Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 564690 - EMPLOYEE FATALLY INJURED WHEN LOGGING SKIDDER OVERTURNS

Accident Summary Nr: 564690 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 08/16/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107573602	11/19/1991	2411	0	Cureton Logging, Inc.

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 11:00 A.M. ON AUGUST 16, 1991, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DRIVING A LOGGER SKIDDER AND REMOVING FELLED LOGS FROM A PLOT OF GROUND. WHEN HE CROSSED A DITCH, THE SKIDDER OVERTURNED. EMPLOYEE #1 CLIMBED FROM THE OVERTURNED SKIDDER AND A COWORKER TOOK HIM TO A NEARBY LOADING AREA ON ANOTHER SKIDDER, WHERE AN AMBULANCE WAS CALLED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FLOWN BY HELICOPTER TO A HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED THREE DAYS LATER FROM A BLOOD CLOT IN HIS HEAD.

Keywords: BLOOD CLOT, HEAD, UNEVEN GROUND, DITCH, TREE SKIDDING, SKIDDER, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107573602			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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