Feb 5, 2013 | Logging Safety
Cutting Torch/Welding Safety: What's Wrong With This Picture? BACKGROUND: On a sunny summer day in the Northeast, a forester noticed an employee of a contractor cutting a piece of steel pate for repairs to equipment at the contractors’ garage. The...
Nov 5, 2012 | Logging Safety
INTRODUCTION: We have heard stories about ambulances that could not reach a site because employees were not aware of the current location. Maybe the crew members remembered yesterday’s logging site but had no idea what road intersects what intersection at this new...
Nov 5, 2012 | Logging Safety
INTRODUCTION: Loggers, foresters, and other forest industry personnel commonly put in many business miles on the road. Drivers periodically encounter thunderstorms, drizzle, sleet, or other precipitation events that reduce vision through the windshield. It is...
Nov 5, 2012 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: On a winter morning in the Southeastern U.S., a log truck driver was unstrapping a load of logs at a woodyard’s unbinding station. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: Information about the driver’s age, experience, past safety record, and wearing of Personal...
Aug 2, 2012 | Logging Safety
Near-Fatal Electrocution Involving Knuckleboom Loader BACKGROUND: On a foggy and slightly rainy day in the Appalachians, a logging crew was moving a skidder and log loader to a new tract. The loader had been moved from the log deck to a location...
Aug 2, 2012 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: On a wet winter day in the Appalachians, a forwarder operator was loading his machine in the woods. The tract was a clearcut of predominantly pulpwood on gently rolling, mountainous terrain. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The 43-year-old forwarder operator had...
