John Garland, PhD, MS
About
For 33 years Professor Emeritus John Garland worked at Oregon State University as Timber Harvesting Extension Specialist bringing new technologies, conducting research and providing educational programs and publications to Oregon’s forestry sector. He continues his OSU research on operators in steep slope logging. John helped re-write the Logging Safety Code three times over 30 years and is on the OROSHA code committee. Dr. Garland has served as an expert in over 75 legal matters. He is also on the faculty of the University of Washington, PNASH Center. John has worked across the United States and thirty-three foreign countries. He completed a Fulbright Fellowship in Chile documenting the forestry sector trajectory of safety improvement over 20 years.
Education
- PhD, Forest Engineering, Oregon State University
- MS, Forest Management, University of Minnesota
- BS, with Honors, Forest Engineering, Oregon State University
Affiliations
Mentorship
Not available to mentor new PhD and Master's students.
Additional Information
Major Reports, Invited Papers, Refereed Journal Articles
John Garland 3, Francisca Belart 1, Robert Crawford 1, Woodam Chung 1, Tamara Cushing 1,
Stephen Fitzgerald 2 , Preston Green 2 , Laurel Kincl 2, Ben Leshchinsky 1, Brett Morrissette 1, John Sessions1, and Jeff Wimer 1 . Safety in Steep Slope Logging, Journal of Agromedicine, DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2019.1581115
Garland, J.J. 2018. Accident reporting and analysis in forestry: guidance on increasing the safety of forest work. Forestry Working Paper No. 2. Rome, FAO.
Garland, J. 2017. North American Trajectories of Development in Final Harvests, Proceedings Keynote address. Joint Regional Meeting of IUFRO RG3.03.00 and RG3.06.00 in Asia
Matsuyama and Kochi, Japan: 24th-28th July 2017. p 21-38.
Yamada, Yozo with Efi Yuliati Yovi, Dianne Staal Wästerlund, John J. Garland, Janusz M. Sowa. 2013. The Concept of the Ergonomic Spectrum. Open Journal of Forestry. Vol. 3 No. 1, January 2013 .p 8-11.
Garland, J. 2012. Workload Reduction for Younger and Older Workers with Synthetic Rope. International Ergonomic Workshop of IUFRO RG3.03: Ergonomic Challenges in Future Forest and Forestry, October 1-4, 2012, Nagoya, Japan. 8p.
Garland, J. 2017. Glosario de servicios forestales: con motivación para la comprensión
Glossary of Forestry Services: with Motivation for Understanding
http://osha.oregon.gov/OSHAGrants/grant-edu-ForestryServicesGlossary-ENG-SPN.pdf
Garland, J. 2015. Fresh Lessons Learned from Logging Litigation. Annual Meeting, Council on Forest Engineering, Lexington, KY. July 12-22, 2015. Available at www.cofe.org. 6 p.
Garland, J. 2014. The Limiting Factor in North American Forest Operations: A Skilled Workforce. Fifth Forest Engineering Conference (International). Gerardmer, France. (powerpoint available from author). September 23-26, 2014.
Garland, J. 2014. The Limiting Factor in North American Forest Operations: A Skilled Workforce. Annual Meeting, Council on Forest Engineering, Moline, IL, June 23-26, 2014. 6p.
Garland, J. 2014. Sustainable Forestry Needs a Sustainable Workforce. Oregon Logging Conference. February 23-25. Eugene, OR. (powerpoint available from author).
Garland, J. 2013. A Look at Logger Education after Thirty-five Years. IUFRO 3.06.00 Conference: Forest Operations in mountainous conditions. Norway. June 3-5, Honne, Norway. 9p.