Workers’ compensation insurance covering logging and pulpwood laborers is expensive because of the injury record of the timber harvest industry in general and the pulpwood trade specifically. Although the Joint Committee suggests four administrative and legislative options to address workers’ compensation costs, there is no short-term rate reduction measure without side effects which could raise the rates of other loggers. PEER suggests a logger safety education program to control industry losses and reduce the cost of insurance.
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