Table 8.

Summary of interview results related to most appropriate uses of real-time location-sharing technology on logging operations.

Application	Person Monitoring	Description
Large crews	Supervisor	Many interviewees believed large crews have greater need for real-time location sharing than small crews with fewer workers to keep track of.
Supervisor track productivity and safety (bird’s eye view of operation)	Supervisor	Particularly on large crews, many interviewees thought it would be useful for supervisors to see the movement patterns (e.g., amount of time in one position), locations, and productivity of all workers.
Track individuals working alone	Supervisor, others as needed	Useful when any ground worker or equipment operator is working apart from other crew members. For example, no movement could indicate an injury has occurred.
Equipment operators at log landing track ground workers and other equipment at the landing	Equipment operators	Useful for equipment operators to know if ground workers (e.g., chain saw operators) or other equipment are in proximity.
Track ground workers (general)	Supervisor, equipment operators	Many interviewees believed it would be useful for equipment operators and supervisors to see ground worker locations in real time, but in most applications thought it could be a dangerous distraction for ground workers to use the technology to monitor other workers’ positions.
Equipment operators working in proximity to other equipment (general)	Equipment operators	Useful for equipment operators to be alerted if other equipment approaches.
Manual timber fallers check co-workers’ locations before falling a tree	Manual timber faller	Useful for manual tree fallers to check the locations of co-workers to confirm everyone is clear just before falling a tree.
Yarder operator track ground workers working near cable	Yarder operator	Useful for the yarder operator to confirm all ground workers downslope are clear before yarding logs upslope to the landing.
Track truck locations	Supervisor, truck drivers, equipment operators at landing	Useful for supervisors to monitor the location of trucks for safety and productivity. May be useful for truck drivers to track the location of other trucks on forest roads, although some interviewees were concerned drivers would become over reliant on the technology, leading to increased risk taking.