Forestry & Logging
Industry Overview
The Northeast and Appalachian forests provide livelihoods for thousands of logging industry workers. Nearly one in nine U.S. logging jobs is located in our service region producing nearly $13 billion in gross domestic product—from lumber, paper, and cardboard, to pulpwood and biomass for fuel.

The Stakes Couldn’t Be Higher
Before a big haul is trucked out of the woods, a tremendous amount of skill and hard work done by hand and with sophisticated large machinery takes place. Workers often endure extremes—sub-zero cold, long shifts that might start in the middle of the night, far commutes into the depths of remote forest, and potential risk to one’s health and safety. Nationwide, loggers are killed on the job at a rate 28 times that of the average worker, according to the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Logging workers also suffer from higher rates of injury, hearing loss, musculoskeletal disorders and chronic illness than those in other industries.
Forestry News & Media
Maine Logger Health and Safety Study Facebook Expanding its Footprint
Long-term health is focus of new paper highlighting the logging industry
The Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety (NEC) recently published results from a longitudinal study that examines injury trends within the Maine logging community.
Get Off your Ash; Protect Your Lungs!
Professional Logging Contractors honors Northeast Center
The Professional Logging Contractors of Maine (PLC) recently honored the Northeast Center with its Supporting Member Award for demonstrating an “unprecedented commitment to logging contractors
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