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.

FISA Technical Notes can be found here.

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

 

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.

Documents to download

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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.