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On August 12, 2010, a 47-year-old timber harvester operator, employed by a logging company, was fatally injured when he was struck in the neck by a broken saw chain link while processing a Douglas-fir tree and the cutting chain experienced chain shot. Chain shot is the high velocity separation and ejection of a piece or pieces of cutting chain from the end of a broken chain. « Less
Washington — Other — 8/7/2017 — 0 Views
Equipment in poor condition can cause injury! « Less
Washington — Other — 8/3/2017 — 1 Views
Logs not contained in the stakes can roll off and strike drivers wrapping the load. « Less
Washington — Other — 8/2/2017 — 1 Views
WAC 296-54-577(4) Employees must be in the clear of logs, root wads, chunks, hazardous trees, rolling material and rigging before the go-ahead signal is given and must stay in the clear until all rigging movement has stopped. « Less
Washington — Other — 8/2/2017 — 1 Views
Timber falling in the Pacific Northwest is undergoing a radical transformation. Tethered or winch-assisted machines are being introduced to fall timber on steep slopes. To better understand the potential impact of tethered logging operations on logging safety, a Safety and Health Specialist from the Safety and Health Assessment and Research for Prevention (SHARP) program interviewed five owners of Washington State timber falling companies. « Less
Washington — Technical Report — 7/20/2017 — 1 Views
In March 2014, a falling maple limb struck and killed a 65-year-old timber cutter. The cutter and his employer, the owner of a logging company, were working at a logging site. The ground was flat and the day was rainy. The cutter was falling timber and the owner was operating a log loader to push trees over as the cutter was sawing them. « Less
Washington — Other — 7/20/2017 — 0 Views
Equipment in poor condition can cause injury! « Less
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In July 2016, a 40-year-old construction foreman died and a 57-year-old laborer was injured when a truck struck the elevated aerial lift platform they were working in, ejecting them from the platform. The two men worked for a civil construction contractor that does, among other projects, bridge construction. « Less
Washington — Other — 7/5/2017 — 0 Views
In July 2016, a 40-year-old construction foreman died and a 57-year-old laborer was injured when a truck struck the elevated aerial lift platform they were working in, ejecting them from the platform. The two men worked for a civil construction contractor that does, among other projects, bridge construction. « Less
Washington — Other — 7/5/2017 — 0 Views
In September 2016, a 45-year-old truck driver died when he was struck by two potato conveyor belt tables that fell from a flatbed trailer. He had worked for the multi-state potato harvesting and transport company for about four months. On the morning of the incident, the victim arrived at around 7 a.m. and began loading four tables onto a lowboy flatbed trailer so they could be transported to another site. « Less
Washington — Other — 6/28/2017 — 0 Views
