Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200071025 - Employee killed when logging skidder overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 200071025 -- Report ID: 0453720 -- Event Date: 06/19/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302935739	06/21/2000	2411	0	Posey Moyer

Abstract: Employee #1, a skidder operator, was pulling an oak log when he made a turn that put too great a strain on the equipment and the skidder flipped over on top of him. Coworkers found the skidder in an upright position, with the front tires elevated and the cable tight. Employee #1, who was partially under the skidder, died of crushing injuries.

Keywords: WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, DRIVER, CRUSHED, SHARP TURN, SKIDDER, LOGGING, OVERTURN, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302935739			Fatality	Other	Supervisors, forestry and logging workers

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