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: News, Safety Bulletins, Site Safety

Three Buried Service Incidents

Scottish Woodlands Health & Safety Bulletin

These three incidents that occurred within a few weeks of each other.

  • Live Underground Powerline Struck and Damaged with a Machine Driven Post
  • Excavator tracked over and damaged live underground powerline
  • Redundant Electric Cable

The HSE statement is a reminder for all ‘Buried services are widespread, and it should be assumed they are present unless it has been shown otherwise’.

The processes noted in the bulletin below are Scottish Woodlands' own good practice.

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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.