Safety Guides & Technical Notes

FISA Safety Guides are listed below and are all downloadable for printing direct. They are numbered in series groups for example Chainsaw Guides all numbered 300. Use the search bar and type in either the guide number or subject title.

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

FISA Technical Notes can be found here.

Categories: Safety Alerts

Falling Deadwood

Forestry & Land Scotland - Safety Alert

An experienced chainsaw operator was working on a slope felling mature spruce trees. As the tree was felled, a broken top fell approx. 8m from a neighboring dead tree, striking him on the head. The operator had moved into his prepared escape route, but the broken top fell into this zone.

Prior to felling the tree, he had checked the canopy but could see no signs of loose or snagged limbs. On inspection after the accident, it’s suggested that the top had rotted for a number of years, but was still attached upright, albeit supported by the neighboring trees. As the spruce was felled, the top lost its support and was able to fall to the ground.

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Safety Guides

FISA Safety Guides are numbered in series groups for example Chainsaw Guides all numbered 300. Use the search bar and type in either the guide number or subject title.

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

Technical Notes

  • TN001 - Using Tree Jacks
  • TN002 - Planning Chainsaw Operations
  • TN003 - Inspection of Work Equipment & Machines
  • TN004 - Chainshot - Manage the Risk

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.