Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 98225.015 - Worker in log skidder injured when vehicle rolls down hill

Accident Summary Nr: 98225.015 -- Report ID: 0317500 -- Event Date: 08/14/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1255435.015	08/16/2017		238910	North Suburban Tree Service, Inc

Abstract: At 2:45 p.m. on August 14, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a tree services company, was working at the site of a multiemployer highway widening project. He was operating a grapple log skidder to move felled trees to a chipper. The skidder rolled down a hillside with Employee #1 in the skidder cab. The skidder came to rest at the bottom of the hillside and partially on the highway. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for multiple skull fractures and a fracture of the T3 vertebra.

Keywords: Construction, Construction vehicle, Driver, Fracture, Highway, Highway Shoulder, Roll-Over, Skidder, Skull, Vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Other			0	0

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1255435.015	57	M	Hospitalized injury		Operating engineers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Landscaping Fatality Cause:

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