Danger in the Woods
British Columbia Forest Discovery Centre
British Columbia Forest Discovery Centre
c. 2000
British Columbia, CANADA
© 2006, British Columbia Forest Discovery Centre. All Rights Reserved.
Transcript
Ken McKinnon: Dad was working for one of the huge big companies on the southwest coast here. A rigging let go and fell and cut this man in two, it dragged him behind a stump. He never even missed a beat and logged until quitting time. So dad packed his gear and quit. He got damaged once and one of the reasons he quit is because he got caught between two logs and his leg was hurt. He got over it and was a milk man for all those years, but as he got older his hip gave up. Interviewer:And then you hear about 45 deaths in forestry last year. I'm not an expert but, that's too many because what's happened is guys are up there all by themselves, and that should never happen. In the old days one of the fallers would be watching and one would be doing the finishing cuts, and if that tree went the wrong way they would start yelling.
