May 2, 2013 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: On a summer morning in the Southcentral U.S., an equipment operator was felling a natural pine stand with a feller-buncher. The terrain was level, and weather conditions were dry and sunny, with a light wind. There was a moderate level of underbrush in...
May 2, 2013 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: On a clear, dry, summer day in the South, an equipment operator was moving a skidder from one end of an old, abandoned woodyard to another. The terrain was flat, and the skidder operator was following an existing, old road. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The...
May 2, 2013 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: On a clear, summer afternoon in the Southeast, a skidder was pulling a knuckleboom loader along a narrow, level woods road, so the loader could be connected to a truck during moving operations. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The foreman/loader operator was 37...
May 2, 2013 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: On a spring afternoon in the Appalachians, an independent mechanic shop owner was adjusting the air brakes on a dump truck owned by a logging contractor. The mechanic asked for help from the owner of the logging company. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The...
May 2, 2013 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: On a sunny, warm, humid summer afternoon in the Northeast, the owner of a self-loading log truck was loading tree trimmings from a power line maintenance operation. The operator was performing the trimming operation as a contractor for an electric power...
Apr 10, 2013 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: The owner-operator of a self-loading pulpwood truck with an attached pup trailer was loading the truck body with pulpwood. The loader was rear-mounted on the truck frame to allow the operator to load both the truck and pup trailer. It was a cold,...
