Apr 10, 2012 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: A chain saw operator was felling trees in a predominantly hardwood clearcut stand. It was afternoon of a winter day in the South. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The worker was in his mid-40s and had more than 20 years’ experience in the woods, mostly as a...
Apr 10, 2012 | Logging Safety
Feller-Buncher Destroyed By Fire BACKGROUND: On a clear, sunny winter morning in the South a logger was felling pine trees with a feller-buncher machine. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The operator was approximately 40 years old. He had been operating...
Apr 10, 2012 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: On a hot, dry summer morning in the Appalachians, a timber cutter was selectively harvesting sawtimber trees on a mountainous tract. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The 46-year-old timber cutter had completed his state’s logger training and education...
Apr 10, 2012 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: A crew of experienced Lake States loggers consisting of a father and his two sons were loading pine on a self-loading truck. The father was operating the loader and had finished filling the load. His sons were working to help secure the load for the trip...
Apr 10, 2012 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: A bulldozer operator was loading his dozer on a lowboy trailer and was binding it down to keep it from moving during transit. It was a typical late January day in the northern Lake States: mid-20s and light snow. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The operator had...
Apr 10, 2012 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: At a Western mill, a chip truck driver was loading chips from a clamshell bin. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The chip truck driver had four years of experience in hauling chip loads. He had received a standard orientation of one week with an experienced chip...
