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Logging operations involve felling, moving trees and logs from the stump
to the point of delivery, transporting machines, equipment and personnel
to and from and between logging sites. Loggers need to recognize the hazards
associated with marking danger trees, felling, limbing,
bucking, debarking, chipping, yarding, loading, unloading, and storing
logs. This page addresses
safety practices for all types of logging, regardless of the end use of the wood. These
include pulpwood and timber harvesting and the logging of sawlogs, veneer bolts, poles,
pilings and other forest products.
- Potential Hazards
of Mislabeled Steel Toe Logger Boots. OSHA Safety and Health Information
Bulletin (SHIB) 09-30-2004, (2004, September 30). Alerts employers and employees of the potential
electrical hazards of Georgia Boot’s mislabeled steel toe logger boots; to
provide Georgia Boot customers with the manufacturer’s recall instructions for
the subject boots;
and to remind users of OSHA’s requirements for electrical protective equipment
as covered by
29 CFR 1910.137.
- Logging Review Report.
OSHA, (2000, October). Provides a review of logging fatalities
investigated by the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration in FY 1996 and FY 1997.
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Logging Safety. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Safety and Health Topic. Contains a listing of several NIOSH publications related to safety in the logging industry.
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