Forest Worker Safety Talks: Felled Tree Drops on Co-Worker

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Northwest Forest Worker Center ; Labor Occupational Health Program ; Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center
• Description:
  Use this story to have a conversation with your workers about: How an injury can affect them and their family and why it's important to stay attentive. What employers and workers can do to prevent injuries from falling trees and branches. The procedures to follow if they get hurt. "Today we are going to talk about safety practices to use when thinning trees. We will start with the experience of one forest worker and how this injury could have been prevented. This story was shared by a forest worker who works in the Northwest U.S." [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Forestry Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Injury Prevention Safety Education Safety Practices Tree Trimmers
• Publisher:
  Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center, University of Washington
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Teaching Materials
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Oregon ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20055633
• Citation:
  Seattle, WA: Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center, University of Washington, 2017 Dec; :1-4
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington, Seattle
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20140901
• Source Full Name:
  Forest worker safety talks: felled tree drops on co-worker
• End Date:
  20170831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:109041da10eb8e52b9b5ab3a517f0ccc80e0551b911038bcd82fd18b8c31a8d72678d4dcb056e1f6e14832dadccdd6f20b4b3477e447b57f203b4d989d69664a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/213435/cdc_213435_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.05 MB ]