A qualitative assessment of safe work practices in logging in the southern United States

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• Alternative Title:
  Am J Ind Med
• Personal Author:
  Conway, Sadie H. ; Pompeii, Lisa A. ; Casanova, Vanessa ; Douphrate, David I.
• Description:
  Background
  
  The logging industry is recognized as one of the most dangerous professions in the U.S., but little is known about safety management practices on remote logging sites.
  
  Methods
  
  A total of six focus group sessions were held among logging supervisors and front line crew members in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas (N = 27 participants).
  
  Results
  
  Participants perceived that logging was a dangerous profession, but its risks had been mitigated in several ways, most notably through mechanization of timber harvesting. Log trucking‐related incidents were widely identified as the primary source of risk for injury and death on logging work sites. Human error, in general, and being out of the machinery on the work site were highlighted as additional sources of risk.
  
  Conclusions
  
  Participants indicated high levels of personal motivation to work in a safe manner but tended to underestimate workplace hazards and expressed widely varying levels of co‐worker trust.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Adult Communication Focus Groups Forestry Humans Inservice Training Male Middle Aged Motivation Motor Vehicles Occupational Health Perception Qualitative Research Risk Factors Safety Trust

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• Source:
  Am J Ind Med. 60(1):58-68
• Pubmed ID:
  27747911
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7383958
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  T42 OH008421/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States ; U01 OH010815/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  Arkansas ; Louisiana ; Texas
• Volume:
  60
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1bd5d792b8a986114f77c4266b1c78ba7916817abb41f25b383e9745ba90df0a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/91174/cdc_91174_DS1.pdf
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