Trees Kill: Key Factors in Logging Safety

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• Corporate Authors:
  Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)
• Description:
  Logging is the most hazardous industry for workers in the Pacific Northwest. Only in the past 30 years have fatalities and injuries decreased significantly due to increased attention to safety, and safety regulations. As logging intensifies in Asia, Africa, and South America, more workers are exposed to extreme hazards in unmanaged conditions. According to data supplied by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (http://www.fao.org/index_en.htm), the world's softwood timber harvest since 1965 has been dominated by Russian states, China, and the USA. Many other countries with high production in 1965 have depleted their resources significantly, including Japan, Canada, France, Romania, and Finland, among others. Substantial growth has occurred meanwhile in New Zealand (with plantation timber), Hungary, and developing countries such as Brazil, Viet Nam, Malaysia, and Tanzania. Experience with state regulation and employer commitment to safety in logging activities in the Pacific Northwest may help others to improve safety and reduce injuries and death in logging operations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Forestry Mortality Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Forestry-workers Injury-prevention Logging-workers Lumber-industry-workers Mortality-data Mortality-rates Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-practices Traumatic-injuries

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• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Publisher:
  Oregon Health and Science University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  Oregon ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039321
• Citation:
  Portland, OR: Oregon Health and Science University, Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation, 2008 Mar; :1
• Contact Point Address:
  Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (OR-FACE) Program, Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park, L606, Portland, OR 97239-3098
• Email:
  orface@ohsu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• Performing Organization:
  Oregon Health and Science University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20040901
• Source Full Name:
  Trees kill: key factors in logging safety
• End Date:
  20060831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d001f03b3df0c57b9721e13503a0f3a3d7dba598191572cb263f4521f815960cd65b05978e2e97566af849587fbf27c40360501da50520c3d3ede22f6ebcfc71
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228642/cdc_228642_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 242.78 KB ]