Partnering to make timber harvesting safer, S5E4
- Author
- Engineering Out Loud
- Published
- Wed 21 Feb 2018
- Episode Link
- https://traffic.libsyn.com/engineeringoutloud/Blount_Partnership_final_mixdown.mp3
How do you help reduce risk in the nation's most dangerous occupation? Researchers at Oregon State University are partnering with Blount International to help make timber harvesting equipment safer. To understand a specific type of accident that occurs in the field, they’ve designed and built a machine to recreate it in the safety of a shipping container.
BONUS CONTENT- Video of a timber harvester in action
- Oregon Mechanical Timber Harvesting Handbook [PDF]
- Blount International website
- ATAMI website
