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2007 Safety Alerts

>	Log Hauling	>	Log Sorting
>	Crew Transport	>	Planning and Management
>	Manual Harvesting/Bucking	>	Manufacturing
>	Mechanical Harvesting	>	Silviculture/Stand Tending/Fire Fighting
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2007 Safety Bulletins

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>	Worksites	>	Vehicles and Roads

WorkSafeBC - Alerts and Bulletins

WorkSafeBC has recently re-organized their Safety Alerts and Safety Bulletins into one convenient and accessible web page. Please click the link below to see the full list of forestry specific alerts.

http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Industry.asp?ReportID=31192

Additionally, to view full WorkSafeBC Incident Investigations you can access them here:

http://www2.worksafebc.com/Topics/AccidentInvestigations/Home.asp

2007 Safety Alerts

Log Hauling

>	Close call on resource road results in trailer sliding off the road (pdf) Thanks to Pine Ridge Holdings for providing this Alert
>	Log Truck and passenger vehicle collide on highway (pdf) Thanks to Grant Conlon Trucking for providing this Alert
>	Close Call - Trailer detaches from truck (pdf) Thanks to Buckley House Holdings for providing this Alert
>	Truck driver injured when cord breaks on compressor (pdf) Thanks to Lama Pass Fishing for providing this Alert
>	Log truck tips over as it travels into left corner (pdf) Thanks to Ted LeRoy Trucking for providing this Alert
>	Loader Man crushed between Log Truck and Loader (pdf) Thanks to Ambroy Equipment Ltd for providing this Alert
>	Two near misses as Logging trucks fail to call miles (pdf) Thanks to Stones Bay Holdings LTD for providing this Alert
>	Dirt Bike nearly struck on resource road (pdf)
>	Close Call: Tree falls on Logging Truck (pdf) Thanks to Munson Equipment for providing this Alert
>	Close Call: Logging Truck ignores Yield sign (pdf) Thanks to Dunkley Lumber Ltd for providing this Alert
>	Logging Truck Pulls down 2 Telephone Poles (pdf)
>	Logging Truck rolls onto side due to soft road (pdf)
>	Truck Driver Sprains Ankle Thanks to Northwind Logging LTD for providing this Alert
>	Logging Truck Driver Killed when Trailer Rolls over Him (pdf) Thanks to WorkSafeBC for providing this Alert
>	Close Call - Reminder to use Radio Calling Procedures (pdf) Thanks to Amboy Logging LTD for providing this Alert
>	Road grade over 18% results in Logging Truck Rollover (pdf) Thanks to BC TimberSales for providing this Alert
>	Truck flips as driver's attention diverted by adjusting radio (pdf) Thanks to Burke Purdon Enterprises LTD for providing this Alert
>	Log Truck driver injured after falling off tire (pdf) Thanks to Jordef Enterprises for providing this Alerts
>	Tire falls off truck as Lug Nuts not properly Re-torqued (pdf) Thanks to Canfor for providing this Alert
>	Fatality - Logging truck driver killed when trailer rolls over him (pdf) Thanks to WorkSafeBC for providing this Alert
>	Logging Truck Driver Injured While Re-loading Trailer (pdf) Thanks to Tolko Industries for providing this Alert
>	Narrow road results in logging truck crash (pdf) Thibault Logging Ltd. /Critical Site Logging Inc.
>	Close Call: Rear Trailer detaches from B-Train (pdf)
>	Near miss for two logging trucks (pdf) Thanks to Weyerhaeuser for providing this Alert
>	Moose and Wildlife Driving Hazard (pdf) Special thanks to Clusko Logging Enterprise LTD for providing this Alert
>	Truck Drivers: Selecting Sites When Chaining Up and/or Marking and Checking Loads (pdf) Thanks to Weyerhaeuser for providing this Alert
>	Collision on Radio Controlled Road (pdf)
>	Logging Truck Driver Seriously Injured while Loading Truck (pdf) Thanks to Weyerhaeuser for providing this Alert
>	Fatality - Drivers Killed when Trucks Not Secured from Inadvertent Movement (pdf) Thanks to WorkSafeBC for providing this Alert
>	Truck Drivers - Important Information when Negotiating the Turn from Highway 1 onto the Squilax Anglemont Road (pdf) Thanks to HaulSafe for providing this Alert
>	Molly on a Logging Truck Breaks (pdf) Special thanks to Blackwater Construction for providing this Alert
>	Trailer Tie Down Leads to Load Sliding Off Bed (pdf) Thanks to Surespan Construction for providing this Alert
>	The Importance of Current Driver's Abstracts (pdf)
>	Recreational Users on Active Logging Sites (pdf) Thanks to Ted Leroy Trucking LTD for providing this Alert
>	Close Call while unloading a machine off a lowbed truck (pdf) Thanks to CopCan Contracting LTD for providing this Alert

Crew Transport

>	Truck encounters black ice (pdf) Thanks to Chartwell Consultants for providing this Alert
>	Crew cab forced onto shoulder by car (pdf) Thanks to Wildhorse Silviculture Ltd for providing this Alert
>	Vehicle rolls after hitting ice on highway (pdf) Thanks to Canfor for providing this Alert Canfor Hazard Alert for this incident
>	Pickup truck slides into ditch off forestry road (pdf)
>	Pickup truck slides off forestry road (pdf)
>	Close Call: worker almost crushed while servicing logging truck brakes (pdf) Thanks to Westline Harvesting LTD for providing this Alert
>	Close Call: Lug Nuts not properly tightened after flat tire (pdf) Thanks to North Aspect Contracting for providing this Alert
>	Truck driveshaft displaced by rock (pdf) Thanks to Kim Forest Management for providing this Alert
>	Close call for pickup as radio call procedures ignored (pdf) Thanks to Spectrum Forestry Consulting Ltd. for providing this Alert
>	Close Call as pickup trucks ignore stop sign (pdf) Thanks to Winton Global for providing this Alert
>	Fatality - Marine Incident at Jervis Inlet (pdf) Thanks to the Transportation Safety Board for helping with this Alert
>	Close Call - Tie Rods break in Pick-up Truck (pdf) Thanks to LTN Contracting for providing this Alert
>	Close Call: Plane Engine Failure (pdf) Thanks to Pioneer Scaling & Inventory Management for providing this Alert
>	Two near vehicle misses in one week (pdf) Special thanks to Blackwater Construction for providing this Alert
>	Parking Incident (pdf) Special thanks to Bendickson Contractors Ltd. for providing this Alert
>	Worker Injured while using pickup to pull start another vehicle (pdf) Thanks to Canfor for providing this Alert
>	Close Call: Tow rope snaps while trying to free vehicles from mud (pdf) Thanks to Nechako Reforestation Services Ltd for this Alert
>	Close Call: Pick-up truck loses brakes (pdf) Thanks to BC Timber Sales for providing this Alert
>	Serious Injury - Snow Mobile Incident (pdf) Thanks to BC Timber Sales for providing this Alert
>	Close Call: Stop sign being ignored (pdf) Thanks to Dunkley Lumber for providing this Alert

Manual Harvesting/Bucking

>	Faller injured while bucking (pdf) Thanks to Ted LeRoy Trucking for providing this Alert
>	Climber nearly killed as a result of faulty equipment (pdf) Thanks to Alternative Forest Operations for providing this Alert
>	Snag nearly results in serious injury for faller (pdf) Thanks to 805 Enterprises Ltd for providing this Alert
>	Faller requires surgery after being struck by sapling (pdf)
>	Manual Faller Injured while Spacing Trees (pdf) Thanks to Kwassin Lake Contracting for providing this Alert
>	Faller with allergy to bees stung in the woods (pdf)
>	Hand faller struck by oversized fir tree (pdf) Thanks to Progressive Harvesting (2000) Ltd. for providing this Alert
>	Worker Was Injured While Bucking a Windfall to Clear a Road (pdf) Special Thanks to Western Forest Products for providing this Alert
>	Do Not Fall Trees Uphill on Steep Slopes (pdf) Thanks to WorkSafeBC for providing this Alert
>	Buckerman Injured on Landing (pdf) Thanks to H.A. Friedenberger Contracting Ltd for this Alert
>	Buckerman Injured while working near log deck (pdf) Thanks to H.A. Friedenberger Contracting for providing this Alert

Mechanical Harvesting

>	Close Call - Log penetrates loader window at head level (pdf) Thanks to Ken Ilnicki Developments for providing this Alert
>	Skidder tips over on 5% slope (pdf) Thanks to R.J. Schunter Contracting for providing this Alert
>	Close Call - Log Loader Malfunctions (pdf) Thanks to Ted LeRoy Trucking for providing this Alert
>	Tilt cylinder eye breaks off on a CAT TK722 Feller Buncher (pdf)
>	Skidder rolls over on 30% slope (pdf) Thanks to M&H Logging Ltd for providing this Alert
>	Processor Operator Injured Entering Cab (pdf) Thanks to Reitmeier Logging Ltd for providing this Alert
>	Worker struck by yarder (pdf)
>	Close Call: Hitch of cable spooling trailer breaks (pdf) Thanks to Northwind Logging for providing this Alert
>	Bucker struck by Log Loader (pdf)
>	Close Call: Skidder used as guyline anchor for cable yarder (pdf)
>	Hooktender hit by a log while going ahead on a turn (pdf) Thanks to Western Forest Products for providing this Alert
>	Grapple Skidder rolls onto side (pdf) Thanks to Alturus Equipment Corp. for providing this Alert
>	Close Call: Grapple Skidder flips (pdf) Thanks to Westline Harvesting Ltd for providing this Alert
>	Close Call for Hooktender (pdf) Thanks to Reitmeier Logging Ltd for providing this Alert
>	Skidder Rollover on 5% slope (pdf) Thanks to Ken & Fred Ilnicki Developments Ltd. for providing this Alert
>	Close Call: Feller Buncher working closely with hand faller (pdf) Thanks to Thibault Logging Ltd. /Critical Site Logging Inc. for this Alert
>	Yarder Operator Injured while removing landed wood (pdf)
>	Fatality: Skidder-operator killed when equipment rolls Thanks to West Fraser for providing this Alert
>	Worker fractures Foot while exiting Machine (pdf)
>	Close Call - Entering and Exiting Machines (pdf) Thanks to Munson Equipment for providing this Alert
>	Hooktender Struck by Log (pdf) Thanks to Western Forest Products for providing this Alert
>	Equipment Operator Dislocates Shoulder (pdf) Thanks to WeyerHaeuser for providing this Alert
>	Madill 124 Grapple Yarder Pulled Over by Lines (pdf) Special Thanks to Western Forest Products for providing this Alert
>	Bent Door Handle Results in Injury (pdf) Thanks to Blackwater Construction for providing this Alert
>	Worker Injures Finger While Shutting Door on Bandit Machine (pdf) Thanks to Western Forest Products for providing this Alert
>	Escape Hatch Difficulties On New Hydraulic Log Loaders (pdf) Thanks to Cougar Inlet Logging Ltd. for providing this Alert
>	Top of felled tree comes into contact with pickup truck (pdf) Thanks to Tolko Industries LTD for providing this Alert
>	Chokerman Injured While Working on Snow-Covered Slope (pdf) Special Thanks to H.A. Friedenberger Contracting Ltd.
>	Worker Injured while using drill swamper (pdf) Thanks to Strathcona Contracting Ltd for providing this Alert
>	Close Call for Drill Swamper (pdf)

Log Sorting

>	Close Call: Boom Boat Communication Breakdown (pdf) Thanks to Edwards and Associates Logging for providing this Alert

Planning and Management

>	Work Lost Overnight (pdf) Thanks to Golden Spruce Ventures for providing this Alert
>	Predatory Black Bear stalks workers (pdf)
>	Close Call: Black Bear (pdf) Thanks to Coast Forest Management for providing this Alert
>	Road de-activated while crew on cutblock (pdf) f Thanks to North Aspect Contracting for providing this Alert
>	Close Call: Cougar stalks forest worker and dog (pdf) Thanks to Montane Forest Consultants LTD for providing this Alert
>	Close call with Grizzly Bear (pdf) Thanks to Maritime Pacific Engineering LTD for providing this Alert
>	2 workers attacked by Grizzly Bear (pdf) Thanks to Maple Leaf Forestry Consulting for providing this Alert
>	Close Call: Cougar Hunting Deer (pdf) Thanks to North Aspect Contracting for providing this Alert
>	Supervisor Killed on Blasting Site (pdf)

Manufacturing

>	Labourer Injured by Broken Board (pdf) Thanks to Harlow Creek Contracting Ltd for providing this Alert
>	Sawmill worker dies while unplugging waste wood in hog chute (pdf) Thanks to WorkSafeBC for providing this Alert
>	Body contact with rotating Hula Saw (pdf) Thanks to Western Forest Products for providing this Alert
>	Multiple fractures to leg (pdf) Thanks to Western Forest Products for providing this Alert
>	Scow winch line breaks finger (pdf) Thanks to Western Forest Products for providing this Alert

Silviculture/Stand Tending/Fire Fighting

>	Planting Freshly Burned Cutblocks (pdf) Thanks to Evergreen Forest Services Ltd. for providing this Alert

Other Alerts

>	Close Call - Oxy/Acetylene bottles left on overnight (pdf) Thanks to KDL Group for providing this Alert
>	Neck and Deck of lowbed come apart after making turn (pdf) Thanks to LTN Contracting Ltd for providing this Alert
>	Belly Pan falls onto workers hand (pdf) Thanks to Blackwater Contruction for providing this Alert
>	Worker Falls 7 feet when Catwalk Fails (pdf) Thanks to Surespan Construction for providing this Alert
>	Close Call: Excavator rolls down hill (pdf)
>	Shingle blocks fall on workers resulting in several injuries (pdf) Thanks to HFN Forestry for providing this Alert
>	Scaler cut by log tape (pdf) Thanks to S. McKillop Logging for providing this Alert
>	Finger cut while moving heavy tank (pdf)
>	Worker Injured while lifting water tank (pdf) Thanks to Galena Contractors Ltd for providing this Alert
>	Worker burned with pressure washer (pdf) Thanks to Weyerhaeuser for providing this Alert
>	Close Call: Dunnage Nearly Strikes Worker (pdf) Thanks to Surespan Construction for providing this Alert
>	Close Call while unloading a machine off a lowbed truck (pdf) Thanks to CopCan Contracting LTD for providing this Alert
>	Gravel Truck Driver Injures Hand Pulling Root from Tailgate (pdf)

2007 Safety Bulletins

Workers

>	WorkSafeBC Regulations on Orienting New Workers and Young Workers (pdf)
>	Information for People Affected by the Current Labour Dispute (pdf)
>	Slips and Trips and Knowing your Limits (pdf) Special thanks to Weyerhaeuser for providing this Alert
>	Heavy lifting at the worksite (pdf) Special thanks to Surespan for providing this Alert

Worksites

>	Forestry Operations: Returning to work after and extended time off (pdf) Thanks to WorkSafeBC for providing this Bulletin
>	Returning to Work (pdf)
>	Hazard Communication - Between Phases (pdf) Thanks to Interfor for providing this Alert
>	Fatal Forestry Accidents Preventable (pdf) Thanks to the BC Coroners Service for providing this Bulletin
>	Hunters on the worksite (pdf) Thanks to Canfor for providing this Bulletin

Equipment

>	Skidder Incidents on the Rise (pdf)
>	Equipment failure: Madill 071 Guywinch Inspection (pdf)
>	Wear your Personal Protective Equipment (pdf) Thanks to Interfor for providing this Alert. Originally posted by Interfor in 2005, this bulletin serves as a reminder that protective equipment can save your life and prevent serious injuries.

Vehicles and Roads

>	Speed of pickups when passing graders (pdf) Thanks to Canfor for providing this Bulletin
>	Logging Road Driving Safety Reminders (pdf) Thanks to Canfor for providing this Bulletin
>	Watch for Animals on the Road (pdf) Special Thanks to Stone Bay Holdings LTD for providing this Alert

2007 Incident Investigations and Notices

>	Incident Invetigation Template Special thanks to Stephen Chaplin for providing this template

Coroner's Inquest into the death of Joseph Leroux

>	Coroner's Recommendations from the Leroux Inquiry (pdf)

Coroner's Inquest into the death of Ted Gramlich

>	Council's Response to the Gramlich Inquiry (pdf)
>	Coroner's Recommendations from the Gramlich Inquiry (pdf)
>	Incident Investigation Report (pdf) Thanks to WorkSafeBC for making this report available to the Council.
>	Original Safety Alert Issued in 2005 (pdf)

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