Logging Safety
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LOG TRUCK DRIVER SPILLS LOAD ON HIGHWAY
BACKGROUND: On a clear spring afternoon, with the temperature in the 70’s and a slight wind, a log truck driver was coming around a curve onto a straightaway section of road. He was on a major divided highway in the South. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS:…
CHAIN SAW KICKBACK TO THE FACE
BACKGROUND: On a late summer day in the Appalachians, a logging crew member was delimbing and trimming a skidder drag of felled timber. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The 65-year-old logging crew member had been logging and operating a chain saw for his entire adult life....
SKIDDER OPERATOR INJURES ANKLE FROM IMPROPER DISMOUNT
BACKGROUND: On a dry, autumn day in the Appalachians, a logger was exiting the cab of his grapple skidder. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The logger worked in his family logging business and was in his early twenties. He had approximately five years of…
PIPELINE FOOD PLOT DANGER
BACKGROUND: On forest industry land in the southern U.S., hunting lease holders (a hunt club) had been plowing and maintaining a food plot over the top of a gas line right-of-way. UNSAFE ACT AND CONDITION: Although utility rights-of-way are often used for food plots,...
VINES PULLS DEAD TREE ONTO TIMBER CUTTER
BACKGROUND: On a warm summer morning in the steep hills of the Appalachians, a timber cutter was felling hardwood trees in a small, brushy clearcut. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The cutter was a 41-year-old trained feller with over twenty years of experience. He was...
WALKING UNDERNEATH DANGER TREE PROVES FATAL
BACKGROUND: On a summer morning in the South, a timber cutter was manually felling hardwood timber. Ground conditions were dry, winds were relatively calm, and the terrain was fairly level. PERSONAL CHRACTERISTICS: The fifty-year-old timber cutter had approximately...
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