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Skidder Operator Cuts Leg When Topping Tree

Skidder Operator Cuts Leg When Topping Tree

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...
Logger Struck And Killed By Log Truck

Logger Struck And Killed By Log Truck

Logger Struck And Killed By Log Truck       BACKGROUND:On a late fall morning in the Northeast, a flatbed truck delivering logging equipment to a site had stopped at the beginning of an icy logging road to put tire chains on. PERSONAL...