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2008 Safety Alerts

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

2008 Safety Bulletins

>	Workers	>	Equipment
>	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

2008 Safety Alerts

Log Hauling

>	Close Call - Wind blows over tree and hits empty logging truck (pdf) Thanks to BC Timber Sales for providing this Alert
>	Sweep strikes unloaded Logging truck (pdf) Thanks to Stones Bay Holdings Ltd for providing this Bulletin
>	Log load shifts forward during trip to sawmill (pdf) Thanks to LTN Contracting for providing this Alert
>	Logging Trucks Collide (pdf) Thanks to Westline Harvesting Ltd. for providing this Alert
>	Unsafe Log Hauling Hazard Alert (pdf) Thanks to Canfor for providing this Alert
>	Close Call - Radio Silence Nearly Leads to Head on Collision (Pdf) Thanks to Lo-Bar Log Transport Ltd. for providing this Alert
>	Close Call - Object in path of logging truck leads to serious incident (pdf) Thanks to Lo-Bar Log Transport Ltd. for providing this Alert
>	Close Call - Public vehicle and Logging truck nearly collide (pdf) Thanks to Inwood Trucking for providing this Alert
>	Close Call - Loaded Logging truck and Pickup Nearly Collide (pdf) Thanks to Inwood Trucking for providing this Alert
>	Truck Driver sustains eye injury from falling debris off loaded truck (pdf) Thanks to J.H. Huscroft Ltd. for providing this Alert
>	Logging Truck operator endangers self (pdf) Thanks to H.A. Friedenberger Contracting Ltd for providing this Alert
>	Close Call - Logging Truck ends up in ditch in winter conditions (pdf)

Crew Transport

>	Blown tire results in crash (pdf) Thanks to Associated Engineering for providing this Alert
>	Always follow Radio Calling Procedures (pdf) Thanks to Westroad Resource Consultants Ltd. for providing this Alert
>	Pickup Collision on Blind Corner (pdf) Thanks to Western Forest Products for providing this Alert
>	Close Call - Tools fall off roof rack into oncoming traffic (pdf) Thanks to Upper Nicola Band Natural Resources for providing this Alert
>	Missed Radio Calls lead to Near Miss for (pdf) Thanks to Upper Nicola Band Natural Resources for providing this Alert
>	Pickup truck slides off road and rolls in slippery conditions (pdf)
>	Winter conditions prove to be too treacherous for pickup trucks (pdf) Thanks to Infinity-Pacific Stewardship Group for providing this Alert

Manual Harvesting/Bucking

>	Faller receives 2nd and 3rd degree burns (pdf) Thanks to Edwards & Associates Logging Ltd. for providing this Alert
>	Faller assesses dangerous situation and refuses unsafe work (pdf) Thanks to Long Shot Holdings for providing this Alert
>	Faller struck by slash that was kicked up by felled tree (pdf)

Mechanical Harvesting

>	Seat Base breaks in Log Loader (pdf) Thanks to Ted LeRoy Trucking for providing this Alert
>	Mechanic injured while performing maintenance on feller buncher (pdf) Thanks to Jordef Enterprises for providing this Alert
>	Close Call - Cab of backspar machine sheared off by runaway log (pdf)
>	Loader Operator Creates Hazard (pdf) Thanks to H.A. Friedenberger Contracting Ltd for providing this Alert
>	Workers must be in the clear before giving go ahead signal (pdf) Thanks to WorkSafebC for providing this Alert
>	Never work in the bight of a yarding line (pdf) Thanks to WorkSafebC for providing this Alert
>	Position and notch anchor stumps properly (pdf) Thanks to WorkSafebC for providing this Alert
>	Eliminate blind casting when operator cannot see the hooktender (pdf) Thanks to WorkSafebC for providing this Alert

Log Sorting

>	Crew Truck damaged by Log Truck (pdf) Thanks to Munson Equipment LTD for providing this Alert

Planning and Management

>	Grader operator witnesses multiple avalanches (pdf) Thanks to Kalesnikoff Lumber Co. Ltd. for providing this Alert
>	Limited Availability of emergency services for Incidents on resource roads (pdf) Thanks to Doug MacLeod for providing this Alert
>	Crew encounters Aggressive Cougar (pdf) Thanks to Infinity-Pacific Stewardship Group for providing this Alert

Manufacturing

Silviculture/Stand Tending/Fire Fighting

Other Alerts

>	Super Snorkel Connected Power line (pdf) Thanks to Western Forest Products for providing this Alert
>	Skidder rolls over while plowing road (pdf) Thanks to Val-J Holdings for providing this Alert
>	Slippery conditions result in multiple fractures to tibia (pdf) Thanks to Leeward Contracting for providing this Alert
>	Worker injured while initiating blast (pdf) Thanks to H.A. Friedenberger Contracting Ltd for providing this Alert

2008 Safety Bulletins

Workers

>	Changes to Occupational Health and Safety Regulation Part 26 – Forestry Operations and Similar Activities (pdf)
>	Keep Seat belts in good condition and use them (pdf) Thanks to WorkSafebC for providing this Bulletin

Worksites

>	Changes to Occupational Health and Safety Regulation Part 26 – Forestry Operations and Similar Activities (pdf)
>	Close Call: High Winds (pdf) Thanks to Westroad Resource Consultants Ltd for providing this Alert
>	New WorkSafeBC Regulations in Effect February 1, 2008

Equipment

>	Changes to Occupational Health and Safety Regulation Part 26 – Forestry Operations and Similar Activities (pdf)
>	Unopened service line valve results in substantial damage to logging truck (pdf) Thanks to Westline Harvesting Ltd for providing this Bulletin
>	Insufficent vehicle servicing creates safety hazard (pdf) Thanks to Canfor for providing this Bulletin

Vehicles and Roads

>	Check bridges for signs of rot (pdf) Thanks to Western Forest Products for providing this Bulletin
>	Radio Calling Procedures Being Ignored (pdf) Thanks to Stones Bay Holdings Ltd for providing this Bulletin
>	Snowmobilers should use caution near resource roads (pdf) Thanks to the Ministry of Forests and Range for providing this Bulletin
>	Service and operate ATV's Safely (pdf) Thanks to WorkSafeBC for providing this Bulletin

2008 Incident Investigations and Notices

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

How can you get involved?

If you have a Safety Alert or Safety Bulletin that you would like to have posted here, please send them to armstrong@bcforestsafe.org.

To assist with the creation of new Safety Alerts, the Council provides a template that can be downloaded in Microsoft Word format.

Council Safety Alert Template

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