The refreshed 2019 FISA Guidance on Managing Health & Safety in Forestry (GMHSF).

Forestry workers often work in isolated and challenging locations and are expected to undertake difficult tasks to a professional standard.  The provision  of facilities for their general welfare has been required by law for over 20 years.  The FISA Worksite Operations Working Group in consultation together with forestry safety professionals and the wider industry have produced the FISA 806 Welfare Safety Guide to assist duty holders to understand what the existing Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 require.  

January 2022 - Revised FISA 806 following industry feedback and updated example photographs of forestry industry welfare provision

July 2025 - Further Reading section updated

This leaflet covers the safe working practices to be followed by those working on forest operations near overhead power lines (OHPLs) and underground electricity cables, who are not working for the Network Operator.

This leaflet covers the safe working practices to be followed when involved in forest or woodland firefighting operations as an individual or part of a team.

This leaflet covers the safe practices to be followed when operating large goods vehicles (LGVs) in the forest. 

This guide is kindly sponsored by Volvo.

This leaflet covers the safe work practices to be followed when harvesting and extracting trees on steep or difficult ground. 

This leaflet covers the safe working practices to be followed when recovering machines that have become bogged down during forestry and other tree work.

This leaflet covers the safe working practices to be followed when operating tracked 360 excavators and walking excavators in forestry and other tree work. 

April 2026 - FISA 702 soon to be archived - see refreshed FISA 701 which now covers Quads and ATVs.

This leaflet covers the safe working practices to be followed when using all-terrain vehicles (ATVs). ATVs are sit-in vehicles that are designed specifically for off-road use.

This leaflet covers the safe working practices to be followed when using firewood processors. It covers machines with a cutting device (either circular saw or chainsaw types) and a splitting ram and includes advice for electrically powered, power take-off (PTO) shaft or petrol-engine-driven machines.