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West Virginia Students Gain Tree Falling Skills

West Virginia Students Gain Tree Falling Skills

Nov 16, 2020 | News

WVDOF employees Jesse King (far left) and Johnny King (far right) are joined by GSC students (left to right) Katlyne Rollyson, Dylan Fitzgerald, Jonathan Myles Hutton, Lexi Fletcher, and Heather Moore after the timber felling and chainsaw safety workshop. Training...

RoyOMartin Land and Timber Marks 13-Year Safety Milestone

Aug 4, 2020 | News

Louisiana-based RoyOMartin’s land and timber department, which manages nearly 550,000 acres in east Texas and Louisiana, has completed 13 years without an OSHA-recordable injury, effective August 2. The company says keys to the team’s success include reporting...
OSHA Increases Inspections, Safety Training Sessions in 2019

OSHA Increases Inspections, Safety Training Sessions in 2019

Dec 10, 2019 | News

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) fiscal year 2019 final statistics show a significant increase in the number of inspections and a record amount of compliance assistance to further the mission of ensuring that...

Team Safe Trucking Releasing 30 Training Modules In 2018

Jun 1, 2018 | News, News/PR

Team Safe Trucking has been working on developing a Forestry Transportation Training Program for Forestry Transportation professionals since 2015. This year the organization has hired Miranda Gowell, a Safety Director from Maine. Miranda has been working on the...

Why Is Logging The Most Dangerous Job In America?

Nov 1, 2017 | News, News/PR

While many of us believe we are giving too much of ourselves — our time, mental exertion and personal freedoms — to our jobs, we likely have it better than workers in riskier career fields. In fact, there are several careers that put their workers’ lives in danger...