The British Columbia Forest Safety Council brings us part two of their felling standard./Chainsaw felling training standard.JPG)
In an earlier issue of 2014, Logging-on covered the first part of the training standard. Part two is a direct continuation of part one. The training standard was produced by the BC Forest Safety Council and WorkPlaceBC. It is focussed on safe work procedures and provides detailed technical information on specific activities carried out while felling trees with chainsaws. The following aspects are covered:
Other additional aspects covered include limbing and taping hazards, bucking (cross-cutting) hazards, safe bucking procedures, bucking oversize trees, and windthrows. The information contained in the standard will be of specific value to loggers and their training providers.
Source: www.worksafebc.com/publications/health_and_safety/by_topic/assets/pdf/bc_faller_training_standard_2.pdf
In an earlier issue of 2014, Logging-on covered the first part of the training standard. Part two is a direct continuation of part one. The training standard was produced by the BC Forest Safety Council and WorkPlaceBC. It is focussed on safe work procedures and provides detailed technical information on specific activities carried out while felling trees with chainsaws. The following aspects are covered:
- Heavy leaners: Felling cut information is provided for small diameter trees and two options for large diameter trees.
- Limb-tied trees: These are trees with intertwined limbs that must be felled together. Advice is provided on how to evaluate the situation and then the procedure for felling each tree.
- Pushing trees and jackpots (multiple hang-ups): Pushing a tree with another tree is only done to overcome a specific problem. The standard describes the circumstances where this technique can be used and the procedure.
- Felling dangerous trees: This covers assessing and felling the dangerous tree, the tree wedging procedures and fire killed trees.
- Other hazards: Other hazards described are cut-up trees (trees with multiple felling cuts, but is still standing), hung-up trees, hazards from road construction, hazards from mechanical damage, and overhead powerlines.
- Adverse weather: The weather conditions include visibility, fog, lightning, rain and unstable terrain, and avalanches. Shutdown procedures are also described.
- Working in snow and frozen conditions
- Special felling techniques: For felling against the lean, short stubby trees and re-felling a cut-up tree.
- Alternative felling methods: For jacking, pushover felling, line pulling and blasting.
- Loaded limbs: Cutting loaded limbs, and bound or pinned loaded limbs.
Other additional aspects covered include limbing and taping hazards, bucking (cross-cutting) hazards, safe bucking procedures, bucking oversize trees, and windthrows. The information contained in the standard will be of specific value to loggers and their training providers.
Source: www.worksafebc.com/publications/health_and_safety/by_topic/assets/pdf/bc_faller_training_standard_2.pdf