Avenue Fire Dozer Tip Over 2017

A dozer began to cut line at the site of an old landing. Once the dozer neared the break in slope, the stumps and other debris being pushed by the machine made it hard to see what was in front of him. After a bit, the blade was all the way down, but it wasn’t touching anything. The Dozer Operator slowly inched the machine forward. The dozer dropped over the edge onto a small shelf and was fully committed. The machine started to feel a little unstable. The operator was skillfully doing what he could to negotiate this predicament. Still struggling to determine what was under the machine, he raised the blade all the way for a better look. The blade quickly became stuck on one of two stumps. At that moment, the entire dozer began to tip toward the downhill side. The Dozer Operator quickly dropped the blade and angled downward in an attempt to stop the dozer from rolling over. Even so, the machine continued to tip slightly until coming to rest against a 12-inch diameter Douglas fir.

RLS, Heavy Equipment