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Slide 47
    TEXT VERSION OF TITLE SLIDE:

    Title: Logging Hazards (continued)
    Type: Text Slide
    Content:

    *(Hazards)

    Widowmaker
    Broken off limbs that are hanging freely in the tree to be felled or in the trees close by.

    *(Ways to Eliminate or Avoid)

    Knock them down or pull them down with a machine.

    *(Hazards)

    Snag
    Standing dead tree, standing broken tree, or a standing rotted tree to be felled or nearby.

    *(Ways to Eliminate or Avoid)

    Use a machine to bring it down.
    OR
    It must be felled or avoided by at least two tree lengths.

    *(Hazards)

    Spring Pole
    A tree, segment of a tree, limb, or sapling which is under stress or tension due to the pressure or weight of another tree or object.

    *(Ways to Eliminate or Avoid)

    Do not work in the presence of lodged trees. Have these death traps pushed or pulled down by a machine.

    [Text set as Table with first column heading "Hazards" and second column heading "Ways to Eliminate or Avoid"]

    *Table header from previous slide