Feb 1, 2018 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: It was mid-morning on a clear, cold December day in the Lake States Region. Markets for forest products were strong, and loggers were busy moving their crews into winter timber sales, hoping to take advantage of rapidly improving logging conditions....
Feb 1, 2018 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: Two loaded log trucks from the same logging company were loaded with treelength pulpwood that had overhanging logs. The two drivers were taking their load to the same mill in the southern U.S., so they traveled together. The weather was clear and sunny....
Dec 18, 2017 | News, News/PR
Imagine a lumberjack, an ax slung across one shoulder and a chain saw in the other hand. While the image is endearing, that was your father’s or grandfather’s logger. “We don’t even have a chain-saw on any of our crews. Not an ax either. The...
Nov 9, 2017 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: At the beginning of a work shift on a summer morning in the Appalachians, a logging business owner and a co-worker were removing a stick that had lodged between the feller-buncher window and the window guard. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The 42-year-old...
Nov 9, 2017 | Logging Safety
Skidder Strikes Crew Member’s Head, Runs Over Foot BACKGROUND:On an early winter morning in the Southeast, a skidder driver was returning to his skidder after the crew’s morning safety meeting. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS:The 47-year-old skidder...
