%0 Journal Article
%T A study of logger fatalities from 1992-2000
%J Injury prevention
%D 2004
%A Scott, D. F.
%V 10
%N 4
%P 239-243
%X OBJECTIVES: To determine if certain loggers are at increased risk of death during logging operations. METHODS: Statistical analysis of 780 logger fatalities for a nine year period (1992-2000). RESULTS: The major findings are: (1) treefallers suffer nearly 63% of all fatalities, (2) the region where the fatality occurred and the size of the employer were not significant factors that contributed to a high percentage of treefaller fatalities, and (3) the Northeast and Midwest regions showed a higher percentage of fatalities compared with the South and West regions. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, the logger fatality rate for 1992-2000, compared with 1980-88 has decreased slightly; however, treefallers continue to be the group of loggers who suffer the highest fatality rate.
%G en
%I BMJ Publishing Group
%@ 1353-8047
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ip.2003.004663