Forest Worker Safety Talks: Worker Injured from Chainsaw Kickback

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. Why it's important to pay attention when working with a chainsaw. How chainsaws need to be maintained to prevent kickback. The procedures to follow if someone is hurt. "Today we are going to discuss how to prevent kickbacks from chainsaws. 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 in the Northwest U.S." [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Forestry Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Chain Saws Equipment Operation Injury Prevention Safety Education Safety Practices
• 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:20055637
• 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: worker injured from chainsaw kickback
• End Date:
  20170831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:62859aff70792ec5fd079dc08837d2abe913fb93ad12e6b02cff0047e8360fb13e6089d88b06ca8fa3887a21055dc930e6770194a5e53b4b446eb0e9d3de8f76
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/213437/cdc_213437_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.06 MB ]