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Development of Descent Guidelines for Log-hauling Vehicles (highway legal configurations) 
This research project will develop descent guidelines for highway size logging trucks, with an aim to use these guidelines to establish criteria required to safely descend steep roads, thereby improving the safety for drivers of these vehicles.
| Principal Applicant: | Séamus Parker (FERIC) |
| Funding Awarded: | $30,031* (Innovation) |
| Year Funded: | 2007 |
* In partnership with the Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia
Implementation and Evaluation of a Home Care Ceiling Lift Program in B.C.
This study will pilot a program to increase access to, and adoption of, ceiling lifts in the home, reducing the risk for client handling-related injuries among community health workers. The pilot program will be evaluated against goals and success measures identified in a previous project.
| Principal Applicants: | Nancy Paris & Annalee Yassi (Peak Research Inc. & University of British Columbia) |
| Co-applicants: | Georgina Hackett (OHSAH), Ryan Kanigan (Peak Research, Inc.) |
| Funding Awarded: | $50,000 (Innovation) |
| Year Funded: | 2007 |
Using Remotely Operated Jacks to Fall Dangerous Trees
The objective of this project is to determine if it is possible to use light-weight remotely operated jacks to hand fall dangerous trees, and therefore reduce the risk of injury to hand fallers. This project will first determine the jacking force required to fall dangerous trees given the amount and location of the holding wood. Given the required jacking force it will be determined if it is possible to develop a remotely operated jack that weighs less than 10 lbs.
| Principal Investigator: | Kevin Lyons (University of British Columbia) |
| Funding Awarded: | $26,800* |
| Year Funded: | 2007 |
* In partnership with the Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia