TIMBER HARVESTING SAFETY MANUAL
The Timber Harvesting Safety Manual is a useful training and reference guide for any logging business and all of its crew members, regardless of experience level. Updated most recently in 2017, the Introduction and Part I are available to view below.
To purchase the full Safety Manual, please visit the FRA website.
CONTENTS
- Introduction
- I. General Rules of Safety
- II. Personal Protective Equipment Guidelines
- III. Safety Guidelines for Hand Tools
- IV. Safety Guidelines For Chainsaw Operations
- V. Safety For Woods Equipment Operations
- A. Operation of Mobile Woods Equipment
- B. Operation of Rubber Tired Skidders
- C. Mechanized Felling Equipment
- D. Mechanized Delimbing
- E. Mechanized Loading
- F. Forwarders
- G. In-Woods Chippers
- H. Portable Grinders
- VI. Operational Safety/Loss Control
- VII. Safety In Transportation
- VIII. Accident Investigations
- IX. Hazard Communications Program
- X. Lockout-Tagout Guidelines
- XI. Emergency Care
- XII. Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure
- XIII. OSHA Information
FOLLOW THE LINKS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The Revised Logger's Guide To The New OSHA Logging Safety Standards (FRA 95-A-14) is available from the Forest Resources Association, 1901 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 303, Washington, DC 20006, 202/296-3937, www.forestresources.org, or see Logging Resources. The Logger's Guide provides explanations to the New Logging Safety Standards effective February 9, 1995 and as revised September 8, 1995
A WORD ABOUT THE LAW
This manual has been developed in accordance with the OSHA requirements for Logging Operations, effective February-9, 1995, and as revised September 8, 1995. However, some manual recommendations may actually exceed OSHA regulations.