WVFA eNews Weekly

Action Date: Jan. 1, 2015.
OSHA has revised its recordkeeping rule on reporting accidents. The new rule adds the requirement to report all work-related in-patient hospitalizations, amputations and loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. Fatalities still require reporting within 8 hours of death.

As of Jan. 1, 2015, all employers must report:
All work-related fatalities within 8 hours
All work-related inpatient hospitalizations, all amputations and all losses of an eye within 24 hours.

One can report to OSHA by:
Calling OSHA’s free and confidential number at 1-800-321-OSHA (6742)
Calling your closest area office during normal business hours (304-347-5937)
Using the new online form that will soon be available.

Only fatalities occurring within 30 days of the work-related incident must be reported to OSHA. Further, for an in-patient hospitalization, amputation or loss of an eye, these incidents must be reported to OSHA only if they occur within 24 hours of the work-related incident.

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On Oct. 22, at the West Virginia Forestry Association Board of Directors meeting, new officers were elected for our organization:
President, Ed Kraynok - Coastal Timberlands, Inc.
1st Vice Pres., Greg Wilholm - The Forestland Group
2nd Vice Pres., Mark Haddix - Farm Credit
Sec/Treas., Mike Tillinghast - Retired

Executive Committee:
Joe Garrett - Glatfelter
Tom Crickenberger - MeadWestvaco
Rudy Williams - WV DOF
Dave King - Glatfelter
James Smith - CLC Hardwoods

We extend our appreciation for their hard work to the WVFA Nominations Committee and Chm. Rudean Reynolds of The Weyerhaeuser Company.

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It is our pleasure to announce that the 2015 National PLT Outstanding Educator Nomination Guidelines and award incentives are now available on Coordinators’ Corner (and also by clicking below). Each year, National PLT encourages all state programs to submit nominations to recognize Outstanding Educators. The PLT national office will formally announce the National Outstanding Educators and Honorees in February of 2015.

Coordinators’ Corner also showcases some additional helpful resources for crafting your state’s nomination. You can download the successful nomination forms from the 2014 awards, as well as read more about the Outstanding Educator review process and timeline. Please note that you must be logged in to your Coordinators’ Corner account to access these materials.

PLT National looks forward to sharing Outstanding Educators’ stories and learning from them. Nominations are due Friday, Dec. 5, 2014.

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The Forest Resources Association’s Appalachian Region has honored Chuck Beach, a forester for Weyerhaeuser in Parkersburg, West Virginia, and active member of the West Virginia Forestry Association, with its Third Place Technical Writing Award for 2014. This annual award recognizes the best serial publications from FRA’s quarterly magazine, the Forest Operations Review.

Chuck authored Technical Release 13-R-27, Extra Cradle Improves Slasher Saw’s Performance, featuring an Ohio logger who built an extended, add-on sawbuck cradle, for use with his slasher saw at the landing. This innovation provides extra length to lay down a long sawtimber tree when bucking it into log lengths for loading, so there is less twisting of the tree and the grapple. It makes cutting-up long trees safer and more efficient.

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