OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14209027
J B LOGGING
CHEMULT, OR—
Event description
TRACTOR TRAILER ROLLED OVER WHILE HAULING CAT ON A LOWBOY
Investigation abstract
THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AN INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER TRUCK, WHICH WAS TOWING A BEEN A TRUCKER FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS. CATERPILLAR D6 ON A LOWBOY. HE WAS HAULING THE CAT FROM A LOGGING SITE TO A PICK UP POINT NEAR HIGHWAY 97. THE EVENT OCCURRED AT THE BOTTOM OF A 2.2 MILE, 10% GR ADE. HE HAD NEGOTIATED A CURVE AND WAS ON A STRIGHT STRETCH WHEN APPARENTLY THE RIG JACKKNIFED, SETTING THE LOWBOY LOOSE AND ROLLING THE TRUCK. THE CAB GUARD WA S BENT OVER THE CAB, WHICH WAS CRUSHED DOWN TO DASH LEVEL. THE EMPLOYEE'S HEAD W AS CRUSHED BETWEEN THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE CEILING OF THE CAB. AN AUTOPSY SHO WED THE VICTIM HAD BEEN IN GOOD HEALTH, WITHOUT HEART PROBLEMS. THE BRAIN WAS TO O BADLY DAMAGED TO EVALUATE. HE WAS WELL KNOWN FOR HIS GOOD DISPOSITION. HE HAD
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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