OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14209522
DAVID MOODY
JOHN DAY, OR—
Event description
STRUCK BY BULLDOZER
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 10:15 AM, FEBRUARY 6, 1985, EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES ASING THE MACHINE'S BRAKES AND KNOCKING EMPLOYEE #1 OFF HIS FEET. AS HE FELL, HE GRASPED THE RIGHT FRONT CANOPY POST WITH HIS LEFT ARM. HE HELD ONTO THE THE POS T AND WAS BOUNCED ON TOP OF THE TRACK FOR A DISTANCE OF 144 FEET WHILE THE MACHI NE FREE WHEELED DOWN THE HILL. THE LEFT TRACK STRUCK A CHUNK OF WOOD, JARRING EM PLOYEE #1 LOOSE FROM THE CANOPY POST. HE WAS THROWN INTO THE PATH OF THE RIGHT T RACK, RUN OVER, AND CRUSHED. THE MACHINE TRAVELED AN ADDITIONAL 62'6" BEFORE COM ING TO REST IN SNOW WHICH WAS 31" DEEP. WHEN RUN OVER BY A CATERPILLAR D6C BULLDOZER. HE WAS OPERATING THE BULLDOZER AT THE SULFUR CREEK TIMBER SALE, LOCATED IN T11, R32,528, 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF JO HN DAY, OREGON. EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT EMPLOYEE #1 HAD PARKED THE MACHINE ON A 28% SLOPE WITH THE BRAKES SET, THE BLADE UP, THE TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL AND THE ENGINE IDLING. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR A BROKEN DRUM LINE BUT COULD NOT. HE ATTEMPTED TO BOARD THE MACHINE WITH A 6 FOOT SECTION OF THE BROKEN LINE , WITH CHOKER ATTACHMENTS, FROM THE RIGHT SIDE. WHILE STANDING ON THE RIGHT TRAC K THE BRAKE SET LEVER WAS BANGED BY THE BROKEN LINE AND CHOKER ATTACHMENTS, RELE
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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