Fatal Log Skidder Accident - Oregon

[Industrial Toys]

I have seen the situation often. You jump in the truck and the BOSS says, BTW, the brakes don't work and you have to stall it to shut it off. So you run what's available and don't ask questions. Otherwise, you won't fit in AND won't have work..

 

[ruffdog]

I have seen the situation often. You jump in the truck and the BOSS says, BTW, the brakes don't work and you have to stall it to shut it off. So you run what's available and don't ask questions. Otherwise, you won't fit in AND won't have work..

I'm sure the family will understand your explanation of how it all works. :thumbdown:

 

[Industrial Toys]

Yeah, I know, the TRUTH often sucks. Not completely MY fault things are the way they are.

 

[dieselcrawler]

Sad to hear... my condolence to family and friends.

Really makes me appreciate my employer, they are quite the opposite, going to great (even excessive) lengths to focus on the safety of all of us employed there. Naturally, some people complain about it, but we are far more likely to go home alive than poor Pete Neuman, I wish they could understand that.

 

[nyone]

Sounds like the whole brush and log removal part of the job should have been contracted out. How many roads do they actually build in that town anymore? Prob not many.

 

[radios1]

the operator ignored the fact that the seat belt wouldn't fit him, so he went and used the machine anyway!. operator fatal error!.

 

[Oaktree]

Not completely MY fault things are the way they are.

Maybe time for a different field of employment. I have never been asked (let alone told) to do something unsafe by any employer.
Not to say I haven't "pushed it" a couple times, but in every case it was my own perogative.

 

[MossRoad]

Maybe time for a different field of employment. I have never been asked (let alone told) to do something unsafe by any employer.
Not to say I haven't "pushed it" a couple times, but in every case it was my own perogative.

Boy I have. Working around airplanes, and at a newspaper printing facility. When the boss says "Get in there and do it." my usual reply was "You show me how to do it first." If it still looked unsafe, my 2nd reply was "Nope." Never got fired or disciplined for refusing to do something unsafe, so at least they didn't push it.

 

[hslogger]

Benton fined in road worker’s death | Local | gazettetimes.com

It aint over until it's over. I wonder how many of you read the reports that were linked to the second newspaper article. The findings in detail, ARE in detail.
Death at Hells Canyon | Local | gazettetimes.com

 

[1010]

The tires don't look that bad for a skidder. The conditions don't look very wet or icy.
I see the county was fined for the operator not being trained to be on the equipment. That could mean several things.
That type terrain isn't something you take a chance on. Being unemployed is better than being 6 feet under every time.
If I felt the machine was faulty for the conditions it was operating in I'd walk away every time.
If I was questioned my reply would have been, Well you show me how it can be safely done, that seat is a one size fits all..
I've never worked for anybody that told me I had to do something I wasn't comfortable doing, even if others on equipment were doing it. It would be just take your time and watch the others and you'd get the hang of it.

Then theirs somebody that simply doesn't understand the danger (from experience) and paid for it with their life, and the boss simply underestimated the operators skill level.