TECHNICAL RELEASE 12-R-1
Maintenance of chipper knives, flaker knives, slasher saws, and other sharp-edged parts exposes the individual to injury from cuts, abrasions, and punctures. Maintenance personnel at Weyerhaeuser’s Elkin, North Carolina OSB mill wear a protective arm guard, in addition to cut-resistant gloves, when sharpening or changing the flaker knives.
Is a picture really worth a thousand words? If so, the Timber Harvesting and Transportation Safety Foundation is on the right track.
Safety Alert 11-S-15
On a late summer afternoon in the South, a forester was checking harvest contract compliance at a logging operation. Weather conditions were good.
Safety Alert 11-S-13
A logger was felling hardwood timber on an early spring day in the Northeast. Weather was not a factor in the incident. A skidder operator was also working on the same site.