Abstract
From the aspect of safety at work, we consider the timber transport under the risky works. Data about accidents at work in forestry for the period 1996 – 2014 were summarized. The database contained more than 1500 work accidents in forestry. Laboratory Accident Coding Methodology was used, according to European Statistics on Accidents at Work (ESAW). In total, 105 registered work accidents in timber transport, during the investigated period, were recorded. This correspond to 7% share of registered work accidents. From the anthropological aspect, the legs and whole body were most frequently injured. The highest number of accidents on Tuesday were recorded, with the most risk month of February. The highest accident rate in 2002 were recorded. In general, forestry is classified as a risky activity. The timber harvesting and transport process belongs to the most risky works, from the aspect of the risk formation on the work accident, which are in forestry conducted. From all phases, which are in this process involved, the phase of timber transport is the least risky, in terms of the risk rate on accident formation as well as the absolute abundance of accidents.
Highlights
Timber transport was in the past one of the main production phases of the timber harvesting-production and transport process in the Slovak forestry sector
In the creation of a database of bad work accidents registered in forestry entities, the methodology for the coding of work accidents according to European Statistics on Accidents at Work (ESAW) [3] was used
An average of 270 million occupational accidents will occur and more than 160 million people occupational illnesses gets sick to some occupational disease [7]
Summary
Timber transport was in the past one of the main production phases of the timber harvesting-production and transport process in the Slovak forestry sector. With the growth of timber sales directly on the site, respectively on the forest depot, gradually decrease the importance of the main wood storages, and the share of timber transport realized directly by forestry enterprises. The cost on timber transport in Slovakian forestry was highest in the last 7 years in 2010 (over € 38 million) and the lowest in 2013 (almost € 25 million). Despite the almost doubled harvested volume in the last 30 years, the volume of timber transported by forestry enterprises has not risen significantly, which confirms the decrease in its share in the individual phases of timber harvesting
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