National Academics Review and NORA goals cite insufficient injury and disease surveillance data for the forestry industry. Forest safety and health specialists used national and regional workers' compensation data to provide more information. The participation threshold is more inclusive than that of the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII), since almost all companies are required to carry work injury insurance (WCI) due to national regulations or contractual requirements of timber buyers and sellers. This analysis includes WCI data from 12 states (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, and VA) from the NCCI. The dominant logging codes are 2701, 2702 and 2709 and usable data was available from 2005 to 2010. These data reflect changes in logging system safety over time and provide data for logging programs. training of national and regional loggers. We developed injury rates using several numerators and denominators that we compared to the previous WCI analysis and SOII data at the national and state levels were applicable. Keywords: logging, occupational injury, fatal injury, workers' compensation insurance, NCCIIntroductionWith an estimated lifetime risk of death of 62.7 per 1,000 full-time workers, it is well established that logging is one of the most dangerous professions in the world (Leigh 1987, Fosbroke et al. 1997, Myers et al. 1998). The forestry industry has one of the highest average annual mortality rates and the highest lifetime risk of fatal injuries (Fischer et al. 2005). The forestry industry suffered 131.6 deaths per 100,000 workers in 2003, more than 30 times the mortality rate for workers in all industries (BLS 2004), although a comparison of forestry deaths in EU countries...... middle of paper .. ....tern United States in 2001. Forest Products Journal. 55(3): 86-89. Seong, SK and J. Mendeloff. 2004. Evaluating the Accuracy of OSHA's Projections of the Benefits of New Safety Standards. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 45(4): 313-328. Shaffer, RM 2002. Improving forest security in the South: a continuing success story. Forest owner. 6(1): 17-19.Sygnatur, EF 1998. Logging is dangerous work. Remuneration and working conditions. 3-9.USCB. 2014. Non-employer statistics. Available at https://www.census.gov/econ/nonemployer/index.html; last accessed in May. 2, 2014. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. [Undated]. Wood Product Production (TPO) Reports. Knoxville, Tennessee: United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. Available online at http://srsfia2.fs.fed.us/php/tpo_2009/tpo_rpa_int1.php; last consultation in August. 07, 2013.