The Forest Industry Safety Accord

Safety Guides

FISA Safety Guides are listed below and are all downloadable for printing direct.
They are numbered in the same format as the previous AFAG Safety Guides.

100s - Establishment	200s - Maintenance	300s - Chainsaw Use
500s - Extraction	600s - Processing	700s - Vehicles
800s - General Safety

Categories: Risk Assessment, Covid-19

Covid-19 FISA example generic risk assessment

Update - October 2021 - revisions made for safe distancing changes. Documents updated below to V1.3

This Covid-19 risk assessment details some of the control measures you will need to put in place – but you need to review your own site/personnel/travel to work etc.. AND please check with the regional relevant Government recommendations.

England: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus
Scotland: https://www.gov.scot/news/lockdown-begins-to-ease-in-phase-1/
Wales: https://gov.wales/coronavirus
Northern Ireland: https://www.publichealth.hscni.net/covid-19-coronavirus

Documents to download

FISA WG Forestry Covid-19 Generic risk assessment V1.3.pdf(.pdf, 147.89 KB)
FISA WG Forestry Covid-19 Generic risk assessment V1.3.docx(.docx, 55.86 KB)

Additional information

Aerial tree work guides from Arboricultural Association can be found here.

A couple of AFAG guides can be found here.

Bulk purchase of some of the FISA guides is available - please email technical@ukfisa.com for more detail.