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, Health & Welfare

Ticks, Lyme and Other Diseases

Scottish Woodlands - Health & Safety Toolbox Talk for Contractors

Tick bites are now being reported from March until November, they are most active from April to October and they peak in June with a smaller peak in September.

Some ticks carry various forms of bacteria which can be transferred to the host during the biting and feeding process. The most common and serious of these is Borrelia burgdorferi which causes Lyme Disease.

Read the full Scottish Woodlands Toolbox Talk below for more detail on Lyme Disease and the initial symptoms to watch out for; more on prevention of Lyme and other diseases; and prompt and correct tick removal.

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.