Jan 17, 2023 | Logging Safety
Driver Injured While Failing To Maintain A Safe Following Distance BACKGROUND: On a spring afternoon in the Southeastern U.S., a log truck driver was transporting his second load of the day to the consuming mill. Conditions were clear and dry, so...
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...
