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Logging Safety

 

Thank you to the Forest Resources Association and TEAM Safe Trucking for supplying these articles on logging and trucking safety.

 

 

Sponsored Content Provided By BARKO

Sponsored Content Provided By BARKO

When the initial Pick your Promo promotion was launched earlier this summer, the folks at BARKO—from sales and marketing, to operations and finance—braced themselves for a dramatic increase in retail activity. By the time the initial promotion timeline had elapsed on July 31, the BARKO team was all-but hyperventilating. The response to the promotion was even more enthusiastic than the team had originally anticipated…

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High Risk While Securing A Load

High Risk While Securing A Load

BACKGROUND: On a clear spring day in the Appalachians, a timber harvesting operation was actively working. The loader operator was engaged in loading a tractor-trailer with two bunks of 20′ pulpwood. The first bunk was loaded, and the loader…

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Felled Tree Strikes Crew Cab Truck

Felled Tree Strikes Crew Cab Truck

BACKGROUND: On a summer morning in the Southeastern U.S., a crew cab truck transporting three logging company employees was traveling to the deck to begin their shift. Conditions were clear that day and weather was not a contributing factor…

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Logging Equipment Loss Due To Fire

Logging Equipment Loss Due To Fire

BACKGROUND: On a logging job in the Lake States Region during February, an operator of harvesting equipment had blown a hydraulic hose. He called for assistance from a skidder operator for a tow to the landing where the equipment could be repaired….

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