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05-S-6 Truck Crushes Forester Against Woods Road Gate [html] [pdf]
05-S-5
Lodged Tree Kills Cutter During Limbing [html] [pdf]
05-S-4
Grapevine Pulls Dead Limb Onto Feller [html] [pdf]
05-S-3
Skidder Collides with Log Truck [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]
03-S-10
Decelerating Chain Saw Lacerates Unprotected Leg [html] [pdf]
03-S-9
Tree Stuck In Feller-Buncher Accumulator Arms Causes Rollover [html] [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]
03-S-2
Spring Pole Propels Saw Into Logger's Face [html] [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 Wood 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]
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]
01-S-26 Driver Slips While Exiting Cab [html] [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]
01-S-14 Log Loader Contacts Power Line [html] [pdf]
01-S-13 Falling Log Kills Landing Worker [html] [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]
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]
00-S-16 Fall from Roof of Delimber [html] [pdf]
00-S-15 Chipper Pinch Point Crushes Worker's Fingers [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]
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]

 

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