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.

Use of winch diggers – OPS, FOPS and ROPS

FISA had a recent enquiry about the requirements for Operator Protection System (OPS), Falling Objects Protection System (FOPS), and Roll Over Protective System (ROPS) when using a remote controlled winch attached to an excavator.

FISA Safe Access Report

Updated Feb 2023

February 2023 - FISA Forest Haulage WG provide an update to the safe access report to include vehicle recovery.

Rural Crime – Report, Report, Report

Rural crime contacts for UK & Ireland

As an industry, we have all heard accounts of theft and vandalism – these range from opportunist thefts to large scale organised crime.

It is vitally important that all rural related crimes are reported to the police, no matter how insignificant.