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Safety and health in forestry work
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Book : Safety and health in forestry work Language : English Library : Health-Safety-Environment Publish Place : Switzerland ISBN : 92-2-110826-0 Publish Date : January 1998 Publisher : International Labour Office (ILO) Book Type : Book Book Number : 2038 |
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INDEX
ContentsPreface
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
