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2007 Safety Alerts

Log Hauling

>	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

>	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

>	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

Log Sorting

Planning and Management

Manufacturing

Have a safety alert related to manufacturing? Submit it to armstrong@bcforestsafe.org

Silviculture/Stand Tending/Fire Fighting

Other Alerts

>	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

Worksites

Equipment

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

Coroner's Inquest into the death of Joseph Leroux

Coroner's Inquest into the death of Ted Gramlich

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.

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Council Safety Alert Template

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