Loggers Killed During Felling Operations

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• Corporate Authors:
  University of Kentucky. College of Public Health. Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
• Description:
  Logging was the deadliest civilian occupation in 2015 in the U.S., with a fatality rate of 132.7 per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers; in total, 62 workers were killed. The most common cause of death was being struck by falling trees and limbs. Since Jan 2016, 8 loggers have been killed by falling trees or limbs during felling operations in Kentucky. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Forestry Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Chain Saws Injury Prevention Logging Workers Tree Trimmers
• Publisher:
  Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Lay Publication
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20069362
• Citation:
  Hazard alert. Lexington, KY: Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, 2017 Sep; :1-2
• Email:
  kyfaceprogram@uky.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Loggers killed during felling operations
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2b26e1fcfacda5d80f61504608f4f8c02701402ac5229ce2bfb07ec764c1d8eac834079e98133bd47fcfc50658ce104ff4efe3f48e5dbf8484ccf67c7d812884
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/207855/cdc_207855_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 532.75 KB ]