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Harvesting Incidents

Date of Occurence
Category
F/I/SI/CC
Description of Incident
Dec 17 Yarding/Mechanical Harvesting I A Feller Buncher (mechanical tree harvesting machine) was attempting to climb onto a skidtrail (57% slope) when the machine became high centered on a rock. The machine slid sideways off the rock for approximately 4 meters. The tracks struck a stump causing the Buncher to flip over and roll three times down hill for approximately 30 meters until coming to rest on a 35% slope.
Dec 17 Other SI A worker was brushing out foliage under a Hydro high voltage power line, operating a power brushing head attached to an excavator chassis, when the excavator slid approximately 100 ft. on new fallen snow and ice, then rolled 3 to 4 times trapping the worker inside for approximately 1.5 hours with broken ribs and clavicle. 
Dec 14 Log Hauling SI A logging truck was climbing a hill on a public road. Near the top of the hill (eight-percent grade), the driver "missed a shift" which resulted in the truck stalling. The truck began sliding backwards. The driver jumped from the truck, landing on his left leg.
Dec 4 Manual Tree Falling SI A faller received 2nd & 3rd degree burns as a result of the fuel igniting while in the process of starting his chainsaw. 
Nov 23 Manual Tree Falling SI A faller (certified) was in the process of bucking an 8-foot long root wad from an 80 foot long fir. The log pivoted on a standing tree 33 feet up the log being bucked causing the tree to swing up the hill one and a half feet striking the faller. 
Nov 11 Yarding/Mechanical Harvesting I While standing on top of an energized CTR Pull Through Tree De-limber trying to un-jam a stick, the worker slipped and fell onto the actuating roller which caused the delimber arms to close on the worker's legs. 
Nov 6 Yarding/Mechanical Harvesting SI A grapple yarder hook tender was struck on the leg by the yarding grapple after he had signalled the operator to cast the yarding grapple sideways (which was flying a choker) in his direction in order to choke two logs that had slid away from the yarding area. 
Nov 2 Log Hauling SI A loaded logging truck rolled and slid down a steep embankment after leaving the road.  The truck was climbing an adverse grade at a low speed on a wide road with a slight corner to the left.  The driver drove off the road down an 80% side hill.  The truck came to a stop on it's side approximately 20 metres below the road.  The driver was trapped in the truck for approximately 5 hours until extracted by using the jaws of life and a cutting torch. 
Oct 26 Other I A worker, working alone, was in the process of securing a dozer boat to a log boom when the worker tripped over the bowline and fell into the Fraser River.  The worker was able to grab onto a log from the boom but was unable to escape and remained in the water for approximately 10 - 20 minutes. Co-workers found the worker clinging to the log suffering from the effects of hypothermia.
Oct 10 Log Hauling I A loaded logging truck was travelling down a short hill into a corner on a secondary road. The driver reported that the steering on the truck failed to respond to the turn, the truck then travelled across the road into the ditch and rolled.  
Oct 9 Yarding/Mechanical Harvesting I A hook tender received injuries when he was struck by a log that was hit by the grapple of the active grapple yarder. 
Oct 3 Log Hauling SI A loaded logging truck encountered a pickup travelling in the opposite direction around a bend on a forest road. The logging truck driver took evasive action, which caused his truck to go off the road and roll onto its side.
Sept 27 Log Hauling I A loaded logging truck, traveling on a public highway, was struck from behind by a pickup traveling in the same direction.  The pickup struck the rear of the load and the left rear wheels of the logging truck trailer. The driver of the pickup (not a worker) sustained hand and arm injuries, whereas the logging truck driver reported no injury. 
Sept 14 Yarding/Mechanized Harvesting F A worker who was in radio communication with the grapple yarder operator of a Grapple Yarder, had requested the operator to swing the grapple closer to a felled tree.  The grapple yarder operator lost communication with the worker after swinging the grapple.  The worker was found unconscious in close proximity of the grapple and the worker eventually succumbed to his injuries after being transported off the side hill down to the road by helicopter. 
Sept 12 Log Hauling SI A driver of an off highway logging truck was attempting to change an outside flat tire on the rear axle of the trailer. As the driver was in the process of removing the flat tire from the trailer the inside undeflated tire exploded, causing the flat tire to strike the driver. 
Sept 10 Traveling to and from Work F

The driver of a pick-up truck lost control of the vehicle as it approached a bridge on a forest service road. The truck left the road and landed upside down in the river.
Sept 10 Log Hauling I

A southbound loaded logging truck (tractor/single-axle jeep/ tandem pole trailer configuration) flipped onto its driver's side while negotiating a corner. Spilled logs swiped a northbound pickup that drove onto the shoulder, and some logs struck a second vehicle with two occupants. One log entered through the car's windshield. Air Ambulance transported the female non-worker driving the car to Vancouver General Hospital with fractures (arm and leg) after a 2-hr extraction. The second occupant (male non-worker) was in considerable pain and his injuries are unknown.

The logging truck driver suffered minor injuries and was assessed by paramedics on the scene and released. 
Sept 4 Yarding/Mechanical Harvesting SI A bucker, groundman and skidder operator were working together to buck and yard windthrow.  The bucker became pinned between the end of a log and a stump. 
Aug 29 Yarding/Mechanical Harvesting I A worker operating a feller-buncher on short pitch steep slop of 37-40%, tipped the machine over onto the operator's door trapping the worker inside the cab. 
Aug 23 Log Hauling SI, I An empty logging truck collided with a pick-up truck on a forest service road.
Aug 22 Log Hauling I A 3-ton flat bed truck hauling trusses stopped on the bridge waiting for his pilot car to hold oncoming traffic. The truss truck's tail light flashers were not activated.  A loaded log truck driver who was following the truss truck was not aware it had stopped.  By the time, he realized this; he braked hard but could not stop in time, and rear-ended the flat bed truck. 
Aug 21 Other I A portion of the outside edge of a wood-over-steel logging road bridge failed causing a log loader to roll off the structure. 
Aug 20 Yarding/Mechanized Harvesting I A worker was operating a grapple skidder on a moderately sloped harvesting block. A bunched pile of logs was sitting at the apex of a short hill (i.e. approx. 100ft. at 41% -45% slope). The operator tried to back up (i.e. upslope), to the butts of the logs to be skidded but the skidder failed to negotiate the slope. So, the operator drove around the hill and back up to the top where he drove over the log pile with his front left hand tire in the down slope direction to better position the skidder to pick up and drag the log pile. As the front tire dropped off the end of the pile and onto the excessive slope, the skidder became unstable and rolled 1 1/2 times down slope. 
Aug 20 Other SI A deck hand was struck by shifting equipment as he was starting the portable bilge pumps when the barge was taking on water and listing. 
Aug 17 Manual Tree Falling SI A certified hand faller falling old growth timber for a road right of way attempted to fall a 42 inch diameter by seventy foot high hemlock danger tree. When the faller started the back cut, the tree failed and split in multiple slabs. One of the slabs (5.5 ft long x 15 inches wide x 4 inches thick weighing approximately 120 pounds) struck the faller on the leg. 
Aug 12 Yarding/Mechanical Harvesting F The operator of a grapple skidder was travelling down slope on a 50%+  previously used skid trail to retrieve a bundle of logs in the harvesting block. At some point control of the skidder was lost and after pushing over a tree the skidder rolled approximately 200ft.+ downslope before coming to rest on a ridge above the log landing. 
Aug 1 Traveling to and from Work F,I

Two workers driving out of the bush in a one ton crummy skidded off a narrow portion of the logging road, rolled, and went end over end at least once, down about 150 feet on a 78%. Both workers were ejected from the vehicle (seat belts not worn).
July 30 Log Hauling I

A loaded log transporter rolled onto its side while negotiating a curve.  The incident occurred on a public road. 
July 19 Yarding/Mechancial Harvesting F A skidder operator was fatally injured when his skidder rolled several times down a steep slope. The operator was wearing the seatbelt. However, it failed during the rollover due to previous damage to the webbing. 
July 18 Traveling to and from Work I

A worker was driving the employer's cook bus to a Valemount camp after 2 days off. An hour east of Prince George on Hwy #16, the driver fell asleep and the bus left the road on the right hand side, crossing a lane of traffic.  It then continued down a slope and came to a stop when it hit a large rock. The driver (lone occupant) of the vehicle was trapped in the vehicle and the "Jaws of Life" were required to free him. The seat belt was worn.
July 17 Manual Tree Falling SI A certified faller bucked a 16' 6" butt log from a 21" diameter hemlock tree.  When the bucking cut dropped a full-length hemlock tree located behind the faller rolled down slope 4'.  The faller's right leg was crushed between the rolling tree and the tree the faller had just finished bucking.
July 16 Manual Tree Falling SI

A faller entered a clutch of 13 trees to fall an approximately 120 foot high fir tree with a 22 inch wide butt. At approximately 90 feet up, the fir was tangled by branches with a popular tree. The felled fir caused the popular to fall towards the faller striking another tree. This third tree snapped in the middle (i.e. jack knifed) and a piece of the jack knife obstructed the fellers escape route striking him on the back of the neck causing serious injury. 
July 5 Yarding/ Mechanical Harvesting I While attempting to fall a tree on a 53% rocky side hill  a  self-levelling feller buncher slid down the hill rolling over and eventually coming to rest below a logging road  and against a stand of small Douglas fir trees. 
July 4 Other I 2 forestry workers engaged in Timber Development works encountered a 2 - 3 year old Grizzly Bear. The first worker was attacked and mauled, suffering multiple injuries before driving the bear off by kicks to the head with caulked boots. The bear then turned on the other worker who engaged it with Bear Spray driving the animal off permanently. 
July 3 Log Hauling SI A short log truck driver was struck by logs that fell from the grapple of a rubber-tired front-end loader when he went outside his cab during the loading process.  The loader operator was placing logs onto the front bunks of the truck trailer from the drivers' side and did not see the truck driver exit his cab. 
July 2 Helicopter Logging 2SI A Helicopter crash-landed into standing timber.  A pilot and co-pilot were onboard the aircraft at the time of the crash.
June 29 Log Hauling SI A loaded log hauling truck was in the process of being off loaded on a dryland sort when a log slid out of the grapple of the stacker. The log slid over the cab and down on the paved dryland sort. The log kept sliding on the pavement and hit the truck driver who was standing about 40 feet from the front of the truck. 
June 21 Log Hauling F A driver was setting up his logging truck trailer, including attaching airlines. The tractor-jeep-and-trailer started rolling downhill and the driver was run-over by the trailer tires. 
June 19 Manual Tree Falling I A certified hand faller was falling a 24 inch diameter tree by 75 feet tall along the top side of a rock quarry. As the tree started to fall the faller was struck by a rock that was lodged in the tree .The rock had lodged in the tree during previous blasting activities. 
June 12 Other SI An operator of a Rock Drill rolled the machine while positioning the drill in preparation for drilling.
June 12 Log Hauling SI A driver of a loaded highway log truck sustained injuries when the truck failed to negotiate a corner on a main haul road. The loaded truck rolled onto the drivers side and came to rest on the road. 
June 12 Log Hauling I A loaded logging truck tipped on its side while traveling down hill into a corner.  The driver had problems steering the vehicle and applied full brakes to bring the truck to a stop.  The trailer slid across the road into a deep ditch pulling the truck with it.  The truck flipped slowly onto the right side leaving the driver suspended in his seat belt.  The driver released the seat belt and sustained an injury to his shoulder from falling approximately 7 feet across the cab. 
June 10 Yarding/Mechanical Harvesting I A grapple yarder utility man was flipped in the air after being caught under the arm with a tightening strawline cable extension. The utility man had respliced the connecting eyes in the extension, hooked the extension to the strawline drum winch and was walking towards his vehicle (dead end of strawline was attached to the bumper) when the operator started to spool the strawline onto the drum. The utility man had waved to the operator and the operator misunderstood the signal as a signal to go ahead on the strawline. 
May 30 Log Hauling SI A driver of a loaded highway logging truck suffered serious head injuries when he lost control of his truck and rolled the truck onto the passenger side at the bottom of a steep switchback. The driver was not wearing his seat belt.
May 15 Other I A tug with a single person on board was in the process of pushing logs into a boom when the engine room caught fire. The skipper extinguished the blaze and the vessel was towed to a nearby wharf. 
May 11 Manual Tree Falling I A faller felled a cedar and a 6 ft-long- 50 lb- fir limb, which had been laying amongst limbs in the canopy, fell and struck the faller on the shoulder driving him into the ground. 
May 9 Manual Tree Falling SI A certified hand faller was attempting to fall a 12 inch in diameter by 90 feet tall cypress (yellow cedar) tree that had another tree of similar size and species laying into it. The second tree was partially broken off its stump and was located behind and above the fallers working location at that time. When the tree that was being cut fell the second tree stuck the faller in the back and pinned him to the ground.
May 7 Other SI A worker fell 13' off an excavator boom, hitting his head on the excavator track then landing on the ground.
April 26 Traveling to and from Work F A worker left on April 26, 2007 to assess snow conditions of a forestry road. The worker was reported missing at 01:30 hours on April 27, 2007.  Vehicle was located  50'(ft) down a steep embankment wrapped around a tree. The deceased was located approximately 1 km down river on the opposing bank from where the vehicle was located.
April 3 Other F Two workers were using a rubber-tired log loader to prepare the blade assembly of a track-type tractor prior to attaching the blade to the "C" frame of the tractor. One of the loader's forks was used to prop the blade up. The tractor operator was attempting to manually position one of the blade's swing arms when the blade assembly shifted, causing the swing arm to rotate, striking and pinning him to the ground.
April 2 Other I In an attempt to move the excavator up a steep section of the block, the operator grabbed hold of a stump. The stump became dislodged causing the excavator to roll onto its roof.
April 2 Other F The following is based on initial reports: A worker from a barging company slipped and fell 30 feet to the deck of a tugboat as he attempted to descend down a rope ladder from the bow of the log barge they were unloading. As a result of the fall the worker sustained fatal head injuries.
March 25 Other I A marine captain was conducting maintenance work on log loader on a log barge. This worker was working from a ladder and attempting to pry a cover from a hydraulic hose.  The worker slipped off the ladder and fell to the barge deck ten feet below. 
March 21 Manual Tree Falling SI A certified faller was struck in the face by a broken limb.  The faller had planned to utilize a pusher tree to overcome a falling difficulty.  He had cut up and set wedges in a large cedar tree.  He then felled the pusher tree which successfully felled the large cedar.  During the falling sequence the faller was struck in the face by a broken limb. 
March 21 Other F,2SI, I The following is based on initial reports:  Three workers departed from camp in a crew boat to check on a boomman running a sidewinder boat in from another location. The boomboat was reportedly a few miles away in weather that was growing more severe (including snow), and with visibility decreasing. After transferring the boomman into the crew boat, the workers became lost/disoriented in the conditions. The boat struck the shore a few miles away from camp as it attempted to return. 
March 7 Log Hauling SI A loaded logging truck contacted the back fender of an industrial ambulance while attempting to pass on the highway. Both the logging truck and the ambulance ended up in the ditch. 
March 6 Traveling to and from Work 2I Two  processor operators, returning to home rolled the company pick up truck. The incident took place on a licensee maintained forest service road. 
February 22 Log Hauling I The driver of a tractor trailer hauling wood chips was travelling West bound on a highway.  An oncoming vehicle lost control and collided with the tractor trailer. The tractor trailer unit subsequently lost control and came to a stop with the trailer upright in the ditch of the West bound lane.
February 20 Log Hauling SI A contract logging truck driver was struck by two logs that fell from the trailer as the loader was re-adjusting some unsafe logs.  The radio in the loader was not functioning at the time of the incident - the loader operator and driver were using hand signals at the time.
February 5 Log Hauling I A loaded logging truck collided with an oil field pickup truck. The pickup truck was not equipped with a two way radio at the time of the incident. 
February 5 Log Hauling 2SI A loaded logging truck heading south on Hwy 99 (10km south of Whistler) turned into a corner and flipped on its left side. The load of fir logs broke loose as the tractor and trailer skidded into the northbound lane.  The evidence at this time indicates that the cab of the log truck glanced off a Gray Line bus (bus driver only one onboard). Several of the logs struck the bus head-on as they continued on a straight path through the curve. The bus was driven backwards before coming to rest. The front of the bus was destroyed. 
February 3 Other F A supervisor for a road construction contractor was killed during preparations for blasting in a quarry. The supervisor was struck and killed by a 107-foot cedar that blew over from a steep slope 85 feet above the quarry prior to the blasting beginning.
January 31
Other
SI
 A worker received burns to his back, shoulders, and neck when his clothing caught on fire after coming into contact with the exposed heating elements on a portable electric heater situated at his workstation.
January 27
Log Hauling
I
 A pick-up truck and loaded logging truck were traveling in opposite directions along a roadway when they met at a curve in the roadway. The logging truck failed to negotiate the curve and traveled off the roadway where it rolled onto its right side in the ditch.
January 23
Yarding/ Mechanical Harvesting
I
 The operator of a Timber Jack 460 double arched grapple skidder, attempted to position the machine perpendicular to a trail and an uneven slope, resulting in a failure to maintain stability that caused the equipment to roll down slope 2.5 revolutions onto it's ROP's canopy.
January 22
Yarding/ Mechanical Harvesting
I
 A chokerman on a cable logging operation failed to clear the turn properly, gave the go ahead signal and was struck on the side of the face by an upending tree. He suffered a fractured cheekbone.
January 20
Yarding/ Mechanical Harvesting
F
 A worker was attempting to trouble shoot an operational problem with a skidder while the unit was running. The worker activated the reverse drive in the unit and the skidder ran over the worker. 
January 20
Manual Tree Falling
F
 The owner of a small logging company, who normally operated  a skidder, was falling birch trees. After the falling cuts were made in a tree, the tree remained standing and wedging tools were not available. The owner then proceeded to buck trees within 1 tree length of the standing cut up tree. The standing  cut up tree fell and struck the owner. The owner was not a certified faller.
January 16
Manual Tree Falling
SI
 A certified faller was in the process of falling a 20' danger tree when he was struck by a 22" X 65' tall, hung-up cedar tree. 
January 16
Manual Tree Falling
SI
 Two hemlocks were growing out of a 6 ft-high, 4.5-ft diameter, old-growth cedar stump.  The faller climbed on top of the old cedar stump and between the two hemlocks.  Evidence suggests that the faller attempted to fall the smaller hemlock and it failed to fall due to being limb-tied with the larger hemlock (unknown whether wedge set at this time). The faller proceeded to fall the larger, hemlock in a direction opposite the intended direction of the smaller hemlock. The faller was apparently crushed by the smaller hemlock as he attempted to escape. Possible, contributing causes are being assessed. 
January 16
Log Hauling
SI
 A fully loaded logging truck slid off the highway due to icy conditions.  The truck took out 2 power poles and the wires pulled a third pole over.  The wires blocked the highway for several hours and the "Jaws of Life" were required to extricate the driver from the cab. 
January 14
Manual Tree Falling
I
 A certified manual faller was struck on the leg  by a slab  that broke loose  and fell from the danger tree he was in the process of falling. 
January 12
Yarding/ Mechanical Harvesting
CC
 The operator of a Grapple Yarder pulled the machine over onto its side.  The operator was in the process of repositioning the yarder and inadvertently tightened the yarding lines. 
January 9
Log Hauling
SI
 A worker had remounted a log truck tire and was attempting to inflate the tire when it exploded in his face. No restraint being used. 
January 8
Log Hauling
I
Loaded long-log transporter had trailer slide out descending hill on a curve.  Rear wheels of trailer caught edge of road, snow bank.  Trailer torqued tractor over onto passenger side.  Operator suffered minor bruising to head and shoulders.  It is to be noted that he was not wearing a seat belt. 

 

Production Incidents

Date of Occurence
Category
F/I/SI/CC
Description of Incident
Jan 30 Sawmills SI A worker was helping to align long-range photo eyes on a j-bar sorter conveyor belt.  The worker stepped on some debris that was covering an 18" x 20" drop chute in front of the belt and fell through to the worker's hips.  The worker caught himself on the conveyor belt and his forward motion caused him to strike his left shoulder on sheeting that was around the conveyor belt.  If the worker had not caught himself, he could have fallen approximately 14 ft. down the chute to the basement.
Dec 7 Sawmills SI A worker was responding to a call to clear a jammed conveyor. The worker reports that while assessing the situation from atop an elevated platform the worker slipped and fell towards the conveyor trough.  With the worker’s hands resting on the trough, a part of a nearby chute broke away under pressure from jammed material inside and pinched the worker against the trough.
Nov 30 Shake and Shingle Mill SI A worker contacted a running trimmer saw of a shake/shingle saw resulting in serious injury.
Nov 28 Sawmills SI A worker was heading down a hill away from the chip shack to collect a chip sample from the sawmill.  It was icy on this slight grade.  The worker slipped and twisted their ankle resulting in serious injury. 
Nov 26 Veneer or Plywood Manufacture SI While trying to manage a process blockage on veneer line a young worker was caught by the arm in the dryer infeed rolls. The worker suffered serious injury. 
Nov 23 Sawmills I A young worker was adjusting a photoelectric eye at the in feed section to the Finger-Jointing machine when the worker’s hand got caught between the v-belt and pulley(s) on the in feed roll drive unit that was not de-energized. 
Nov 23 Sawmills SI The Hog Operator placed a pusher block (4" X 4" X 20" block of wood) into an open and moving conveyer. The serious injuries were sustained when the block and hand were caught between the conveyor chain and conveyor frame.
Nov 23 Sawmills SI A young worker (Lead Hand) was clearing ice/snow/debris from the area of an in-feed roll on an edger when the worker's glove was caught by the in-running roll resulting in serious injury.
Nov 13 Planing Mill SI A worker  was clearing lumber that had become tangled on the outfeed transfer chain for the sawmill headrig. While straightening the lumber the worker stepped backwards into a hole and began falling into the mill waste conveyor. The worker reached out and grabbed on to a roller chain pulling the left hand around a sprocket. 
Nov 11 Sawmills SI A worker crossing the mill yard was struck by a forklift. 
Oct 17 Sawmills F A worker was feeding a multi rip saw when a 4-foot-long 2x8 kicked back, causing fatal injuries.
Oct 15 Sawmills F A young worker was pinned between the moving structural framework of the left hand arbor assembly (centreline) and a metal column of the canter structural framework.
Oct 13 Sawmills SI, I

Workers were moving a new debarker into position on rollers that ride on "I" beams. One of the rollers kicked-out from under the debarker. The debarker slid off the "I" beams and caught two workers between it and adjacent machinery. One worker caught his finger between the debarker and the steel structure. The other worker received minor inuries. 
Oct 13 Mechanical Pulp and Paper Mill 3I

In a Pulp mill Hog Boiler room, a large clump of accumulated ash broke free during maintenance activities and fell to the floor creating a large dust cloud; several workers were exposed to inhalation of the ash particles. 

Oct 6 Veneer or Plywood Manufacture SI A Multi V Belt pulley (600 lbs +/-) popped off the drive shaft during a bearing retrofit and fell approximately 60 cm. pinning a Millwright. 
Sept 21 Shake and Shingle Mill SI The operator of a hydraulically powered cedar shake splitter (cuber) sustained serious injuries to their operating hand.  The hand was trapped between the top guillotine and the cedar block when the worker activated the foot control. 
Sept 13 Veneer or Plywood Manufacture SI Two feed sources were being utilized to fuel the boiler of the Mill Power House. The worker was running controls for the Bin feed and monitoring fuel levels visually, ensuring the feeders were full. Without observation, a large amount of sander dust came up in the process and fell down into the furnace resulting in an internal explosion that backed up the feed chutes and caused the access doors (on the floor) to blow open with sander dust filling the room which then ignited from flames shooting out the doors. 
Sept 12 Sawmills 2SI A Trim Saw operator was accessing the area under a conveyor to get to another workstation to assist a co-worker. On his way back to his station, he got his left hand caught in between a belt and roller on an out feed convey system.  A second worker sustained head injury when he fell enroute to turn off the machine.
Sept 5 Sawmills SI A worker clearing a jammed board in a MSR machine had his hand crushed.  The worker reached into the area with a pike pole, which became caught in the process. He indicates his hand was crushed between the tool and a guide block. 
Aug 28 Sawmills SI A worker was sharpening a planer knife on the side head grinder. He reached forward to check the burr on the backside of the knife. As the grinder was cycling forward, it pushed his finger across the face of the knife being sharpened.
Aug 22 Sawmills SI A Young Worker was assisting a Supervisor clear a jam-up on an automated Strapper at the Planer.  The worker was climbing up on the machine to assist when he inadvertently placed his finger into an unidentified pinch point. As the machine cycled, the worker's ring finger on his left hand was pinched between a roller and a metal brace.  The Young Worker was not aware of the workings of this machine and the Supervisor thought he was clear of any hazards. 
Aug 17 Sawmills I A worker reached through, and past a trim saw guard, and all the fingers of his right hand were cut.  One was nearly cut right off. 
Aug 9 Shake and Shingle Mill SI A worker was in the process of starting up a gang rip saw.  He had started the ribbed outfeed landing roll and was in the process of checking the saw outfeed before starting the saw.  His gloved left hand contacted the rotating landing roll and was drawn into a narrow gap between the roll and a sloped steel plate on the downstream side of the roll. 
Aug 2 Sawmills SI A young worker reached for a waste board that was to be placed into a chipper conveyor located below the work station.  The  board passed in front of the worker on a transfer chain taking boards that were cut from cants away from the Horizontal Band Tailer.  While reaching for the board, the young worker's right gloved hand became caught in a chain sprocket which amputated the right index and ring ringer tips.  The injured worker pulled the hand free and immediately called for first aid.
July 15 Sawmills I A worker was attempting to reset a machine control device and received an electric shock.
July 12 Sawmills I

A Supervisor/Millwright was on top of a belt conveyor wall attempting to dislodge a jammed-up board. The board came free and knocked the worker backwards seven feet to the ground.  He sustained head and neck injuries.  The conveyor was not locked out. 
July 4 Sawmills I A worker was injured after being caught between a partial load of lumber being moved by a forklift and a lumber transfer deck. 
June 22 Sawmills SI A worker was in the process of repairing a chain in the unscrambler area when the link pin on a hanging chain was knocked out causing the chain to swing down and strike the worker in the face.  The worker lost balance, fell back striking his head on an I-beam and slid down a conveyer skirting approximately 12 feet into a vibrating conveyor.
May 31 Shake and Shingle Mill SI Worker came into contact with a running head saw of a shake/shingle saw. 
May 30 Oriented Strand Board Manufacture SI A millwright was in the process of replacing a worn drive sprocket for a log in feed jack ladder. The chain for the jack ladder was lifted off the drive sprocket and supported by a fiber sling, the sling failed, catching the workers fingers between the sprocket and the chain. 
May 26 Sawmills F While trying to remove a 4' x 12" x 4" slab from a conveyor system a worker was caught up in the tail spool of the system.  
May 21 Chemical Pulp and Paper Mill SI A young worker was caught in a nip point between a rotating pulp roll and drive spool during the pulp roll removal procedure suffering multiple injuries.
May 11 Mechanical Pulp and Paper Mill SI A new worker was assisting in a felt change on the paper machine when his leg was crushed by a hydraulic ram that was actuated by another worker.  The hydraulics were not isolated during this work and were reported to be necessary for this process. 
May 2 Sawmills SI

Three millwrights were inside a conveyor that was not locked out. They were attempting to clean out debris from under the flights by standing on them and providing extra weight.  A supervisor was operating the on/off switch to the disconnect of this conveyor. Two millwrights exited the conveyor and the supervisor turned it back on failing to realize that one millwright was still inside.  The millwright inside had both feet trapped by a flight as it went about the head spool.  The millwright sustained serious injuries before he was able to free himself and was then thrown into the next conveyor. 
May 1 Veneer or Plywood Manufacture I A maintenance worker was attempting to clear a sheet of plywood at the infeed to a sander. The worker's hand was caught between the plywood edge and a guard on the infeed drive. The worker sustained a laceration and a fractured finger. 
April 11 Shake and Shingle MIll SI A shingle sawyer was in the process of adjusting the circular head saw carriage (gauging up) when the worker's hand slipped and contacted the saw. 
March 28 Sawmills I While conducting the final adjustments to the Planner Side Head top Hold Down Shoe, a Planerman (Millwright) accidentally dropped the 15/16  X 12 inch spanner he was using into a narrow slot in the side head planner shroud.  The spanner contacted the top of the rotating side head (3600 rpm) and was propelled back out the opening.  The spanner struck and fractured the Planerman's left forearm. 
March 9 Sawmills SI A young worker was operating a MRT Multiple Trimsaw, when he reached into the equipment to unjam a board while the infeed lug transfer chains were still moving. The worker's right hand got caught on a lug on a moving transfer chain and amputated above the wrist when it was pulled through a rotating trimsaw. 
March 6 Veneer or Plywood Manufacture SI A worker was using a pike pole to clear wood hung up across a waste conveyor, when the worker's glove caught on a drive chain pulling the worker's hand into a sprocket. 
March 6 Sawmills SI When a worker attempted to turn a 2"x10"x20' board on the trim saw transfer deck the glove on his left hand was caught under the board and pulled into a chain and sprocket drive.
March 5 Sawmills SI A sawmill worker went to the infeed area of the #2 Board Edger to reposition a board that would not feed into the edger. When the worker grabbed and repositioned the board, this cleared and activated a photo-eye control that caused an infeed pressroll to actuate and lift upward. The worker was injured, when the arm got caught between this pressroll and the metal framework at the infeed area of the edger. 
March 5 Shake and Shingle Mill SI Worker contacted the running head saw of a shingle machine with left hand resulting in injuries to the hand. 
March 2 Sawmills SI Employee entered a barricaded pit at the 'Tail Drum Waste Conveyor' to dislodge a wooden block and reached in, catching his hand in the mechanism, which pulled his arm in and around the conveyor drum. 
February 28 Wooden Post or Pole Manufacture I A worker was conducting a knife change on the chipper and training another worker at the same time, when the deflection fins on the back of the knives caught his hand between the knife drum and the housing. 
February 20 Sawmills SI A worker clearing a jam on the transfer deck, caught his foot in the drive chain. The worker had wedged the jogging foot pedal of the out feed deck to keep the process running. 
February 15 Planing Mill I The worker was attempting to turn a board when his hand was pulled into the Pineapple Roll of the Planer. 
February 7 Chemical Pulp and Paper Mill 2I An explosion in a stainless steel vessel containing an aqueous pulp slurry ruptured the vessel and adjacent pump, injuring two workers who were in the immediate area. 
February 6
Veneer or Plywood Manufacture
I
 A clean up worker's clothing caught in an empty keyway slot on a idler drum shaft of a conveyor and twisted his arm.
February 5
Sawmills
SI
 While putting a chain on the ending rolls of the grading table, the worker caught his jacket within the sprocket on the shaft for the lug chain, this caused the worker to be pulled into the table against the shaft and sprocket. 
January 6
Mechanical Pulp and Paper
SI
Worker was cutting blocks with a stationary bar chainsaw and inadvertently contacted chain with hand. 

**Not included in fatality statistics

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