Logging and Transportation Safety

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PRESSURE WASHER INJURES WORKERâ€™S FOOT: Pressure Washer Injures Workerâ€™S Foot [html] [pdf]
10-S-7: Observers Of Felling Operation Have Close Call [html] [pdf]
10-S-6: Feller-Buncher Rollover Injures Operator [html] [pdf]
10-S-5: Failure To Lockout Costs Employee His Hand And Foot [html] [pdf]
10-S-4: Saw Chaps Save Forester From Serious Injury [html] [pdf]
10-S-3: Woodyard Loader Door Slams On Operatorâ€™S Finger [html] [pdf]
09-S-14: Tire Rupture Knocks Truck Driver Down [html] [pdf]
09-S-13: Timber Cutter Hit By Falling Snag [html] [pdf]
09-S-12: Logger’S Foot Pinned During Log Bucking [html] [pdf]
09-S-11: Forester Escapes Injury From Flying Wrench [html] [pdf]
09-S-10: Unloading Incident Damages Truck [html] [pdf]
09-S-9: Chip Truck Sustains Heavy Damage In Mill Yard Incident [html] [pdf]
09-S-8: Logger Lacerates Finger On Slasher Saw [html] [pdf]
09-S-7: Ignoring “Twice Tree Height” Rule Leads To Fatality [html] [pdf]
09-S-6: Skidder Backs Over Sawyer [html] [pdf]
09-S-5: Elevated Tree Butt Drops On Cutter’S Head [html] [pdf]
09-S-4: Skidded Treetop Strikes Timber Cutter [html] [pdf]
09-S-3: Tree Enters Unprotected Skidder Cab [html] [pdf]
09-S-2: Skidder Overturns On Steep Hill And Kills Operator [html] [pdf]
09-S-1: Deckhand Breaks Leg At Log Deck [html] [pdf]
08-S-17: “Short” Falling Tree Breaks Cutter’S Shoulder [html] [pdf]
08-S-16: Forester Slices Thumb When Cutting Silt Fence [html] [pdf]
08-S-15: Babbitt Pot Burns Driver’S Hands And Face [html] [pdf]
08-S-14: Log Truck Rollover Fatality [html] [pdf]
08-S-13: Load Boom Touches Power Line, Electrocuting Skidder Operator [html] [pdf]
08-S-12: Mechanical Harvester Tangles With Power Line [html] [pdf]
08-S-11: Harvester Boom Strikes Overpass [html] [pdf]
08-S-10: Crew Foreman Severs Finger While Dismounting Loader [html] [pdf]
08-S-9: Feller-Buncher Drops Tree Onto Road [html] [pdf]
08-S-8: Truck Driver Injures Hand While Greasing Fifth Wheel [html] [pdf]
08-S-7: Operator Injured When Skidder Applying Chemical Overturns [html] [pdf]
08-S-6: Skidder Strikes, Kills Logging Supervisor [html] [pdf]
08-S-5: Car Nearly Hits Skidder On Highway [html] [pdf]
08-S-4: Feller-Buncher Operator Has Close Call With Power Line [html] [pdf]
08-S-3: Driver Burned Checking Fuel Level With Cigarette Lighter [html] [pdf]
08-S-2: Lumber Stacker Seriously Injured At Green Chain [html] [pdf]
08-S-1: Chip Trailer Uncouples And Overturns [html] [pdf]
07-S-16: Logger Injures Hand On Lowboy [html] [pdf]
07-S-15: Loader Boom Not Grounded During Refueling [html] [pdf]
07-S-14: Pickup Truck Collides With Woods Road Gate [html] [pdf]
07-S-13: Lodged Trees, Broken Limb Lead To Fatality [html] [pdf]
07-S-12: Heavy Equipment Operator Injected With Grease [html] [pdf]
07-S-11: Chain Saw Kickback Breaks Timber Cutter’S Thumb [html] [pdf]
07-S-10: Log Spill At Unbinding Station [html] [pdf]
07-S-9: Dead Tree Injures Worker While Felling [html] [pdf]
07-S-8: Deer Collide With Forester’S Pickup [html] [pdf]
07-S-7: Hydraulic Hose Leak Squirts Oil Under Skin [html] [pdf]
07-S-6: Forked Ash Tree “Explodes,” Injuring Cutter [html] [pdf]
07-S-5: Failure To Secure Lowboy Leads To Amputation [html] [pdf]
07-S-4: Operator Ignores Seatbelt Requirement, Breaks Kneecap [html] [pdf]
07-S-3: Sawyer Working Too Closely To “Set-Back” Tree [html] [pdf]
07-S-2: Logger Singed By Engine Backfire [html] [pdf]
07-S-1: Improper Truck Dismount Leads To Fractured Wrist [html] [pdf]
06-S-18: Forwarder + Powerline = Fatality [html] [pdf]
06-S-17: “Match-Cut” Contributes To Fatality [html] [pdf]
06-S-16: Skidder Wheel Rim Blows Apart, Killing Logger [html] [pdf]
06-S-15: Forester’S Pickup Truck Collides With Dozer [html] [pdf]
06-S-14: Improper Equipment Loading Leads To Fall [html] [pdf]
06-S-13: Lowboy Ramp Injures Logger [html] [pdf]
06-S-12: Log Truck Backs Into Loader Operator [html] [pdf]
06-S-11: Hard Hat Prevents Fatality From Falling Limb [html] [pdf]
06-S-10: Chain Saw Operator Cuts Through Boot [html] [pdf]
06-S-9: Close Call With Loaded Pulpwood Truck [html] [pdf]
06-S-8: Equipment Loading Accident Kills Truck Driver [html] [pdf]
06-S-7: Wind Blows Lodged Tree Onto Logging Employee [html] [pdf]
06-S-6: Turning Sawhead Disk Lacerates Operator’S Leg [html] [pdf]
06-S-5: Skidder’S Drag Causes Injury [html] [pdf]
06-S-4: Chain Saw Operator Cuts Leg While Delimbing [html] [pdf]
06-S-3: Warming Fire Burns Logging Company Employee [html] [pdf]
06-S-2: Feller-Buncher Backs Into Wood Buyer’S Pickup Truck [html] [pdf]
06-S-1: Forester Flees Bees [html] [pdf]
05-S-10: Worker Injured Near Log Pile [html] [pdf]
05-S-9: Log Truck Collides With Train [html] [pdf]
05-S-8: Limb Injures Chain Saw Operator While Delimbing [html] [pdf]
05-S-7: Logger Cuts Hand On Chipper Counter-Knife [html] [pdf]
05-S-6: Truck Crushes Forester Against Woods Road Gate [html] [pdf]
05-S-5: Lodged Tree Kills Cutter During Limbing [html] [pdf] [Spanish html] [Spanish pdf]
05-S-4: Grapevine Pulls Dead Limb Onto Feller [html] [pdf]
05-S-3: Skidder Collides With Log Truck [html] [pdf]
05-S-2: Sawhead Operator Comes Too Close To Rotating Disk [html] [pdf]
05-S-1: Tree Falls Wrong Way, Killing Feller [html] [pdf] [Spanish html] [Spanish pdf]
04-S-12: Tree Kicks Back And Breaks Feller’S Leg [html] [pdf]
04-S-11: Log Falls From Top Of Load [html] [pdf] [Spanish html] [Spanish pdf]
04-S-10: Falling Set-Back Tree Kills Logger [html] [pdf]
04-S-9: Hurried Driver Causes Runaway Truck Incident [html] [pdf]
04-S-8: Log Pile Rolls Onto Truck Driver [html] [pdf] [Spanish html] [Spanish pdf]
04-S-07: Skidder Backs Into Forester’S Truck [html] [pdf]
04-S-06: Tossed Hardware Hits Worker In Mouth [html] [pdf]
04-S-05: Truck Driver Survives Fall From Top Of Load [html] [pdf]
04-S-04: Operator Slips While Exiting Truck Cab [html] [pdf]
04-S-03: Logging Employee Killed By Broken Tree [html] [pdf] [Spanish html] [Spanish pdf]
04-S-02: Chip Trailer Jumps Backstop, Drops Into Pit [html] [pdf]
04-S-01: Failure To Lock Out/Tag Out Costs Foreman His Fingers [html] [pdf] [Spanish html] [Spanish pdf]
03-S-20: Atv Strikes Pole Gate [html] [pdf]
03-S-19: Hunter Check-In Boxes Can Prevent Accidents [html] [pdf]
03-S-18: Warming Fire Gets Out Of Control [html] [pdf]
03-S-17: Trucker Trapped In Chip Van [html] [pdf]
03-S-16: Falling Tree Kills Bystander [html] [pdf]
03-S-15: Dozer Operator Trainee Pushes Tree Onto Worker [html] [pdf] [Spanish html] [Spanish pdf]
03-S-14: Tree Rolls Off Steep Bank, Killing New Employee [html] [pdf]
03-S-13: Hand Signals Fail To Communicate [html] [pdf]
03-S-12: Tree Bounces Back Toward Feller [html] [pdf]
03-S-11: Falling Tree Smashes Pickup Truck [html] [pdf] [Spanish html] [Spanish pdf]
03-S-10: Decelerating Chain Saw Lacerates Unprotected Leg [html] [pdf]
03-S-9: Tree Stuck In Feller-Buncher Accumulator Arms [html] [pdf] [Spanish html] [Spanish pdf]
03-S-8: Debarking Drum Tire Blowout Injures Two [html] [pdf]
03-S-7: Sun Blinds Driver, Leading To Collision [html] [pdf]
03-S-6: Log Truck Overturns On Curve [html] [pdf]
03-S-5: Fatality From Poorly Tended Neck Injury [html] [pdf]
03-S-4: Wind Reverses Direction Of Tree’S Fall [html] [pdf]
03-S-3: Skidder Rolls Back, Pinning Operator’S Leg [html] [pdf] [Spanish html] [Spanish pdf]
03-S-2: Spring Pole Propels Saw Into Logger’S Face [html] [pdf] [Spanish html] [Spanish pdf]
03-S-1: Knuckleboom Loader’S Main Boom Breaks [html] [pdf]
02-S-19: Log Truck Overturns On Soft Woods Road [html] [pdf]
02-S-18: Driver Injured When Truck Overturns On Snowy Road [html] [pdf]
02-S-17: Log Truck Hits Four Stopped Vehicles [html] [pdf]
02-S-16: Service Truck Destroyed By Fire [html] [pdf]
02-S-15: Sawhead Feller-Buncher Starts Woods Fire [html] [pdf]
02-S-14: Branch Falls From Hazard Tree At Log Landing [html] [pdf]
02-S-13: Log Truck Overturns [html] [pdf]
02-S-12: Train Strikes Log Truck [html] [pdf]
02-S-11: Chain Saw Chaps Prevent Injury [html] [pdf] [Spanish html] [Spanish pdf]
02-S-10: Falling Tree Pins And Kills Timber Cutter [html] [pdf]
02-S-9: Skidder Driver Slips [html] [pdf]
02-S-8: Trucker Injures Face While Climbing Onto Trailer Bed [html] [pdf]
02-S-7: Wasp Attack Causes Medical Emergency [html] [pdf]
02-S-6: Driver Slips On Ice [html] [pdf]
02-S-5: Removing Skidder Tire Causes Back Strain [html] [pdf]
02-S-4: Failure To Lockout Causes Finger Laceration [html] [pdf]
02-S-3: Disk Saw Tooth Propelled Through Windshield [html] [pdf]
02-S-2: Logger Seriously Injured While Limbing [html] [pdf]
02-S-1: Log Pile Collapses On Truck Driver [html] [pdf]
01-S-28: Truck Tire Pitches Rock Through Windshield [html] [pdf]
01-S-27: Dead Stub Kills Logger [html] [pdf] [Spanish html] [Spanish pdf]
01-S-26: Driver Slips While Exiting Cab [html] [pdf] [Spanish html] [Spanish pdf]
01-S-25: Vine Pulls Hazard Tree Onto Feller [html] [pdf]
01-S-24: Sawhead Tooth Strikes Worker In Chest [html] [pdf]
01-S-23: Worker Strays Into Strike Zone [html] [pdf]
01-S-22: Pulpwood Truck Rolls Over Driver [html] [pdf]
01-S-21: Speeding Log Truck Overturns On Curve [html] [pdf]
01-S-20: Identified But Ignored Hazard Injures Woods Worker [html] [pdf]
01-S-19: Chip Dumper Damaged [html] [pdf]
01-S-18: Chip Truck Tractor Rolls Away From Chip Dump [html] [pdf]
01-S-17: Driver Falls From Log Load [html] [pdf]
01-S-16: Logger Electrocuted While Trimming Load [html] [pdf]
01-S-15: Ejected Sawhead Tooth Penetrates House Trailer [html] [pdf] [Spanish html] [Spanish pdf]
01-S-14: Log Loader Contacts Power Line [html] [pdf] [Spanish html] [Spanish pdf]
01-S-13: Falling Log Kills Landing Worker [html] [pdf] [Spanish html] [Spanish pdf]
01-S-12: Poor Felling Technique Kills Logger [html] [pdf]
01-S-11: Log Falls Off Truck And Kills Timber Cutter [html] [pdf]
01-S-10: Helpful Driver Almost Killed [html] [pdf]
01-S-9: Limb Strikes Feller In Face [html] [pdf]
01-S-8: Feller-Buncher Destroyed By Fire [html] [pdf]
01-S-7: Lodged Snag Crushes Timber Cutter [html] [pdf]
01-S-6: Loader Boom Contacts Electrical Line [html] [pdf]
01-S-5: Load Binder Extension Bar Injures Logger [html] [pdf]
01-S-4: Chip Particles Blow Into Driver’S Eye [html] [pdf]
01-S-3: Truck Driver Twists Knee In Woodyard [html] [pdf]
01-S-2: Partially Cut Tree Left Standing [html] [pdf] [Spanish html] [Spanish pdf]
01-S-1: Mechanic Falls From Skidder [html] [pdf]
00-S-19: Log Truck Nearly Collides With Helicopter [html] [pdf]
00-S-18: Jeep Collides With Loaded Log Truck [html] [pdf]
00-S-17: In-Cab Jolt Paralyzes Skidder Operator [html] [pdf] [Spanish html] [Spanish pdf]
00-S-16: Fall From Roof Of Delimber [html] [pdf]
00-S-15: Chipper Pinch Point Crushes Worker'S Finger [html] [pdf]
00-S-14: Skidder Jerks Tree Upright, Breaking Power Line [html] [pdf]
00-S-13: Venting Propane Tanks Ignite During Slash Burning [html] [pdf]
00-S-12: Logger Seriously Injured In Crawler Tractor Rollover [html] [pdf]
00-S-11: Log Truck Rolls Over Logger [html] [pdf]
00-S-10: Log Truck Hits Passenger Mini-Van [html] [pdf]
00-S-9: Inexperienced Worker Strays Into Felling Zone [html] [pdf]
00-S-8: Vine Pulls Tree On To Feller [html] [pdf] [Spanish html] [Spanish pdf]
00-S-7: Skidder Operator Injured In Rollover [html] [pdf]
00-S-6: Dislodged Tree Kills Logger [html] [pdf]
00-S-5: Log Rolls Off Truck And Injures Driver [html] [pdf]
00-S-4: Sawhand Cuts Leg [html] [pdf]
00-S-3: Falling Limb Kills Logger In Back Of Pickup Truck [html] [pdf]
00-S-2: Icy Conditions Contribute To Log Truck Crash [html] [pdf]
00-S-1: Hazard Recognition: High Winds [html] [pdf]