Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201481660 - Employee run over by skidder

Accident Summary Nr: 201481660 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 09/26/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125839266	09/28/1998	0851	0	Alderman Timber Co. Inc.

Abstract: On September 19, 1998, Employee #1, a knot bumper for a logging company, was fatally injured when he was run over by a 1983 Caterpillar number 528 rubber-tired skidder (Serial Number 51S00907). The skidder was out of control when the operator tried to park it above a log landing, lost power, and could not stop it from running over Employee #1 that was bumping knots off logs laying in the landing 30 ft away and 5 to 10 ft below.

Keywords: LOGGER, SKIDDER, LOGGING, RUN OVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125839266			Fatality	Other	Laborers, except construction

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