Apr 10, 2012 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: A municipal worker in the Lake States was part of a crew harvesting five acres of forest to provide space for a new city park. It was winter, but there were no adverse weather conditions. PERSONAL: The crew member was fifty-six years old and had worked for...
Apr 10, 2012 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: A log truck driver was driving his empty truck early one autumn morning in the South. The road was wet, but visibility was good. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The 35-year-old log truck driver was considered experienced. UNSAFE ACT OR CONDITION: The log truck...
Apr 10, 2012 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: A Lake States logger was working alone on the log landing of a timber harvesting operation. A logging truck had developed a mechanical problem, and he was attempting to survey the situation. It was late winter, and the weather conditions were fair....
Apr 10, 2012 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: A logger was felling his last tree of the day on his way back to the landing site. He was working on a summer afternoon in the Appalachians on a steep slope that was rocky and laden with grapevines. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The 36-year-old tree feller had...
Apr 10, 2012 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: On a sunny summer morning, a skidder operator was pulling his first load of the day through steep terrain in the Appalachians. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The 43-year-old skidder operator had some previous logging experience two years earlier, but he had...
