE CHIPPER, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS BROKEN DOWN, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO OPERATE THE SKIDDER. EMPLOYEE #1 STATES THAT HE WAS BACKING UP A HILL TO GET A TREE WHEN THE SKIDDER ENGINE DIED. THE SKIDDER BEGAN TO ROLL FORWARD DOWN THE HILL. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS BOUNCED AROUND INSIDE THE SKIDDER WHILE GOING DOWN THE HILL, SUSTAINING SEVERAL FRACTURED RIBS AND A PUNCTURED LUNG. EMPLOYEE #1 KEPT APPLYING THE BRAKES TO STOP THE SKIDDER, WHICH HE WAS ABLE TO DO AFTER SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS. THE SKIDDER DID NOT HAVE SEAT BELTS. EMPLOYEE #1 ONLY HAD ABOUT 5 HOURS OF EXPERIENCE ON THE SKIDDER PRIOR TO THIS ACCIDENT.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LUNG, WORK RULES, ENGINE, STEEP GRADE, RIB, SKIDDER, LOGGING, UNTRAINED, PUNCTURE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119756682			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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