Nov 15, 2013 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: On a cold, early spring morning in the Southeast, a log yard worker was removing a plastic tarp covering a stack of veneer logs that had recently been steamed prior to the log peeling process. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The 20-year-old log yard worker had...
May 2, 2013 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: On a summer morning in the Southcentral U.S., an equipment operator was felling a natural pine stand with a feller-buncher. The terrain was level, and weather conditions were dry and sunny, with a light wind. There was a moderate level of underbrush in...
May 2, 2013 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: On a clear, dry, summer day in the South, an equipment operator was moving a skidder from one end of an old, abandoned woodyard to another. The terrain was flat, and the skidder operator was following an existing, old road. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The...
May 2, 2013 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: On a clear, summer afternoon in the Southeast, a skidder was pulling a knuckleboom loader along a narrow, level woods road, so the loader could be connected to a truck during moving operations. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The foreman/loader operator was 37...
May 2, 2013 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: On a spring afternoon in the Appalachians, an independent mechanic shop owner was adjusting the air brakes on a dump truck owned by a logging contractor. The mechanic asked for help from the owner of the logging company. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The...
