Logging injuries in Louisiana: Nature, trends, and rehabilitation considerations
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-27-1999
Abstract
Logging is a dangerous occupation, as documented through reported injuries and fatalities. Accidents in the logging industry account for pain, suffering, employee turnover, and high insurance costs. Worker injuries and high insurance costs, in addition to other factors, may be minimized and reduced through safety education and improved logging practices. Furthermore, the injured logger, or logger with a disability may return to logging or other employment through development of viable medical and vocational rehabilitation planing. This article addresses the economic impact of logging, reviews logging injuries, describes a safety program designed to reduce logging injures, discusses rehabilitation considerations for specific injuries, and outlines particular reemployment prospects for loggers with disabilities.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Work
First Page
261
Last Page
273
Recommended Citation
Smith, S., De Hoop, C., Marx, B., & Pine, J. (1999). Logging injuries in Louisiana: Nature, trends, and rehabilitation considerations. Work, 12 (3), 261-273. Retrieved from https://repository.lsu.edu/agrnr_pubs/323