Mar 28, 2012 | Logging Safety
Spring Pole Propels Saw Into Loggers Face BACKGROUND: A logger was felling hardwood sawtimber on a clear, sunny day in January in the Lake States, as part of a two-man logging team. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The 31-year old logger had four...
Mar 28, 2012 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: A logging crew was clearcutting a hollow in the Appalachians. The hollow was to be used as a hollowfill for an impending surface mine. The crew was in somewhat of a rush to get the timber removed before mining operations began. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS:...
Mar 28, 2012 | Logging Safety
Sawhead Feller-Buncher Starts Woods Fire BACKGROUND: A logger was clearcutting a pine plantation using a rubber-tired, sawhead feller-buncher on rolling terrain in the Appalachians. It was a clear spring day, and fuel conditions were dry. PERSONAL...
Mar 28, 2012 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: Two logging company employees were leaving the woods after working half a day on a Saturday morning. It was a mild early spring day in the Appalachians. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The 31-year-old driver of the truck was the owner’s son-in-law, and he...
Mar 28, 2012 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: A log truck driver was driving his loaded truck one winter day in the South. Weather was not a factor in the accident. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The truck driver was experienced and in good health. UNSAFE ACT OR CONDITION: The log truck was operating with...
Mar 28, 2012 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: A trucker was hauling treelength softwood approximately nine miles in from paved road on a company logging road in northern New England. It was about 9:00 AM on a clear but cold day in late January. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The driver had at least 20...
