Work accidents during cable yarding operations in Central Europe 2006 – 2014

Allman, Michal; Martin, Jay K.; Allmanová, Zuzana; Ferenčík, Michal; Messingerová, Valéria; Vlčková, Mária; Stoilov, Stanimir

doi:10.5424/fs/2017261-10365

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“…Similarly, it is important to improve the training content on occupational safety and health focused on the use of chainsaw that workers receive during general job training. In this way, as stated by authors such as Damalas et al (2019) and Allman et al (2017), lifelong education and training is a key element to reduce accidents. Likewise Landekić et al (2018) 2009).…”

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Assessment of Chainsaw Operators Training in Andalusia (Spain)

Ferreira

Salguero-Caparrós

Carrillo-Castrillo

et al. 2021

Croat. j. for. eng. (Online)

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The chainsaw, as a work equipment, is considered one of the most dangerous in the field of occupational health and safety. The chainsaw is especially used in the forestry sector, although it is also used in other different sectors such as agriculture, construction or gardening. This study was carried out using an ad-hoc questionnaire as a research tool in order to assess the weaknesses in the training received by workers who use chainsaws in Andalusia, Spain, since it has never been addressed before. To achieve the objective set, the questionnaire was completed by 378 operators working with chainsaw and their responses were analysed. The results of this study show that there are obvious shortcomings related to work with chainsaws in very significant aspects for the occupational health and safety. Of special importance is the lack of training detected on rescue techniques and work at height, since these are aspects of special risk for workers’ health that could cause accidents with severe injuries. Also, a common denominator in all aspects studied was the lack of safety inspections and the state of the equipment to be used. These results evidence that there is a need to regulate chainsaw operator training.

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confidence: 78%

Assessment of Chainsaw Operators Training in Andalusia (Spain)

Ferreira

Salguero-Caparrós

Carrillo-Castrillo

et al. 2021

Croat. j. for. eng. (Online)

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“…Tsioras et al (2014) [7], for example, analyzed timber harvesting accidents in Austria. This line of research extends to other countries, with notable studies in Poland [8], Slovakia [9,10], Italy [11], and Brazil [12]. Additionally, cross-national comparative research has been conducted [13].…”

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Explainable Artificial Intelligence to Support Work Safety in Forestry: Insights from Two Large Datasets, Open Challenges, and Future Work

Hoenigsberger,

Saranti,

Jalali

et al. 2024

Applied Sciences

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Forestry work, which is considered one of the most demanding and dangerous professions in the world, is claiming more and more lives. In a country as small as Austria, more than 50 forestry workers are killed in accidents every year, and the number is increasing rapidly. This serves as a catalyst for us to implement more stringent measures for workplace safety in order to achieve the sustainability objective of SDG 3, which focuses on health and well-being. This study contributes to the analysis of occupational accidents and focuses on two large real-world datasets from both the Austrian Federal Forests (ÖBf) and the Austrian Workers’ Compensation Board (AUVA). Decision trees, random forests, and fully connected neural networks are used for the analysis. By exploring different interpretation methods, this study sheds light on the decision-making processes ranging from basic association to causal inference and emphasizes the importance of causal inference in providing actionable insights for accident prevention. This paper contributes to the topic of explainable AI, specifically in its application to occupational safety in forestry. As a result, it introduces novel aspects to decision support systems in this application domain.

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“…Specific physical load of operators is typical -during delay times, pulling the main line into the stand, working at heights, etc. (Tsioras et al 2011;Allman et al 2017Allman et al , 2018.…”

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New technological solutions for waterlogged forests by cable yarding

Shoshyn¹,

Protas²,

Štollmann³

2022

J. For. Sci.

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The article proposes new technological techniques for clear cutting in swampy areas using standing skylines, new construction of yarder and the technology of its operation. As a result of the research on using the Larix 3T-500 cable yarder in winter and summer, the operational negative peculiarities of tower yarder in waterlogged forests were identified. Analysing data on experimental comparative time studies, some measures to reduce the negative effect of the identified features on yarding, felling, lateral yarding were worked out. General recommendations for work performance in swampy logging areas were developed. Based on the initial data for each bundle (yarding distance, lateral yarding distance, average volume of the bundle, etc.) the calculation in the MathCad program was performed and a regression dependence of the yarder performance was obtained. Obtained numerical data on comparative time studies of the working cycle operations were summarized in bar charts, taking into account the loss of time on operations.

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Work accidents during cable yarding operations in Central Europe 2006 – 2014

Cited by 9 publications

References 14 publications

Assessment of Chainsaw Operators Training in Andalusia (Spain)

Assessment of Chainsaw Operators Training in Andalusia (Spain)

Explainable Artificial Intelligence to Support Work Safety in Forestry: Insights from Two Large Datasets, Open Challenges, and Future Work

New technological solutions for waterlogged forests by cable yarding

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