Safety and health in forestry work
İÇİNDEKİLERContentsPreface Objective Scope and application Definitions Part I. General principles, legal framework and general duties . 1. General principles. 2. Legar framework and general duties Legal framework and duties of competent authorities Duties of labour inspectorates Responsibilities and duties of employers Duties of managers and supervisors Responsibilities and duties of contractors Rights and responsibilities of workers Duties of manufacturers and suppliers of equipment and substances Part II. Framework for safety and health at the enterprise level 3. Enterprise safety and health policy 4. Safety and health management Assignment of responsibility Identification and management of risks Organization of personnel Provision of resources Communication and information Documentation Part III. General requirements 5. Workforce Employment conditions Qualifications of managers, supervisors and operatives Qualifications of managers and supervisors Training and skills testing for operatives Qualifications of contractors 6. Safety requirements for tools, machines and hazardous chemicals General requirements Hand tools Machinery, portable Machinery, self-propelled or activated by prime mover Winches and chokers Cable cranes 7. Work clothing and personal protective equipment General provisions Personal protective equipment appropriate for forestry operations 8. Testing and certification of equipment General provisions Testing procedures and criteria Certification 9. First aid, emergency rescue and occupational health services. First aid Rescue Occupational health services Medical care 10. Shelters, housing and nutrition Shelters and housing Nutrition and drinking water 11. Reporting, recording, notification and investigation of occupational accidents and diseases General provisions Occurrences subject to reporting and notification Practice of reporting, recording, notification and investigation Part IV. Technical guidelines for safety and health at the forestry worksite 12. General provisions Planning and organization of forestry work Site inspection and planning Work organization Protection from unfavourable weather conditions and biological hazards 13. Silviculture Site preparation Manual clearing Site preparation with hand-held machines Mechanized site preparation Planting Organization Planting of untreated plants Handling and planting of chemically treated plants Planting by hand-held power post-hole borer (rock drill) Tending. Pruning Organization Equipment Operation 14. Harvesting General provisions Felling and conversion Manual and chain-saw felling Taking down cut-up or hung-up trees Manual and chain-saw debranching Manual and chain-saw crosscutting Mechanized felling and conversion Extraction General provisions Manual extraction Extraction by chute Extraction with draught animals Extraction by skidder and winch Extraction by forwarder Extraction by cable crane Extraction by helicopter Landing and stacking. Loading and transport Loading Road transport Water transport 15. High-risk operations Tree climbing Organization Personnel Equipment Operation Clearance of windblow Organization Equipment Operation Fire-fighting Organization Personnel Equipment Operation Glossary of technical terms. References and further reading . Relevant publications Relevant international labour standards Relevant International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards Relevant European standards Other relevant international classifications Index Table 1. Personal protective equipment (PPE) appropriate for fores operations Figures 1. Safety and health measures at national, enterprise and worksite level 2. Safety management system 3. Safe use of brushcutters/clearing-saws 4. Safety devices on chain-saws 5. Chain-saw kick-back 6. Standard technique for tree felling 7. Prohibited practices for taking down hung-up trees 8. Recommended practices for taking down hung-up trees 9. Crosscutting wood under tension 10. Examples of safety equipment for tree climbing 11. Severing root plates in windblow  |
