Serious Accidents in Slovenian Private Forests

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Serious Accidents in Slovenian Private Forests

• Mirko Medved
• Slovenian Forestry Institute

Concurrent Session 5B. Sustaining Financial
Viability, March 31, 1025 -1200
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Slovenia
EUROPE
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Slovenia 0,8 mil. ha private forests 0,3 mil.
s.-scale properties 0,1 mil. owners
harvest/y. 1,5 mil. m3 annual cut
Harvesting in private f. - chain saws 100 -
tractor skidding 90 - home use of wood gt 60
All forests 1,1 mil. ha 60 of total
area Growing stock 283 m3/ha
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Our story - start
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Detailed Forestry Planning
Serious Fatal Accidents
OUR STORY
Squaring the Circle
Neverending Story
Unskilled Bad-equipped Pure-dressed
Self confi-dent Forest Owners
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Database 1981
Data output from report Time year, period,
month, week, day, days in week, hour Place
locality, community, forestry management region,
county Injured person sex, age,
residence Working circumstances process,
operation, method, machinery, equipment,
Data analyses, comparisons Frequency/ region,
time, age, sex.... Frequency/ work amount on
regional level Structure of working
phase Comparisons with other countries (Macro)
economical evaluation Accident / education
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Analyzed data for 20 years (1981 2000)

• Method for data output from reports
• 32 variables
• Database constantly updated
• Other studies
• Special surveys state level 1990, 1995
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  (n865, n916)
• Key studies local level 1994, 2002
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  (n60, n58)

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Serious Accidents in Slovenian Private Forests

• First analyzed 1988
• Economic evaluation (IUFRO,Tampere 1995)
• Two days cutting courses
• Analyzed data for 20 years (1981 2000)

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Time years, days, hours
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Reported accidents by years
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Accidents with respect to days
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Accidents with respect to time on working days
and on weekends
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Forestry management regions Work amount
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Accident frequency on Slovenian Forestry
Management Regions
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Ms
Sg
Mb
Bl
Na
Ce
Kr
Fatal accidents / 1 mil. m3 in period 1981-2000
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Lj
Br
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Po
Nm
Ko
Se
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Frequency of fatal accidents regarding to the
volume of tree cut and forest area
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Structure of working phases
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The number of participants at accidents
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Age, sex of injured person
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Consequences of accidents by age groups
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Age and sex at fatal accidents
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Comparisons our studies, other countries
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The frequency of accidents influenced by the
size of the forest estate
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Comparison of the average private forest estate
size and frequency of accidents in different
countries
ha
n/10.000 m3 n/1 mil.m3

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Project Odenwald/Germany Comparison between
trained and untrained forest owners
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Costs
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Estimation of the total number and structure of
accidents in Slovenian private forests in period
1981 - 2000

• 280 Fatal accidents
• 1.280 Severe acc. dif. disability
• 6.720 Severe acc. - light disability
• 31.720 Other injuries

40.000
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The value of harvested wood in comparison with
societal costs of accidents in the period 1980
2000

• Presumptions
• Fatal accid. 500.000
• Disability 25.000
• Other accid. 2.000
• 1 m3 wood 50

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Our story - conclusion
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Measures for improving

• Not work if not skilled
• Continuing with trainings
• Many more training courses
• Training moved to rural areas
• Certified educational system
• Bonus malus insurance

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• Vision
• No accidents in forests

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