Logging Safety
Thank you to the Forest Resources Association and TEAM Safe Trucking for supplying these articles on logging and trucking safety.
EJECTED SAWHEAD TOOTH PENETRATES HOUSE TRAILER
BACKGROUND: A feller-buncher was cutting trees in the South one summer day. The feller-buncher was equipped with a disc cutter sawhead. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The machine operator was trained to operate and service the feller-buncher. He…
LOG LOADER CONTACTS POWER LINE
BACKGROUND: A loader/slasher operator was loading tree-length hardwood from a stockpile to a tractor-trailer. The incident occurred on a spring evening prior to sundown. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The loader/slasher operator was 44 years old and had…
FALLING LOG KILLS LANDING WORKER
BACKGROUND: A logger was “hot” bucking logs on a landing as tree-length pulp was being loaded onto a truck for hauling. It was about noon on a clear November day. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The logger had…
POOR FELLING TECHNIQUE KILLS LOGGER
BACKGROUND: A logger was working alone on level ground in a Northeast hardwood stand. It was a cool, overcast day in the fall. A steady breeze was blowing. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The logger had 20 years’…
LOG FALLS OFF TRUCK AND KILLS TIMBER CUTTER
BACKGROUND: A timber cutter had finished his work for the day on a clear, cool spring afternoon in the Appalachians. While waiting for the logging company owner to arrive at the landing area, he apparently…
HELPFUL DRIVER ALMOST KILLED
BACKGROUND: A Lake States trucking firm had two of its log trucks on the same job. The woods roads were snow-covered and slippery in places and both trucks pulled into an area away from traffic…
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