On August 26, 2013 a faller was fatally injured when he was struck by an object while working near Lake Cowichan on Vancouver Island. WorkSafeBC and the Coroners Service are investigating this incident.
The Council will provide more information as it is released.
On August 19, 2013 near Prince George a worker was driving a grader on the Stone Creek Forest Service Road when the grader went off the road and into a lake. The worker was deceased at the scene.
The BC Coroners Service, WorkSafeBC and RCMP Traffic Services continue to investigate this death.
Sadly, the BC Forest Safety Council has learned of a direct harvesting fatality that occurred on July 30, 2013. A log truck driver was fatally injured by logs that fell from the top of a loaded truck.
This incident is still under investigation so the detailed information and causes have not been released.
This is the 3rd log truck driver fatally injured in 2013.
Below are some guidelines relating to log truck and loader operations that should be reviewed with your crew to help prevent future incidents:
The calculation of Cycle Times are an important and valuable tool for all forest professionals. We believe a correlation exists between cycle times and safety.
Improving transportation safety in forest operations
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| Hazard Alert: Rocks in logging truck loads | Mosaic Forest Management |
| Worker's Hi-Vis PPE catches fire while pile burning | Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd. |
| Faller struck by overhead hazard | INTERFOR |
