350 class

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Purpose
The purpose is to increase awareness of Forest
Activities rules and how they relate to safety.
Objectives
Understand how safety and health management has
been incorporated into the Forest Activities
rules Have a better understanding of the Forest
Activities rules Introduce to some new terms
included in the rules
Please Note This material or any other material
used to inform employers of safety and health
issues or of compliance requirements of Oregon
OSHA standards through simplification of the
regulations should not be considered a substitute
for any provisions of the Oregon Safe Employment
Act or for any standards issued by Oregon OSHA.
Different regulations apply in Idaho.
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Terms to be familiar with

• Potential failure zone
• Competent person
• Qualified person
• Designated person
• Supervisor
• Pre-work meeting

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WHY Do we have an emphasis program on forest
activities specific to struck-by
injuries? ________________________________________
_____________________ ____________________________
_________________________________ ________________
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FATALITY A turn of logs was on its way to the
landing, when a choker broke, releasing a log
down the hill striking the victim who was not in
the clear.
What are reasons this happened? __________________
___________________________________________ ______
__________________________________________________
_____ ____________________________________________
_________________ How can we prevent this from
happening again? _________________________________
____________________________ _____________________
________________________________________ _________
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DIVISION 7 Subdivision B Safety and Health Program
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DIVISION 7 Subdivision B Commitment
Evaluation
Commitment
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Management Commitment

• The employer must 437-007-0105
• State the purpose of the safety and health
  program.
• Identify the safety and health personnel and
  resources that will be used to implement the
  program.
• Establish a labor and management policy that
  provides for ongoing evaluation of employees'
  safety performance.
• Establish a disciplinary policy to address unsafe
  work practices.
• Assign the responsibility, authority and
  accountability for worker safety and health to
  all employees who supervise or direct work
  activity.
• Authorize a competent person(s) for each jobsite
  who has the authority to
• Supervise all personnel at the site.
• Enforce the company's safety and health program.

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DIVISION 7 Subdivision B Accountability
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DIVISION 7 Subdivision B Involvement
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DIVISION 7 Subdivision B Hazard Identification
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DIVISION 7 Subdivision B Accident / Incident
Investigation
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Weed out the causes of injuries and illnesses
Strains
Direct Causes of Injury/Illness
Burns
Cuts
Unguarded machine
Horseplay
Create a hazard
Broken tools
Surface Causes of the Accident
Ignore a hazard
Chemical spill
Fails to report injury
Defective PPE
Fails to inspect
Untrained worker
Behaviors
Conditions
Fails to enforce
Lack of time
Fails to train
To much work
Inadequate training
Training not implemented
No inspection process
Inspections not done
Root Causes of the Accident
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ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS
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DIVISION 7 Subdivision B Training
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DIVISION 7 Subdivision B Evaluation
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DIVISION 7 Subdivision C Planning First
Aid Working Conditions
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Planning, First Aid, Working Conditions
What is planning? When should planning
occur? Who should be involved in
planning? How is the plan communicated to all
employees?
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Planning, First Aid, Working Conditions

• The employer must develop and implement an
  emergency
• medical plan.
• All employees must be knowledgeable of the plan.
• All employees in forest activities must be first
  aid and CPR
• trained as follows
• At least every two years.
• All supervisors and cutters prior to initial
  assignment.
• New employees other then cutters and supervisors
  must at least have a first aid CPR briefing
  before starting.
• Does your employer have an emergency medical
  plan?
• How do you notify emergency medical services?

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Planning, First Aid, Working Conditions
At worksites of more then one day duration,the
employer must have available near the worksite
communications device Written land directions
to the worksite. The worksite location by
Township, Range and section. Vehicles used to
transport personnel must carry a first aid
kit Suitable for the number of passengers
customarily transported. Suitable for the types
of injuries that could occur. Located where they
are readily available to the driver or
crew. First aid kits must be provided at each
worksite. 437-007-0220-(11) Where are your
first aid kits? Who checks the first aid
kits? Where do you get material to fill the
first aid kit? Where are the directions to your
site? Do you have the coordinates to your
worksite?
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Planning, First Aid, Working Conditions
Workers must be placed and their activities
arranged so they are in the clear and the actions
of one worker will not create a hazard for any
other worker(s) On a daily basis a competent
person must evaluate any danger tree or
snags. Employees must not be assigned to work at
a location so isolated to be without visual, or
audible contact. Workers are not prohibited from
working alone when performing jobs such as
mechanics, watchers, operating motor vehicles,
self loaders, mechanized logging machines, feller
bunchers, forwarders, processors, harvesters
or excavator based machines provided the employer
complies with the checking system, protective
structures and medical and first aid
requirements. Who does your
inspections? Do you have employees who work
alone? Do you have a check-in system for
employees who work alone? What is the
time-frame for checking on employees who work
alone?
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DIVISION 7 Subdivision D Personal Protective
Equipment
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Personal Protective Equipment
All PPE must be maintained in a safe and
effective condition or removed from service. PPE
must be inspected before initial use each
shift. Defective or damaged PPE must be repaired
or replaced. Head protection, required where
there is a potential for head injuries from
falling or flying objects the employer must
provide and require their use. Employees working
in or under a vehicle cab or canopy are excluded
while in or under, the cab. When are you
required to wear high visible clothing? When
is eye protection required? How do you get PPE
replaced? When is hearing protection
required? When do you replace leg protection?
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DIVISION 7 Subdivision E Tools Fire
Extinguishers Explosives
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Tools, Fire Extinguishers, Explosives
The employer is responsible for the safe
condition of hand and power tools regardless of
ownership. The safety devices and controls must
be in place and function properly. The employer
must require personnel to Inspect each tool
before use to assure its safe condition. Report
any unsafe tool condition to the
employer. Remove or repair tools if the
condition affects safe operation. Tools must
be Appropriate for their use. Used in a safe
manner. When tools are not being used, they
must be stored in a location where they will not
create a hazard. Who inspects your hand and
power tools? Who repairs faulty tools? Where
are tools stored when not in use?
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Tools, Fire Extinguishers, Explosives
There must be an approved fire extinguisher with
a minimum of 1A10BC on each vehicle and
machine. Fire extinguishers must be fully
charged and maintained in operable
condition. Portable fire extinguishers must be
visually inspected monthly and have a yearly
maintenance check. The annual maintenance check
must be documented and retained. Who
inspects the fire extinguishers? What could
cause a fire extinguisher to be taken out of
service?
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Tools, Fire Extinguishers, Explosives

• Explosives and blasting agents must be handled by
  qualified,
• designated personnel.
• Explosives and blasting agents must not be
  transported
• In the drivers compartment.
• Any passenger-occupied area of a machine or
  vehicle.
• Explosives must not be hauled on any vehicle
  while it is transporting workers.
• Who is qualified to handle explosives at your
  workplace?

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DIVISION 7 Subdivision F Roads Flagging
Vehicles Flammables
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Roads, Flagging, Vehicles and Flammables

• Haul roads must be of sufficient width and
  evenness for safe
• operation of vehicles and machines.
• Haul roads and bridges must be constructed and
  maintained
• to accommodate the safe movement of vehicles and
• equipment
• .
• On those portions of roads under the direct
  control of the
• employer
• All danger trees must be felled.
• Loose rocks, stumps and other materials which
  present a
• hazard must be secured or cleared from banks.

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Roads, Flagging, Vehicles and Flammables
Warning signs and a flagger must be placed in
advance of active operations, or other protection
must be used on roads to control traffic where
hazardous conditions are created by forest
activities. Flaggers must wear vests of high
visibility color and use a stop/slow paddle sign
to control traffic. Along state and county roads
flagging activities must comply with the
MUTCD. Who decides when flagging is
required? Who does the flagging? How do you
know if traffic control is not working? Who
sets up traffic control?
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Roads, Flagging, Vehicles and Flammables
A positive shut-off must be provided within reach
of the operator in normal operating
position. Vehicles must be equipped with
adequate steps, ladders, handholds or grab bars
to provide safe access and egress. Steps must be
slip resistant. Seats must be securely
fastened. Doors must open easily. All vehicles
must be equipped with a horn or warning device
which can be clearly heard above the surrounding
noise. All vehicles must have brakes which are
capable of stopping the vehicle while fully
loaded on any grade they are operated on. All
vehicles must have a parking brake that will hold
the loaded vehicle on any grade which it is
operated. Who inspects your vehicles? What
do they look for? Do your vehicles have seat
belts? How do you know vehicles are being
inspected?
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Roads, Flagging, Vehicles and Flammables

• Containers of flammable and combustible liquids
  must be marked in accordance with the rules for
  hazard communications.
• Smoking within 35 feet of vehicles being fueled
  is prohibited.
• Tanks, barrels or containers of gasoline,
  aviation fuel or diesel must not be hauled on
  vehicles transporting workers except when
• Carried in a suitable location outside the driver
  passenger compartment or placed in a
  well-ventilated vapor-proof compartment.
• Secured to prevent shifting
• Do you haul fuel in vehicles transporting
  workers?
• Are all of your 5-gallon or smaller containers
  approved for hauling fuel?
• Are all containers marked to identify what they
  contain?

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DIVISION 7 Additional Activities
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DIVISION 7 Subdivision G Rigging Rigging
practices
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Rigging and Rigging Practices

• All rigging and ropes must be inspected before
  they are used.
• Any equipment needing repair must be repaired
  before use.
• Rigging and loads must not foul or saw against
  lines, straps blocks or other
• equipment.
• Line cutting or splicing
• Hard hammers must not be used.
• Eye protection worn when cutting line.
• Pressed eyes must not be used for skyline eyes
  that will be crossed with loaded carriages.
• Quick nubs must not be used as guyline or skyline
  end fittings.

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Rigging and Rigging Practices
A competent person must choose and inspect
anchors. Defective equipment must be removed
from service immediately. Climbing equipment
must have a breaking strength of not less then
5,000 pounds. A second person with climbing
experience and an extra set of climbing gear must
be available at the worksite for emergencies. A
competent person must direct the raising and
lowering of each metal tower. Structural
modifications that affect the capacity or safe
operation of the tower must be made under the
direction of the manufacturer or a registered
professional engineer. Where do you use quick
nubs? Who inspects your straps? What would
cause a line to be taken out of service? What
should you look for when selecting guyline
anchors? Do you have a second climber on each
crew? Who inspects your tower when it is down?
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DIVISION 7 Subdivision H Machines used in
Forest Activities
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Machines used in Forest Activities
Machines must be operated in a manner not to
create a hazard for personnel or other
machines. A clearance of 3 feet must be
maintained between the rotating superstructure
and any adjacent object or surface. Items must
not be stored within 3 feet of a machine if such
items would expose personnel to hazards caused by
the rotation of the superstructure. The
exception is items may be stored in a locked box
or otherwise secured under the exclusive control
of the operator. Machines must be started and
operated only by authorized personnel. Operators
must be instructed about and comply with
manufacturers recommendations. Before starting
or moving equipment the operator must determine
all personnel are in the clear. Machines must be
inspected daily. Machines must be operated from
the operators station or an area recommended by
the manufacturer. What should the operator
check when inspecting a machine? Who are the
authorized operators of your equipment? How do
you know it is safe to enter the area around a
machine? Who has the key to the locked box on
the loader or other equipment?
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Machines used in Forest Activities
Machine decks, drums and other walking surfaces
must be covered with a non-slip material suitable
for the footwear worn. A safe and adequate means
of access and egress such as steps, ladders,
handholds and railings must be provided and
maintained to all parts of machines where
employees must go. Guards must be in place at
all times. All exposed moving parts must be
guarded. . Who checks for damaged catwalks,
ladders and railings? What is the process for
repairing damage? How are new lines spooled on
drums? Do you have ladders or some other means
for access to all your equipment?
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Machines used in Forest Activities
Loading equipment must have a signaling device of
a different tone than other signaling devices in
the area. Chippers access covers and doors must
remain closed until drum or disk is at a complete
stop. Machines must have exhaust systems
maintained in good working order. Exhaust pipes
must be insulated or located to protect employees
from accidental contact with pipes. Windows and
windshields must be free from defects that
endanger the operator. Be safety glass or
provide equal protection. Not impair the
operators vision and have an additional guard if
the window does not provide adequate
protection. Do you have damaged windows? Do
you have signaling devices on all loading
equipment?
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DIVISION 7 Subdivision I Cutting
Trees Pre-commercial Thinning Slashing
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Cutting Trees, Pre-commercial Thinning and
Slashing

• Any worker falling trees or bucking a log must be
  located so they do not endanger others.
• The minimum distance between workers manually
  falling trees and others must be twice the height
  of the trees being felled.
• Personnel must not approach within two tree
  lengths without receiving a signal it is safe.
• Workers whose primary job is to manually use a
  chain saw for activities like falling and bucking
  trees, pre-commercial thinning brush clearing and
  slashing must carry a whistle.
• When cutting next to roads create hazards they
  must comply with the rules for flagging roads.
• A worker must not
• Work under a lodged tree.
• Cut a tree that another tree is lodged in.
• Only qualified workers may fall danger trees.
• Who is the supervisor or qualified cutter to
  discuss safety issues with?

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DIVISION 7 Subdivision J Yarding Processing,
Signaling Communications
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Yarding, Processing and Communications
When equipment is moved within the landing area
personnel, must stay in the clear, inform
operator before approaching and wait for
permission to approach. Machines must be
operated a safe distance from personnel. Tools
and equipment must be stored in a safe
location. Logs must not be moved or placed in an
area until personnel are in the clear. Landings
must be large enough to land, process heel or
swing logs without striking standing timber,
trucks, vehicles, machines or other objects. All
personnel and equipment must be in the clear
before landing logs. Logs must be stable and
rigging stopped before personnel enter
chute. How do you contact equipment
operators? How do you know if they saw
you? How do you decide where the safe area is
on the landing? How does the operator know the
chaser is in the clear?
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DIVISION 7 Subdivision N Wildland Fire
Suppression and Prescribed Fire
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Wildland Fire Suppression
The rules apply to all personnel engaged in
wildland fire prevention, wildland fire
suppression or prescribed fire activities when
there is potential for exposure to wildland fire
hazards. Command fire suppression communications
must provide a clear line of communications to
all affected personnel. The employer or
representative must take into account the
physical capability of each employee to safely
perform assigned tasks Prior to job
assignment. While the employee performs those
tasks. Workers performing wildland fire
suppression or prescribed fire activities except
watchers, security and forest patrol personnel
must Work in teams of two or more. Be
positioned so they are close enough to render
assistance to one another in case of an
emergency.
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Wildland Fire Suppression
A competent person must ensure that watchers,
security and forest patrol personnel and other
single employee personnel who are expected to
perform fire suppression activities Have
received basic wildland fire safety training.
Are qualified in the operation
of assigned fire suppression
equipment. Are advised of
jobsite conditions known to the employer.
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Wildland Fire Suppression
Personnel performing wildland fire suppression or
prescribed fire activities must wear Pants
and a long-sleeved shirt made of cotton, wool,
denim or other fire resistant
material. Clothing made from common
permanent-press materials or synthetic fibers
that melt when exposed to flame or heat must not
be worn. When special protective clothing made
of fire resistant material is required by the
employer, the employer must provide it at no
cost.
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Wildland Fire Suppression
Footwear that Covers and provides protection
and ankle support. Provides for secure footing
and traction for the assigned task. Is fire and
melt resistant. Is made or covered with chain
saw cut resistant material when operating a
saw. Head protection where there is a potential
overhead hazard. When exposed to moving
equipment or traffic, high visibility hard hat
or clothing must be worn. Leg protection when
running chain saws. Other PPE as needed or
required.
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Wildland Fire Suppression
The employer or authorized representative must
ensure all personnel who may be called upon to
do wildland fire suppression or prescribed fire
activities receive basic wildland fire safety
training as follows Once a year between Jan.
1 and the declaration of fire season for
personnel employed at the time of the
training. Newly hired or reassigned personnel
who have not received basic wildland fire safety
training must be trained within 17 days of
being assigned or dispatched to wildland fire
suppression. In the interim, they may perform
fire suppression activities provided they
work under the direct supervision of a
competent person who must Brief employee
of what to do if separated from the competent
person. Provide continuous supervision. Pro
vide on-the-job fire safety training. Supervise
no more then 5 untrained personnel.

Who provides basic firefighter training for your
company? When do you provide firefighter
training? Where are the records of who was
trained kept?
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Wildland Fire Suppression
Basic Wildland Fire Safety Training must Be
presented by a qualified person. Provide
instruction and training on the curriculum
outline in Appendix 7-C. (see next page) Be
presented in a language and manner the employee
is able to understand The employer must keep a
written record of Basic Wildland Fire Safety
Training for each employee.
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Basic Wildland Fire Safety Training
BLOCK 1 FIRE PROTECTION STATUTES AND RULES
1. Fire protection systems in Oregon 2.
Need for this training course 3.
Summary BLOCK 2 BASIC FIRE BEHAVIOR 1. How
a fire burns 2. How a fire spreads 3.
The fire environment 4. Summary BLOCK 3
BASIC FIRE CONTROL 1. Pre-planning for an
operational fire 2. Size-up 3. Initial
attack 4. Control 5. Mop-up BLOCK 4
BASIC FIRELINE SAFETY 1. The 18 Watch Out
situations (appendix) 2. The ten standard
fire fighting orders (appendix) 3. LCES a
system for operational safety 4. Lessons
learned from prior experiences 5. Hazards
associated with aerial retardant drops
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Wildland Fire Suppression
Fire fighting equipment, vehicles and machines
must be Inspected for defects prior to the
start of each shift. Maintained in accordance
with the manufacturers specs. A safe means of
access and egress must be provided and maintained
to all parts of vehicles and machines where
employees must go. An effective means of
communications must be established when it is
necessary for personnel to communicate with
operators. When machines are used for fire
trailing of fire fighting on slopes in excess of
the limitations of machine operations, a
competent person must ensure that measures are
taken to provide stability such as Using the
blade. Tying to stumps, anchors or other
machines. Using materials to limit the slope
under the machine. The machine operator and a
competent person must agree how to operate on all
steep slopes. Who inspects equipment and fixes
safety issues? Who is the competent person to
discuss hazardous operating areas with? How do
you communicate with fire crews?
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Storage under swing machines
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Shackle Pin Size
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Tree And Skyline Size
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APPENDIX
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Eighteen Watch Out Situations
1. FIRE NOT SCOUTED AND SIZED UP. 2. IN
COUNTRY NOT SEEN IN DAYLIGHT. 3. SAFETY ZONES
AND ESCAPE ROUTES NOT IDENTIFIED. 4.
UNFAMILIAR WITH WEATHER AND LOCAL FACTORS
INFLUENCING FIRE BEHAVIOR. 5. UNINFORMED
ON STRATEGY, TACTICS AND HAZARDS. 6.
INSTRUCTIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS NOT CLEAR. 7. NO
COMMUNICATIONS LINK BETWEEN CREW MEMBERS OR
SUPERVISORS. 8. CONSTRUCTING FIRELINE
WITHOUT A SAFE ANCHOR POINT. 9. BUILDING
FIRE LINE DOWNHILL WITH FIRE BELOW. 10.
ATTEMPTING FRONTAL ATTACK ON FIRE. 11.
UNBURNED FUEL BETWEEN YOU AND THE FIRE. 12.
CANNOT SEE THE MAIN FIRE, AND ARE NOT IN
CONTACT WITH SOMEONE WHO CAN. 13. ON A
HILLSIDE WHERE ROLLING MATERIAL CAN IGNITE FUEL
BELOW. 14. WEATHER BECOMING HOTTER AND
DRIER. 15. WIND IS INCREASING AND/OR CHANGING
DIRECTIONS. 16. GETTING FREQUENT SPOT FIRES
ACROSS LINE. 17. TERRAIN AND FUELS MAKE ESCAPE
TO SAFETY ZONES DIFFICULT. 18. TAKING A NAP
NEAR THE FIRE LINE.
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TEN STANDARD ODERS
F FIGHT FIRE AGGRESSIVELY, BUT PROVIDE SAFETY
FIRST. I INITIATE ALL ACTION BASED ON CURRENT
AND EXPECTED FIRE BEHAVIOR. R RECOGNIZE CURRENT
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND OBTAIN FORCASTS. E ENSURE
INSTRUCTIONS ARE GIVEN AND UNDERSTOOD. O OBTAI
N CURRENT INFORMATION ON FIRE STATUS. R REMAIN
IN COMMUNICATIONS WITH CREW MEMBERS, YOUR
SUPERVISOR AND ADJOINING FORCES. D DETERMINE
SAFETY ZONES AND ESCAPE ROUTES. E ESTABLISH
LOOKOUTS IN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS
SITUATIONS. R RETAIN CONTROL AT ALL
TIMES. S STAY ALERT, KEEP CALM, THINK CLEARLY,
ACT DEFENSIVELY.
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Logging Accidents Reported to OR-OSHA 10/01/02
- 09/30/04 INSPECTION YEAR 2003 09/22/04
Fatality The victim was operating a truck hauling
a yarder loaded on a lowboy. As the truck was
moving up the logging road, the road bed under
the rear wheels gave way. The truck, lowboy and
yarder rolled off the road and down the hill,
crushing the operator under the truck. 09/24/04
Hospitalized..Broken pelvis The victim was
attempting to fall a small hemlock. He put the
face in and was putting in the back cut when the
tree set back and pinched the bar. His cutting
partner faced the tree up in the opposite
direction (above the first cut) and was backing
it up while the victim held onto his saw,
intending to pull it free when the tree started
to fall. As the tree fell, the section between
the falling cuts broke loose causing the tree to
kick back over the stump and strike the
victim. 09/28/04 Fatality The victim was
falling a 20 inch (DBH) hemlock tree that had a 6
inch (DBH) fir tree hung up in it's branches. As
the hemlock started to fall, the fir tree fell
out and struck the victim in the head and
shoulder area. 09/28/04 Hospitalized..Serious
head and chest injuries The go-ahead signal was
given to yard the turn to the landing. As the
turn started to move, a tree length maple tree
was thrown towards the rigging crew and struck
the victim. 09/30/04 Fatality The victim was
operating a D4E Caterpillar and setting his own
chokers. The victim backed the Cat down hill and
parked it with the tracks setting on tree tops
and branches. He was setting chokers behind the
Cat when it slid back and came to rest against a
tree and logs. The victim's head and torso were
pinned under the tracks.
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Logging Accidents Reported to OR-OSHA 10/01/02
- 09/30/04 INSPECTION YEAR 2003 10/04/02
Fatality A turn of logs was on its way to the
landing, when a choker broke, releasing a log
down the hill striking the victim who was not in
the clear. 10/11/02 Hospitalized..Concussion Th
e victim was struck in the back of the head by a
sheave (large pulley) that slid down a guyline on
the delimber. 10/16/02 Hospitalized..Fracture,
both legs The victim was struck by log that
rolled down the hill after being dislodged by the
turn. 10/25/02 Hospitalized..Fracture, leg The
victim was falling timber when he was struck by a
falling tree. 11/05/02 Fatality The victim was
bucking a tree he had just fell when the top came
out of a near-by tree and struck him in the
head. 12/17/02 Hospitalized..Fracture, ribs A
log up-ended from a turn of logs being sent to
the landing and struck the victim who was not in
the clear. 03/18/03 Hospitalized..Two
employees with serious injuries A log in the turn
swung out (pivoted on a stump) and struck two of
three employees who were not in the clear. The
rigging slinger suffered broken ribs, broken back
and severe internal injuries. The choker
setters right arm was broken in several places.
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Logging Accidents Reported to OR-OSHA 10/01/02
- 09/30/04 INSPECTION YEAR 2003 04/10/03
Hospitalized..Serious injury to leg The victim
was struck by the butt cut of a log which slid
down the hill as he was limbing the second
cut. 04/18/03 Fatality Two of the yarder
guyline anchors failed and the tower fell across
the boom of the processor, causing one of the
processor guyline blocks to break off and strike
the chaser on the head. 04/18/03
Hospitalized..Severe bruises and contusions The
victim was not in the clear of a turn of logs
being sent to the landing and was struck by a
large limb that flew out of the turn. 04/24/03
Hospitalized..Broken leg The victim was in the
process of unhooking a turn of logs on the
landing. A large old growth log rolled and
struck him, breaking his leg. 04/28/03
Fatality..and one employee with a broken arm The
hooktender and another employee moved the skyline
and attached it to the next anchor (stump) and
gave the signal to clear it up. They did not
move to a position where they were in the clear
and were struck by the skyline as it cleared
up. 04/29/03 Hospitalized..Broken leg A log
being handled by the processor rolled and struck
the victim in the leg.
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Logging Accidents Reported to OR-OSHA 10/01/02
- 09/30/04 INSPECTION YEAR 2003 04/29/03
Hospitalized..Broken hip A log up-ended out of
the turn and struck the victim who was not in the
clear. 05/09/03 Fatality The victim was bucking
a tree he had just fell when he was struck by a
falling snag. 05/12/03 Hospitalized..Bruised
leg The victim was hit by one of the logs in a
turn as it broke out of its bed and up-ended
towards the crew. 05/14/03 Hospitalized..Severe
internal injuries The victim was a cutter. He
was struck by a tree fell by a coworker. 06/02/04
Hospitalized..Broken leg A deck of logs rolled
down the hill towards the hooktender and choker
setter as they sent in a turn. The hooktender
was able to avoid injury, but the choker setter
was struck by the log(s) and received a broken
leg. 06/05/04 Hospitalized..Broken ribs As
the rigging was returning to the brush, one of
the chokers caught a rhododendron bush and ripped
it from the ground. The rhododendron bush and
root ball was thrown towards the rigging crew,
striking the choker setter, breaking his ribs.
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Logging Accidents Reported to OR-OSHA 10/01/02
- 09/30/04 INSPECTION YEAR 2003 06/06/03
Hospitalized..Broken leg The hooktender didnt
show up for work, so while the rigging slinger
was busy getting the next road ready, the choker
setter, who had only 4 months experience, was
pulling rigging. He and the other choker setter
set a turn of logs, one of which was hooked in
the middle. That log upended and struck the
rigging slinger/choker setter, breaking his
leg. 06/09/03 Fatality The victim was a cutter.
He was falling an old growth tree when
approximately 40 feet of the top broke out when
it struck another tree. The top struck the
victim causing fatal injuries. 08/15/03
Hospitalized..serious injuries The crew was
pre-setting chokers using a Bowman Skycar. The
victim pulled the dropline to a turn that had
been set the day before by another choker setter.
He didnt check and so didnt know how long the
logs were or how they were laying. He moved to
what he thought was a safe location but was
struck by an upending log as the turn moved out
of its bed. 09/02/03 Hospitalized..struck in
pelvic area, multiple fractures The hooktender
was approx. 40 feet below the landing pulling
haywire off the yarder when he was struck by a
tree length log being moved out of the chute by
the loader. 09/05/03 Fatality The victim was
bucking a tree that had just been fell onto the
road when he was struck by another felled tree.
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Logging Accidents Reported to OR-OSHA 10/01/02
- 09/30/04 INSPECTION YEAR 2003 09/19/03
Hospitalized..broken arm A choker setter on a
helicopter logging site was struck by a log in
the turn as it was being lifted from its
bed. 09/23/03 Hospitalized..serious head and
neck injuries A timber faller had finished for
the day and walked up onto an active landing. He
failed to get the attention of the loader
operator and was struck by a log being tailed out
of the chute. INSPECTION YEAR 2004 10/15/03
Fatality The victim was helping a timber faller
wedge a 105 foot tall Ponderosa Pine tree uphill
when the butt of the tree kicked off the stump
and struck the victim. 10/21/03
Hospitalized..Broken leg The victim was
attempting to fall an alder tree, the branches of
which were interlocked with an adjacent hemlock
tree. As the victim made the back cut, the alder
started to fall but stopped when it became hung
in the hemlock. The victim continued with the
back cut and, as the alder began to fall again,
it kicked off the stump and struck the
victim. 11/17/03 Hospitalized..Broken foot and
ankle The chaser was limbing a log set along side
the tail track, between the loader and the
processor. As he was walking back to the yarder,
the processor backed over his foot and lower leg.
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Logging Accidents Reported to OR-OSHA 10/01/02
- 09/30/04 INSPECTION YEAR 2003 12/05/03
Hospitalized..Broken ribs The rigging crew had
finished logging the road and were in the process
of cleaning up the road. The rigging slinger
sent the turn ahead to where the choker setter
was waiting to hook another log. When the rigging
slinger started to slack the rigging, a log fell
out of the turn and struck the choker
setter. 12/11/03 Hospitalized..Broken ribs and
collapsed lung A cutter was walking out to buck
and limb a tree he had just felled, when he was
struck by a snag approximately 8 inches in
diameter by 30 feet tall. 01/15/04
Hospitalized..broken leg The rigging slinger
gave the signal to go-ahead on the turn. When
the line came tight, a log was thrown back at the
crew which struck the choker setter, narrowly
missing the rigging slinger and second
rigger. 01/29/04 Hospitalized..broken ribs and
serious internal injuries The victim was working
on the brakes of a dump truck which was parked on
a slope and not in gear. He had disengaged a
damaged maxi air can and was in the process of
adjusting the other air can when the truck rolled
over him. 03/12/04 Hospitalized..broken
leg The victim was walking across the hill below
active timber felling operations when he was
struck by a tree that slid down the
hill. 03/31/04 Hospitalized..Bruises,
contusions and abrasions The victim was falling a
tree when it hit another tree and kicked off the
stump and struck him.
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Logging Accidents Reported to OR-OSHA 10/01/02
- 09/30/04 INSPECTION YEAR 2003 04/15/04
Hospitalized..Broken ribs and shoulder The
chaser was standing next to the yarder when he
was struck by a turn of logs being
landed. 04/28/04 Hospitalized..Bruise,
contusion of right leg The rigging slinger gave
the go-ahead signal to send the turn to the
landing. The turn started to move when a log
up-ended and struck the rigging
slinger. 04/30/04 Hospitalized..Broken leg and
tailbone The turn dislodged a short piece of log
(short butt) which rolled down the hill and
struck the victim. 06/04/04 Hospitalized..Concu
ssion The rigging crew was cleaning up the road
line. They set a turn and cleared out to the
previous road line to the side and out in front
of the turn. As the turn started to move towards
the landing, a log up-ended towards the crew.
The log went over the rigging slinger and struck
the victim in the head. It continued to swing up
the hill, narrowly missing the third member of
the crew. 07/06/04 Hospitalized..Severed four
fingers The crew was getting ready to let the
tower down and had the mainline, skidding line
and haulback shackled to the front of the yarder
and snubbed up. The haywire which was routed
through the eye of the skidding line was being
run onto the drum. The victim was holding onto
the end of the haywire, with his hand through the
eye, intending to hook the haywire to the shackle
when it all was spooled onto the drum. He failed
to get the yarder operator to stop the haywire
and his hand was pulled into the skidding line
eye, severing four fingers.
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Logging Accidents Reported to OR-OSHA 10/01/02
- 09/30/04 INSPECTION YEAR 2003 07/07/04
Hospitalized..Broken back The victim fell a
large second growth tree which struck an old
buckskin log causing a section of the log to
break off and strike the victim in the
back. 07/12/04 Hospitalized.Concussion The
rigging slinger gave the signal to go-ahead on
the turn. As the turn moved towards the landing
it dislodged a log which slid down the hill and
struck the rigging slinger in the head. 07/19/04
Hospitalized..Amputation The crew had unrigged
the track-mounted yarder and were moving it off
the leveling cribbing. The victim observed a
screwy bell that was about to be run over. When
he went between the cut bank and the tracks of
the yarder to retrieve it, the tracks of the
yarder ran over his leg. 07/19/04
Hospitalized..Broken leg The victim fell an
alder tree up the hill and across another tree.
The felled tree kicked back off the stump and
struck the victim. 07/23/04 Hospitalized..Bruis
es, contusions and abrasions, internal
injuries The loader operator was helping limb the
second cut of a large log. The butt cut was not
left in a stable position and rolled toward the
loader operator, striking him in the
back. 09/07/04 Fatality The victim could not
get the crummy to start after it stalled on an
incline. It appears that he crawled under the
vehicle to tap on the starter solenoid when it
rolled over him.
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OR-OSHA 350
FOREST ACTIVITIES
Presented by the Public Education
Section Department of Business and Consumer
Business Oregon OSHA
0306

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