Safety Library

The Safety Library holds a wide range of items. These can be filtered using the categories listing on the right-hand-side or bottom of the page.

FISA Summit 2025

Wednesday 17th September 2025 - Rheged, Penrith

Come and join us and participate in our safety focussed annual event - Registration now OPEN

FISA 808

CDM in Relation to Forestry

November 2024 - FISA 808 Feedback Q&A (V1) 20.11.24

October 2024 - FISA 808 Annex 1 amended to show CDM not required for Forwarder Track (Brash & Stump) - see p8.

September 2024 - This new guide provides a summary for the Construction Design & Management (CDM) Regulations 2015 and how they apply to forestry-related construction work. 

Inspection of Work Equipment & Machines

FISA Technical Note 003

This Technical Note will only focus on the requirements in relation to inspection of equipment and machines. But it is the responsibility of the employer to familiarise themselves with the other elements of Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER) / Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998) (LOLER).

January 2023 - Chainsaw PUWER Checklist added.

December 2022 - sample machine daily and weekly inspection records now available which can be adapted to your own situation.

 

Guidance for FWM - Planning Chainsaw Operations

FISA Technical Note 002

Chainsaw operations remain the highest risk activity within our industry.

The FISA Chainsaw Working Group has prepared guidance on the planning of chainsaw works,  for those undertaking the works, Forest Works Managers and Landowners.   This guidance has been in circulation as a working draft for comment; we now release as a final version.

AFAG Initial Notifications - 2025

Arboriculture & Forestry Fatalities

The HSE are sharing these notifications. Because the incidents are under investigation exact details will not be available and will not be provided with these notifications (either because the facts haven’t been established or release may prejudice enquiries).

April 2025 - AFAG Fatal Notification - Struck by an object (tree trunk)

FISA Summit 2025: Key Highlights

The FISA Summit 2025 was voted to become an annual event after successfully bringing together 90+ forest professionals in Penrith on 17th September.