TPA & LUA's Lessons From Losses

 

(Reprinted with permission from MN Timber Producers Association's Timber Bulletin)

Vehicle Accident on Winter Mixed Use Road - Mar/Apr. 2011
Fire Strikes Feller Buncher During Shutdown - Nov/Dec. 2010
Mobile Equipment Fire Self- Suppression System Does Its Job - Sept/Oct. 2010
Vandalism Strikes Two Pieces of Logging Equipment - Jul/Aug. 2010
Forklift Accident Nearly Results in Fatality - May/Jun. 2010
Speed and Logging Access Roads Don’t Go Together - Mar/Apr. 2010
Feller Buncher Burns in Late Winter While Being Operated - Jan/Feb. 2010
Readily Available Fire Extinguishers Put Equipment Fire Out - Nov/Dec. 2009
Mobile Equipment Pre-Heater Failure Issues - Sep/Oct. 2009
Caught in Roller System at a Sawmill Location - Jul/Aug. 2009
Fire on Front-End Loader After Loading Bark (Wood Waste) - May/Jun. 2009
Death During Grinder Shutdown - Mar/Apr. 2009
Broken Steps Lead to Close Call - Jan/Feb. 2009
Proper Hot Work Procedures Could Have Prevented Fire - Nov/Dec. 2008
Feller Buncher Tips Over - Sep/Oct. 2008
Vandalism Strikes a Cut-To-Length Harvester - Jul/Aug. 2008
Forwarder Bursts into Flame - May/Jun. 2008
Feller Buncher Tips Over and Burns - Mar/Apr. 2008
Fire Destroys Feller Buncher - Jan/Feb. 2008
Stroke Delimber Destroyed by Fire - Nov/Dec. 2007

 

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