Incident

Failed to couple chipper correctly

Date of incident

2019-05-03

Location of incident

Hamilton New Zealand

Age of impacted party

32

Outcome

Close call

Type of incident

Close call

Type of equipment involved

Truck = Commercial vehicle

Action taken

Other

Involvement of contributor

Worker performing task

Causes of the incident

Complacency

Description of incident

Not checking chipper was hitch up before setting off

Contributing factors

Rushing

Form completed by (optional)

Dave Pendleton