NANAIMO – The BC Forest Safety Council’s board of directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Rob Moonen as the new CEO of the BC forest sector’s health and safety association, effective March 16, 2016. read more »
On January 31st, a 23 year old man was killed after being run over by an empty logging truck that he and a co-worker were trying to repair. read more »
On January 27th, a 62 year old equipment operator was fatally injured when the bulldozer he was operating fell off the high end of a hog fuel pile read more »
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While working on a slope in excess of 35 per cent, a hydraulic failure occurred causing a Feller Buncher to freewheel out of control for about 20 metres to the bottom of the slope (see photo in attached pdf).
Both travel motors failed at the same time causing this to happen. The buncher was operating in high range due to the inconsistent nature of the slope which ranged from 0-50%.
This hydraulic failure issue has occurred before to others with similar machines.
A loaded logging trucking was leaving the bush and failed to steer around a switchback. The steering axle of the truck went through the snow berm on the outside of the switchback, resulting in the truck getting stuck. There was no damage to the truck and no injuries resulted from this close call.
Road conditions were snowy and slippery at the time of the incident. The grader operator pulled the truck backwards roughly 20 feet so the truck driver could place a steering chain on and continue down the road.
Workers have sustained eye injuries due to inadequate eye protection, or by not wearing any eye protection.
Wear eye protection anytime there is a risk of getting struck by an object or getting something in the eye. In forestry work, this can mean dust, dirt, branches, wood chips, liquid chemicals or welding flash.
