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.
The refreshed 2019 FISA Guidance on Managing Health & Safety in Forestry (GMHSF), is now available to the UK forestry industry.
Welfare
This FISA guide is new to the forestry industry and will be released with request for feedback to FISA. Comments will be fed back to the Worksite Operations Working Group and the guide will be reviewed eighteen months after release. Having this review period will assist in getting the guide right for the industry; this is important as we want to encourage the industry to step forward and improve the approach to welfare provision on forestry sites.
Training and certification
This leaflet is intended to help employers and the self-employed identify the training and, where necessary, the assessment requirements for tree-work operatives.
Electricity at work: Forestry
This leaflet covers the safe working practices to be followed by those working on forest operations near overhead power lones (OHPLs) and underground electricity cables, who are not working for the Network Operator.
Firefighting
This leaflet covers the safe working practices to be followed when involved in forest or woodland firefighting operations as an individual or part of a team.