Apr 28, 2022 | Logging Safety
Ice Causes Truck Operator To Fall BACKGROUND: On a winter day in the Lake States Region an employee of a logging company was showing the truck operator how to secure a loader on a lowboy trailer. The conditions were wintery with snow and ice...
Mar 22, 2022 | Logging Safety
Fatality From Rotating Disc On Excavator BACKGROUND: On a winter day in the Pacific Northwest an equipment operator trimming brush alongside a logging road died after he was apparently pulled into a rotating disc used to cut brush. He was using an...
Apr 29, 2020 | Logging Safety
Sawhead Projects Wood Splinter into Vehicle Tire BACKGROUND: On a clear summer morning in the Appalachians, a logging crew was harvesting hardwood timber in rolling terrain. The logging crew had parked a service truck on the edge of the log deck...
Jan 31, 2020 | Logging Safety
Winch/Tiedown Bar Strikes Driver’s Face BACKGROUND: On a dry summer morning in the Appalachians, a log trucker was binding down a load of pine pulpwood at the landing. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The 57-year-old driver was a contract trucker with 30...
Sep 3, 2019 | Logging Safety
Center Mount Boom Left Up Makes Contact with Powerline BACKGROUND: On a winter afternoon day in the Lake States, a logging business owner was training a new employee. The business owner and employee scaled-in and were directed by the scaler to...
Aug 6, 2019 | Logging Safety
Chip Hauler Falls Asleep at the Wheel BACKGROUND: On an early morning winter day in the Lake States Region, a driver was hauling sawmill chips to a paper mill. The driver was on his last trip after a long night shift. He was 15 miles from his...
