The Truth Behind
Wood Identification
Wood ID Guide
Wood Allergies
and Toxicity
Wood Dust Safety
Restricted &
Endangered
Wood Species
Gluing Oily
Tropical Hardwoods
Distinguishing Red
Oak from White Oak
Differences Between
Hard and Soft Maple
Distinguishing
Brazilian Rosewood
from East Indian
and Other Rosewoods
How to Tell Genuine
Lignum Vitae from
Argentine Lignum
January 22nd, 2012 at 4:00 pm
operated alog debarker in creswell or . ran alot of western hemlock through barker .If i had a small cut on a finger and got hemlock bark or wood fiber in it the cut would swell up and fester .I would squeeze my finger around the cut to get fluid out . IT would take about two weeks for my finger to heal .A week longer than it normally take to heal. while barking hemlock the bark hog would plug up and when you had to open up the door on the hog steam would come out from the hammer beating on the bark .You had to get in to where you could clean out the plug up and end up breathing the steam that came off the hemlock bark . It would make you feel bad and made your lungs feel like they were tightingup . One of the millwrights i worked with said it made him sick and had to leave. I feel that my lungs have never been the same after doing that job . Ihave talked to my doctor about this and he shows little concern .I take ativan to help me breath better. I feel like i have copd but have never been diagnosed with it.Iam 58 years old and no longer work in the timber industry.