by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Dec 10, 2019 | News
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) fiscal year 2019 final statistics show a significant increase in the number of inspections and a record amount of compliance assistance to further the mission of ensuring that...
by Web Editor | Nov 15, 2019 | My Take
Tackling Terrain, Industry Issues Article by Dan Shell, Managing Editor, Timber Harvesting November/December 2019 This month’s “My Take” covers two areas: Loggers taking on steep slope work and also rolling up their sleeves and doing the dirty work in state houses,...
by Web Editor | Aug 17, 2016 | News, News/PR
From: Timber Harvesting Staff A record number of manufacturers, dealers, distributors, agencies and service providers, representing at least 115 brands, will participate in the 2016 Mid-South Forestry Equipment Show. The 15th rendition of the event gets underway...
by Web Editor | Sep 25, 2015 | News, News/PR
Ross Logging was fined $42,000 by OSHA for exposing workers to amputation hazards at an Elkview, West Virginia, worksite. The Occupational Health & Safety Administration issued the latest citations Sept. 9, 2015. OSHA says employees were operating chainsaws...
by Web Editor | Dec 4, 2013 | News, News/PR
The Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing citations and penalties against the Arizona State Forestry Division in 19 wildland firefighter deaths on June 30 of this year. The Industrial Commission of Arizona is scheduled to...