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LODGED SNAG CRUSHES TIMBER CUTTER

LODGED SNAG CRUSHES TIMBER CUTTER

BACKGROUND: On a hot, dry summer morning in the Appalachians, a timber cutter was selectively harvesting sawtimber trees on a mountainous tract. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The 46-year-old timber cutter had completed his state’s logger training and education...
LOADER BOOM CONTACTS ELECTRICAL LINE

LOADER BOOM CONTACTS ELECTRICAL LINE

BACKGROUND: A crew of experienced Lake States loggers consisting of a father and his two sons were loading pine on a self-loading truck. The father was operating the loader and had finished filling the load. His sons were working to help secure the load for the trip...
LOAD BINDER EXTENSION BAR INJURES LOGGER

LOAD BINDER EXTENSION BAR INJURES LOGGER

BACKGROUND: A bulldozer operator was loading his dozer on a lowboy trailer and was binding it down to keep it from moving during transit. It was a typical late January day in the northern Lake States: mid-20s and light snow. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The operator had...
CHIP PARTICLES BLOW INTO DRIVER’S EYE

CHIP PARTICLES BLOW INTO DRIVER’S EYE

BACKGROUND: At a Western mill, a chip truck driver was loading chips from a clamshell bin. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The chip truck driver had four years of experience in hauling chip loads. He had received a standard orientation of one week with an experienced chip...
TRUCK DRIVER TWISTS KNEE IN WOODYARD

TRUCK DRIVER TWISTS KNEE IN WOODYARD

BACKGROUND: On a winter evening at a Pacific Northwest mill, a chip truck driver, while collecting a load under a bunker, was walking from the cab to the trailer. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The chip truck driver had only five weeks’ experience on this particular...