Safe Woodcutters Guide 5

Employee Safety Requirement

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) propose to issue employee safety requirements for all logging operations. The proposed standard would address the unique hazards found in logging operations, and would supplement other general industry standards. The proposal would also require training of employees in this labour-intensive industry. OSHA expects that this standard would result in a significant decrease in the number of deaths and injuries occuring in this industry.
We believe that it is very important for everyone involved in logging operations to study what OSHA writes about Logging Operations, published in the Federal Register/Vol. 54, No. 83/May 2, 1989, 29 CFR Part 1910, and the proposed new OSHA standard for Logging Operations, § 1910.266 (21 pages).

U.S. Department of Labour
OSHA
200 Constitution Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20210

In this guide we have tried to give you information about the new OSHA standards but it will of course not give all the information available by OSHA.

OSHA writes:

Workers in logging have a higher risk of injury than workers in most other industries.

If they are injured, loggers have a greater risk of losing workdays.

When they are injured, their injuries are much more serious and result in much more lost time than do the injuries of most other workers.

Workers in logging have a higher incidence of fatalities than workers in other industries.

"It is clear that the dangers of logging extract a high injury and death toll from loggers."

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Employee Safety Requirement
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) propose to issue employee safety requirements for all logging operations. The proposed standard would address the unique hazards found in logging operations, and would supplement other general industry standards. The proposal would also require training of employees in this labour-intensive industry. OSHA expects that this standard would result in a significant decrease in the number of deaths and injuries occuring in this industry. We believe that it is very important for everyone involved in logging operations to study what OSHA writes about Logging Operations, published in the Federal Register/Vol. 54, No. 83/May 2, 1989, 29 CFR Part 1910, and the proposed new OSHA standard for Logging Operations, § 1910.266 (21 pages). U.S. Department of Labour OSHA 200 Constitution Avenue Washington, D.C. 20210	In this guide we have tried to give you information about the new OSHA standards but it will of course not give all the information available by OSHA. OSHA writes: Workers in logging have a higher risk of injury than workers in most other industries. If they are injured, loggers have a greater risk of losing workdays. When they are injured, their injuries are much more serious and result in much more lost time than do the injuries of most other workers. Workers in logging have a higher incidence of fatalities than workers in other industries. "It is clear that the dangers of logging extract a high injury and death toll from loggers."