Five Oregon Loggers Dead thus far this Year, Jan - July 2018

[bfrazier]

Jan 23, 2018 A logger fell from a height near Mapelton, Oregon
April 9, 2018 A logger was struck and killed near Coos Bay, Oregon
April 16, 2018 A logger was caught in machinery near Oakland, Oregon
May 27, 2018 A logger was drowned in the North Umpqua River near Idlewyd Oregon
June 20th, 2018 Alogger ws crushed near Sutherland Oregon

May they rest in peace.

Still the country's most dangerous occupation by a wide margin.

 

[CLASSIIILVR]

MAKES ME SICK! THATS A WHOLE BUNCH OF GUYS IN ONE YEAR! I GREW UP IN LOGGING FAMILY AND HAVE BEEN IN THE BRUSH SINCE I WAS AROUND 12 IN THE SUMMER TIME ETC AND THEN GREW UP AND EVERY SUMMER TIL I GRADUATED ETC...THEN INTO MY ADULT LIFE. GOT BACK FROM MILITARY AND RIGHT BACK INTO THE BRUSH! IVE HAD OVER 40 SURGERIES PUTTING ME BACK TOGETHER IN LAST 15 YEARS OR SO FROM ROLLING A SKIDDER DOWN SOME STEEP GROUND AND IM LUCKY TO BE AROUND.
MAKES MY GUT HURT TO HEAR ABOUT LOGGING FATALITIES.....PACKED A COUPLE OUT MYSELF AND A FEW MORE SERIOUSLY INJURED. JUST TAKES A SPLIT SECOND FOR SOMETHING TO GO BAD OR SOMETHING SNAP OR ???? EVEN THE SAFEST OF CREWS **** GOES WRONG. DROWNING IS A NEW ONE ON ME THOUGH???