Apr 10, 2012 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: A shortwood pulpwood producer stopped to repair the two-speed axle on his truck prior to driving to the woodyard. The producer was salvaging dead pines on an isolated tract on a mild fall day in the South. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The 63-year old driver...
Apr 10, 2012 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: A contracted log truck driver left early one morning from a log deck. Driving conditions were dry and clear. The driver’s truck was hauling tree-length pine on a four-bunk trailer. The trailer was loaded with pine pulpwood from a second thinning...
Apr 10, 2012 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: A chain saw operator was felling timber in the South around noon on a clear day in May. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The chain saw operator was 40 years old, was fully trained, and had been with the logging company for one year. He had had no previous...
Apr 10, 2012 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: At a Pacific Northwest mill, a seriously overweight chip truck, with a crowned load, was being elevated on a dumper. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The chip truck driver had eight years of experience hauling chip loads. UNSAFE ACT OR CONDITION: A malfunction of...
Apr 10, 2012 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: At a Pacific Northwest mill, a chip truck tractor was about to be detached from its trailer so the trailer could be tipped at the chip dump. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The chip truck driver had 10 years of experience and was considered fully trained, both...
