Carlsborg man killed in industrial accident
Published 12:01 am Friday, April 21, 2006
CARLSBORG — A 53-year-old man was killed Thursday morning in an industrial accident outside of Sequim.
Robert “Bob” Walkhoff was driving a tractor and cleaning up scrap metal on his property at 260513 U.S. Highway 101 between South Boyce and Joslin roads, according to a statement from the Clallam County Sheriff’s Department.
Investigators theorized that Walkhoff drove into an extended boom from a hydraulic log loader, which fell and pinned him against the tractor, killing him instantly, the statement said.
Emergency rescue personnel from Clallam County Fire District No. 3 received word of the incident at 11:13 a.m., said Lt. Paul Rynearson.
About 12 to 14 firefighters and paramedics responded, he said.
The first units arrived about 11:15 a.m., Rynearson said.
When rescuers arrived, Walkhoff was already dead.
