Logging Safety
Thank you to the Forest Resources Association and TEAM Safe Trucking for supplying these articles on logging and trucking safety.
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Driver Injured By Side Mirror Impact With Oncoming Truck
BACKGROUND: It was a clear winter morning in the Southeastern U.S. A logging company pickup truck was traveling to the job site around dawn. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The logging company pickup truck’s side mirror was struck by the extended mirror…
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…
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…
Log Truck Driver Loses Load On Access Ramp
BACKGROUND: On a February afternoon in the Lake States Region, a log truck driver was hauling 100 in. pulpwood to a local mill. The truck was equipped with a center mount grapple used to load and unload logs. It was a cold, sunny day, and the roads…
Passenger Vehicle Collides With Backing Log Truck
BACKGROUND: At the end of a late fall workday in the eastern U.S., a driver was backing his tractor and empty log trailer into his driveway off a rural two-lane road. It was clear, dry, and dark outside. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The 51-year-old…
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