By Brie Weisman, OTR/L, ME AgrAbility. Reprinted with permission from Logger’s Voice. Winter 2024. It’s early morning. The air is cold and damp. You’re dressed for the elements, but a day of workawaits, maybe you’re working the feller buncher, or you’re in the forwarder, or you’re in your selfloader truck. You already notice the soreness […]
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By Brie Weisman, OTR/L, Maine AgrAbility, Fall 2025 Reprinted with permission from Logger’s Voice Assistive Technology (AT) in logging may conjure up images of robots operating tools to harvesttrees. And while that may happen in the future, assistive technology today is considered supportaides for humans to better help get the job done.AT is divided up […]
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Logger or forest worker? Stiff, painful, or uncomfortable after a long workday? Check out the “Stretches for Limber Loggers” poster. LogAbility staff worked with loggers and logging safety experts to create a stretching guide poster for workers in forestry and logging. The poster is intended to offer movement suggestions that can be done at various points […]
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By Brie Weisman, OTR/L, Maine AgrAbility, Winter 2023. Reprinted with permission from Logger’s Voice. In logging, an eye injury can occur faster than the blink of an eye. In Maine, eye injuries rank in the top three accident-related injuries. Untreated eye injuries can go from bad to worse in very little time, potentially resulting in […]
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By Brie Weisman, OTR/L, Maine AgrAbility. Winter 2024. It’s early morning. The air is cold and damp. You’re dressed for the elements, but a day of work awaits. Maybe you’re working the feller buncher, or you’re in the forwarder, or you’re in your self loader truck. You already notice the soreness in your hands, a […]
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By Brie Weisman, OTR/L, Maine AgrAbility, Fall 2024. Reprinted with permission from Logger’s Voice. Is sitting for hours on end the “new smoking?” Some people may laugh off thequestion, but the health profession is taking this notion very seriously.Researchers at the Mayo Clinic analyzed 13 studies of sitting time and activitylevels, and found that those […]
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By Brie Weisman, OTR/L, Maine AgrAbility, Summer 2024 Reprinted with permission from Logger’s Voice Coordinator for Maine AgrAbility, Bella Russo, and I had the pleasure of conducting a workshop at this year’s (2024) annual PLC Spring Safety Training. We were asked to cover shoulder injuries, a common problem in the industry. For workers, a shoulder […]
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heavy mechanized logging equipment in wooded logging site
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