Logging

Examples of safety hazards that can injure or kill loggers on the job include:

• Moving or falling trees, logs, and branches
• Contact with dangerous moving and rotating machinery or equipment parts
• Repetitive motion, overexertion, awkward postures, heavy lifting, and other physical stressors
• Vehicles and heavy equipment
• Heat and other adverse environmental conditions
• Flying particles
• Noise

For topic-specific information, see also:

• Lockout/tagout
• Heat (outdoors)
• Noise