2016 PLC Safety Training

Presented by Changing Your Culture - The Business of Safety

60 member companies participate in PLC Safety Training

A record 60 member companies took advantage of the PLC’s 2016 Safety Series, held at eight locations around the state in April and May. This free training is a benefit of membership and provides practical, hands on instruction to improve individual and company safety.

A total of 561 loggers participated in the training this year, on topics including fire prevention, suppression, and reporting; driver safety; logger rescue; welding/cutting safety; tire changing safety; blind spots; and safety discussions for management.

Responses to the training and the instructors who provided it were overwhelmingly positive, with 99 percent of participants rating the sessions good to excellent. The training rated “most useful” was Logger Rescue, a very hands-on session with training tailored to the unique challenges of logging rescues. Thanks to all who donated their facilities for this year’s training series: William A. Day Jr. & Sons Logging; Nichols Brothers Logging; Elliot Jordan & Son; Madden Timberlands; Linkletter & Sons; Gerald Pelletier, Inc.; Treeline, Inc.; and Voisine Brothers Inc.

Special thanks to MEMIC and GH Berlin Windward for providing three prizes at each location for top safety ideas, and to Cross Insurance for providing an authentic football signed by New England Patriot Julian Edelman for the drawing for “Best Safety Idea” presented at the 2016 trainings. Congratulations to the winner of the Edelman football, Cody Daigle of Big Timber LLC! *See more on safety ideas p. 12.

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