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Elbow Creek Fire Feller Buncher Rollover 2021

  • Location:

    Oregon
  • Date:

    08/07/2021
  • Incident Type:

    Heavy Equipment
  • Description:

    On the Elbow Creek Fire on August 5 at approximately 4:20 pm, a contract logger (part of the Contingency Group on the fire) operating a tracked Timberpro Feller/Buncher was involved in a rollover accident. The operator was engaged in hazard tree removal on Forest Road 6212 of the Walla Walla Ranger District, Umatilla National Forest, Oregon. The operator was uninjured.

    Heavy Equipment, Falling Operation, RLS