Steep Slope Logging Research at OSU: Eye Movement Tracking to Grapple Yarding, Collaboration for a Safer Work Environment

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• Personal Author:
  Belart F ; Chung W ; Crawford R ; Cushing T ; Garland J ; Green P ; Kincl, Laurel ; Leshchinsky B ; Sessions J ; Wimer J
• Description:
  Motivations: Logging is "difficult, dirty, dangerous, and declining" (Garland, 2012a). Logging is the first step in an industry that generates over $5.2 billion in revenue for Oregon alone (Rasmussen et al., 2012). Workforce, mechanization, timber, political environment are all drivers of change. Research Arms & Goals: Assessing practical and physiological response of logging workers. Take-Away Messages: Soils are complex, site conditions are important! Ground pressures affect machine stability and soil disturbance. Use of cable assistance (and slash mat?) enables reduced ground pressures which provides: Less soil displacement (slip and rutting); Access to steeper slopes; Improved mobility; Improved stability. Uphill orientation may be beneficial from a soil perspective due to better distribution of ground pressures. Assessing environmental impacts of various steep-slope harvesting systems. Observe harvesting and yarding productivity to develop regression-based cost and productivity models. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Forestry Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Costs Environmental Impacts Equipment Operation Logging Industry Machine Operators Machinery Safety Engineering Soil Mechanics
• Publisher:
  Council on Forest Engineering (COFE)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Maine ; Oregon ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-37
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20060740
• Citation:
  40th Annual Council on Forest Engineering Meeting: Forest Engineering, From Where We've Been to Where We're Going, July 31-August 2, 2017, Bangor, Maine. Morgantown, WV: Council on Forest Engineering (COFE), 2017 Jul; :1-37
• Email:
  preston.green@oregonstate.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Oregon State University - Corvallis
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20150901
• Source Full Name:
  40th Annual Council on Forest Engineering Meeting: Forest Engineering, From Where We've Been to Where We're Going, July 31-August 2, 2017, Bangor, Maine
• End Date:
  20180831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a9d64aebe0e55ec012f970c5e01b080d85941f7e3c40e833a36d2b9ab8c7335b0b93f5833ae3bd9eeb5e67323610a2487527e4d82033f1ef3a4564b37dab6c16
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/224565/cdc_224565_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.63 MB ]