Top 10 Health and Safety Risks in Logging Operations 2017

These are the top 10 health and safety risks in logging operations as identified by workers, supervisors and employers during a risk assessment workshop in 2017:

1. Mobile equipment: Distracted driving

2. Substance use: Under the influence of alcohol, prescription or other drugs

3. ‘Struck by’: Machinery danger zone infractions

4. Machine lockout, guarding: Not properly locking out, improper equipment isolation

5. Workers taking shortcuts: Gaps in training, coaching, supervision

6. Working alone: In remote locations

7. Regulation: Working on public access roads

8. Fatigue: Fatigue-induced incidents

9. Lifting equipment: Lifting logs or trees

10. Maintenance: Mechanics standing on equipment or cylinders to perform maintenance