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 Bulletins

Man electrocuted by powerline while cutting trees, inquest hears

Fatal electrocution in November 2020 when using tree-cutting machinery close to an 11,000 Volt powerline. 

The recent BBC report can be found here https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-60071946

FISA 804 Electricity at Work details 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.

The HSE fatal notification issued at the time of the incident in November 2020 is attached below.

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.