SKIDDER BACKS INTO FORESTER'S TRUCK

BACKGROUND: On a cool, overcast fall day in the South, a forester arrived at a logging contractor's operations for instructions concerning the administration of the harvesting contract. The forester's truck was parked approximately 100 feet behind a skidder.

PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The 49-year-old forester had 19 years of injury-free employment and had been fully trained in safety and all SFI