Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 790865 - Employee injured when skidder runs downhill and strikes tree

Accident Summary Nr: 790865 -- Report ID: 1054115 -- Event Date: 07/05/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124760810	07/09/1996	2411	0	Ro Jo Jac Logging Inc

Abstract: At approximately 10:15 a.m. on July 5, 1996, Employee #1 was yarding a turn of logs with a Timberjack skidder. As he lifted the logs with the grapple hook, the skidder lurched forward and continued out of control down an approximately 35 degree slope. During the descent the employee was thrown to the floor of the skidder after it struck a tree or stump. The skidder then continued downhill, hit a haul road embankment, and flipped end over end. Employee #1 was hospitalized with chest injuries.

Keywords: CHEST, YARDING, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, STEEP GRADE, SKIDDER, LOGGING, LOST CONTROL, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124760810			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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