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Woodlands Safety: Learning from Close Calls
96-A-5
20-page manual presents a methodology for using “close call” accidents as
ongoing learning opportunities in risk management on logging operations.
Price to FRA members: $5, others $10.
Active Cut-To-Length Equipment in
Northern New England 97-A-8
33-page report presents the results of comprehensive poll of CTL loggers
in the Northeast to obtain their assessment of advantages, limitations,
and characteristics of CTL logging. Statistical presentation of findings,
together with copious write-in response.
Price to FRA members: $5, others $10.
Professional Mechanical Harvesting
Practices 97-A-14
40-page educational manual looks at mechanical harvesting issues relevant
to Northeastern conditions, such as basic job design, silvicultural and
environmental concerns, worker safety, and appearances and public
relations. (bulk rates on request)
Price to FRA members: $10, others $20.
Safety in the Operation 98-A-3
38-page, heavily illustrated review of safety issues relevant to
mechanical harvesting operations, with emphasis on Northeastern
conditions. (bulk rates on request)
Price to FRA members: $10, others $20.
In-Woods Processing: Tree
Characteristics that Impact Production 98-A-7
25-page report presents results of Maine study of efficiency of fixed and
single-grip (dangle) CTL equipment with respect to species and other tree
characteristics.
Price to FRA members: $10, others $20.
Professional Forest Products Trucking
99-A-3
47-page illustrated manual may serve either as workshop text or reference
book on safety and productivity issues surrounding log or chip trucking in
Northeastern conditions. (bulk rates on request)
Price to FRA members: $15, others $30.
Wood Supplier Productivity and Cost
Survey: Final Report 99-A-7
19-page report provides results of trans-regional study of operating
characteristics of successful loggers.
Price to FRA members: $20, others $40.
Wet Site Harvesting: Operability
Considerations and Imperatives 00-A-3
Ten-page report provides conceptual and practical tools foresters,
loggers, and harvest planners and auditors can use to help schedule, plan,
and evaluate harvesting operations on sites with high-moisture soils.
Price to FRA members: $10, others $20.
Safe Site Preparation Procedures
00-A-10
22-page handbook helps site prep contractors and employees take
precautions to prevent injuries in mechanical and chemical site
preparation.
Price to FRA members: $3, others $6.
Safe Tree Planting Procedures for Hand
and Machine Planters 00-A-11
14-page handbook provides safety guidance for planting operations,
including use of personal protective equipment, equipment safety, and the
responsibilities of tractor operators.
Price to FRA members: $10, others $20.
The Michigan Association of Timbermen’s
Self-Insured Fund 01-A-6
19-page report details the elements of a highly successful comprehensive
loss-control program in Michigan.
Price to FRA members: $10, others $20.
2001 FRA Nordic Forestry Tour
01-A-8
34-page illustrated report presents the findings of a comprehensive 11-day
tour by a delegation of 27 U.S. foresters and loggers of forestry
practices in southern Finland and Sweden.
Price to FRA members: $20, others $40.
In-Woods Processing: Analysis of Machine
Delays 02-A-1
15-page study evaluates reasons for “in-shift” delays, or wasted capacity,
associated with drive-to-tree and swing-to-tree processors in Northeastern
conditions.
Price to FRA members: $15, others $30.
Causes and Costs of Unused Wood Capacity in the Southern USA and Maine
02-A-5
27-page presentation of the results of the Wood Supply Research
Institute's comprehensive investigation of factors implicated in
preventing wood suppliers from utilizing their full capacity. Illustrated
with graphs and tables.
Price to FRA members: $25, others $50
In-Woods Delimbing: Operational & Silvicultural Observations 03-A-1
Major 21-page study by FRA's Northeastern Region Production
Efficiency Committee on the effects of in-woods delimbing on operator
safety, machine productivity, residual stand damage, ground disturbance,
and trail width in Northeastern conditions. Illustrated with graphs.
Price to FRA members: $20, others $40
Planning and Communication: State of the Forest Industry and Opportunities
for Improvement in the Wood Supply Chain 03-A-3
26-page, illustrated report presenting the results of a Wood Supply
Research Institute study finds that current planning in the wood supply
process is primarily reactive rather than proactive, as a result of the
extremely short planning horizons for many key segments of the supply
chain. It details many opportunities for improvement in communication and
planning, available both to consumers and suppliers of wood.
Price to FRA members: $25, others $50
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Rockville, MD 20852
FRA National office telephone: 301/838-9385
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