| | Wisconsin FACE Report No. 97WI110 | CDC/NIOSH |
 | | The incident was unwitnessed, but apparently the brakes failed and the skidder rolled downhill, striking the victim with the left rear wheel and crushing him against the tree. The co-worker heard the victim's cries for help and ran to the scene. |
 | | The co-worker drove his own skidder to where the victim was lying, and placed him in the skidder. He drove the skidder to his truck, carried the victim to the truck's passenger seat, then drove almost 15 miles to the hospital. |
 | | The skidder had large rubber tires with chains on the front, a winch on the back to drag and haul logs, and a blade on front (see figure). The victim regularly arranged for maintenance and repairs from a local mechanic. |
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