Relating safety, productivity and company type for motor-manual logging operations in the Italian Alps

N B Montorselli; C Lombardini; Natascia Magagnotti; E Marchi; F Neri; Gianni Picchi; Raffaele Spinelli

doi:10.1016/j.aap.2010.06.011

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Relating safety, productivity and company type for motor-manual logging operations in the Italian Alps

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Relating safety, productivity and company type for motor-manual logging operations in the Italian Alps

N B Montorselli, C Lombardini, Natascia Magagnotti, E Marchi, F Neri, Gianni Picchi and Raffaele Spinelli

Accident Analysis and Prevention, Vol.42(6), pp.2013-2017

2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2010.06.011

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safety

training

organization

productivity

logging

The study compared the performance of four different logging crews with respect to productivity, organization and safety. To this purpose, the authors developed a data collection method capable of providing a quantitative analysis of risk-taking behavior. Four crews were tested under the same working conditions, representative of close-to-nature alpine forestry. Motor-manual working methods were applied, since these methods are still prevalent in the specific study area, despite the growing popularity of mechanical processors. Crews from public companies showed a significantly lower frequency of risk-taking behavior. The best safety performance was offered by the only (public) crew that had been administered formal safety training. The study seems to deny the common prejudice that safety practice is inversely proportional to productivity. Instead, productivity is increased by introducing more efficient working methods and equipment. The quantitative analysis of risk-taking behavior developed in this study can be applied to a number of industrial fields besides forestry. Characterizing risk-taking behavior for a given case may eventually lead to the development of custom-made training programmes, which may address problem areas while avoiding that the message is weakened by the inclusion of redundant information. In the specific case of logging crews in the central Alps, the study suggests that current training courses may be weak on ergonomics, and advocates a staged training programme, focusing first on accident reduction and then expanding to the prevention of chronic illness. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Title: Relating safety, productivity and company type for motor-manual logging operations in the Italian Alps
Authors: N B Montorselli (Author) - University of Florence, Italy
C Lombardini (Author) - National Research Council, Italy
Natascia Magagnotti (Author) - University of Bologna, Italy
E Marchi (Author) - University of Florence, Italy
F Neri (Author) - University of Florence, Italy
Gianni Picchi (Author) - National Research Council, Italy
Raffaele Spinelli (Author) - National Research Council, Italy
Publication details: Accident Analysis and Prevention, Vol.42(6), pp.2013-2017
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd.
Date published: 2010
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.06.011
ISSN: 0001-4575
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Industries Research Centre; Forest Research Institute
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99448785102621
Output Type: Journal article

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