May 8, 2012 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: On an overcast, cool winter morning in the Appalachians, a logging contractor was unloading his truck at a woodyard. He was operating the self-unloading knuckleboom on his triaxle truck. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The 49-year-old logging contractor had...
May 8, 2012 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: On a mild, late fall afternoon in the Southeast, a log truck was merging onto an Interstate highway. Winds were fairly calm, and the road surface was dry. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The past driving experience and the previous accident history of the...
Apr 26, 2012 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: A logger was limbing a large pine with a chain saw on a winter day in northern New England. There was approximately 16 inches of snow on the ground. The logger had planned for this to be his last tree of the day before going home. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS:...
Apr 23, 2012 | News, News/PR
Forestry machines come in all shapes and sizes. In many, the operator sits in a cab with windows that are usually made of polycarbonate, a heavy-duty plastic that provides protection from heat, air, dust, and noise. Though the rotating cutting devices such as chainsaw...
Apr 10, 2012 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: A track cutter operator was clearcutting a mixed stand of hardwood and pine using a feller-buncher with a high-speed disk saw head on a hot, late summer day on rolling terrain in the Appalachians. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The 22-year-old operator had...
