Logging Safety
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ICY CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTE TO LOG TRUCK CRASH
BACKGROUND: A log truck driver was driving an empty truck to a remote logging job site on a snowy November morning in the Lake States. Three inches of fresh snow had fallen on the pavement, causing slushy conditions. The truck travel route was…
FALLING LIMB KILLS LOGGER IN BACK OF PICKUP TRUCK
BACKGROUND: A logging crew was harvesting an aspen stand in east central Minnesota during winter. The crew had worked a half-day on a Saturday and was travelling in a pickup truck from the log landing to the area where their vehicles were parked. The winds were...
SAWHAND CUTS LEG
BACKGROUND: A sawhand was trimming logs on a log trailer on a logging job in the South. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The sawhand was an experienced chain saw operator. UNSAFE ACT OR CONDITION: The sawhand was trimming the side of the load with a pole saw. There were two...
LOG ROLLS OFF TRUCK AND INJURES DRIVER
BACKGROUND: A log truck driver was unbinding his load of double-bunked logs at a mill woodyard in the South. He was wearing a hard hat. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The driver was experienced. He had been trained to inspect the load of logs prior to removing the binding...
DISLODGED TREE KILLS LOGGER
BACKGROUND: A logging company employee was felling trees with a chain saw on a warm summer day in the Appalachians. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The 43-year-old employee had worked for his present employer about five months. His normal job was trimming trees that had...
EXCAVATOR OPERATOR INJURED WHILE PULLING STUCK VEHICLE
PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: Unknown. UNSAFE ACT OR CONDITION: The excavator operator attempted to pull the truck out with a tow chain attached to the truck’s bumper hitch. The excavator and operator were facing the truck during the pull. It is unknown if the excavator...
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