Aug 4, 2015 | Logging Safety
Skidder Operator Injures Ankle From Improper Dismount BACKGROUND: On a dry, autumn day in the Appalachians, a logger was exiting the cab of his grapple skidder. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The logger worked in his family logging business and was in...
Aug 4, 2015 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: On forest industry land in the southern U.S., hunting lease holders (a hunt club) had been plowing and maintaining a food plot over the top of a gas line right-of-way. UNSAFE ACT AND CONDITION: Although utility rights-of-way are often used for food plots,...
Aug 4, 2015 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: On a warm summer morning in the steep hills of the Appalachians, a timber cutter was felling hardwood trees in a small, brushy clearcut. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The cutter was a 41-year-old trained feller with over twenty years of experience. He was...
Aug 4, 2015 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: On a summer morning in the South, a timber cutter was manually felling hardwood timber. Ground conditions were dry, winds were relatively calm, and the terrain was fairly level. PERSONAL CHRACTERISTICS: The fifty-year-old timber cutter had approximately...
Aug 4, 2015 | Logging Safety
BACKGROUND: On a snowy February morning in northern New England, a cable skidder was being used to pull an empty tri-axle log truck up an icy hill to the log landing. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The skidder operator was 37 years old and had worked in the woods in a...
