Mar 26, 2019 | Logging Safety
Skidder Operator Cuts Leg When Topping Tree BACKGROUND:In the southeastern U.S., a logging crew was select cutting grade logs. Most trees were felled with a three-wheeled feller-buncher, but over-sized trees and timber in the SMZ’s were manually...
Jan 29, 2019 | Logging Safety
Lodged Tree Breaks Loose And Injures Timber Cutter BACKGROUND:On a clear, dry, spring afternoon in the southeastern U.S., a logging crew was select cut thinning on a tract with mixed hardwoods and pines. The timber cutter had just manually felled...
Nov 1, 2018 | Logging Safety
Background: On a winter day in the Pacific Northwest, two rigging crew members were setting chokers. One of them went to retrieve chokers from a dropline under a motorized carriage. Incident: As the one crew member was retrieving the chokers, the 5 ¼” by 5 ¼” metal...
Nov 1, 2018 | Logging Safety
Logger Injured During Processor Head Repair BACKGROUND:On a mid-winter morning in the Lake States Region, a logger began his workday by performing maintenance on the processor head of his recently purchased cut-to-length harvesting machinery....
Nov 1, 2018 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: On a warm summer morning in the southeastern U.S., a loader operator assisted other crew members in preparing a loader for movement to another job site. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The operator was in his forties and had worked in the woods for over 12...
Nov 1, 2018 | Logging Safety
Unsecured Pulpwood Log Damages Truck Cab BACKGROUND:On a clear, summer day in the Appalachians, a logging employee was driving (“spotting”) a load of logs from the log deck to a trailer drop site near the end of the woods road for pickup by a...
