Publication Type:
Poster
Topic:
Fall Prevention
Lockout and Guarding
Logging
Mental Health
Mobile Equipment
Motor Vehicle Incidents
Safety Culture
Supervision
Sector:
Language:
English
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:
- Mobile equipment: Distracted driving.
- Substance use: Under the influence of alcohol, prescription or other drugs.
- ‘Struck by’: Machinery danger zone infractions.
- Machine lockout, guarding: Not properly locking out, improper equipment isolation.
- Workers taking shortcuts: Gaps in training, coaching, supervision.
- Working alone: In remote locations.
- Regulation: Working on public access roads.
- Fatigue: Fatigue-induced incidents.
- Lifting equipment: Lifting logs or trees.
- Maintenance: Mechanics standing on equipment or cylinders to perform maintenance.
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