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Abstract Timber haulage is the final and the best worked out phase of forest harvesting. The majority of timber is hauled by logging trucks. In this article, we analyzed the occupational accidents in timber haulage throughout the period of the years 2006–2016. The results showed that during these years, one occupational accident occurred per 15 031 m3 of transported timber. The majority of the accidents occurred before noon (68%), and on Monday and Friday (58% of total). Seventy-six per cent of the injuries happened either on the hands and arms, or the feet and legs of the employees. Employees, who suffered the injuries, had, on average, 12 years of experience and were 47 years old. Despite this, we concluded that the most endangered group of employees are those with 0–5 years experience (37% of all accidents) and more than 50 years of age (46% of all accidents). Regression and correlation analysis showed that the age of the logging trucks had a moderately strong relationship to the number of accidents (R: 0.69; p: 0.02) and that there is a very strong relationship between the volume of transported timber, number of employees, and the number of accidents (R: 0.96; p: 0.02).