The objective of this research was to identify the cultural assumptions of tree fallers and how these cultural assumptions may impact safety initiatives. It was intended to provide a greater understanding of the logging industry culture which can be used to inform faller safety training and programs

Manual tree felling remains a very high-risk occupation in B.C. Workers who do manual tree felling (“fallers”) have the highest fatality rate in the industry, which has been attributed in part to the lack of a strong safety culture

This study was conceived to look at faller safety culture more closely, both through observation and by interviewing key stakeholders in the industry, with a view to understanding the factors that make up safety culture, and to identify ways of improving accident prevention for fallers, and in the industry more broadly