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Bridge Creek Fire Dozer Rollover 2024

  • Incident Information:

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    Bridge Creek Fire Dozer Rollover RLS.pdf (1.16 MB) 1.16 MB

  • Location:

    Washington

  • Date:

    07/22/2024

  • Incident Type:

    Heavy Equipment

  • Keywords:

    Heavy Equipment

    Extended Attack

    Indirect Line Construction

    RLS

  • Description:

    Bridge Creek Fire - Washington

    On July 22, 2024, a bulldozer was assigned to build indirect line. The Heavy Equipment Boss and Dozer Operator walked around the area on foot to establish a plan. After talking it over they decided where to start and began work. As the line was being pushed the Dozer Operator felt his blade hit a rock and he lifted the blade to pass over the rock. Once he believed he was past the rock and his tracks were stable, the Dozer Operator put his blade back down and began to push again. He was not aware that the entire dozer was on a large rock face. As the Dozer Operator began to push, he lost all control of his machine. The dozer began an uncontrolled slide down the rock face eventually rolling over and coming to rest on its cab.

    Heavy Equipment, Indirect Line Construction, Extended Attack, RLS

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