Forest activities

Overview

Forest activities applies to forestry, logging, and support activities. Oregon OSHA’s Division 7 forest activity rules cover the safety and health requirements for all forest activity work, including:

Applying chemicals
Chipping
Clearing and slash disposal
Constructing, maintaining, and decommissioning forest roads
Log dumps, ponds, log yards, and sort yards
Log hauling
Marking
Prescribed fire burning
Pulpwood and non-pulpwood logging
Reforestation and vegetation management
Stream restoration
Timber cutting and thinning operations
Timber cruising
Tree climbing activities
Wildland fire suppression

Publications

Brochures/Guides
- Field guide for danger tree identification and response
  English 12/31/2008
- Machines used in forest activities
  English 06/11/2014
- Radio-tone-controlled device permit application
  English 08/19/2005
- Yarding and loading handbook
  English 06/25/2010
- Yarding logging safety - Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation
  English 10/21/2010
Cards
- Cold stress card
  English Order printed copy 08/19/2005
- Forest activities reference card
  English Order printed copy 01/20/2017
- Heat stress card
  English Order printed copy 08/19/2005
- Forest activities reference card
  Tarjeta de consulta de actividades forestales
  Spanish Order printed copy
- Heat stress card
  Tarjeta de estrés por el calor
  Spanish Order printed copy 08/19/2005
- Cold stress card
  Tarjeta de estrés por el frío
  Spanish Order printed copy 08/19/2005
- Training for safe and effective logging techniques
  English 02/14/2008
Forms
- Forest activities sample program
  English Word version 03/30/2012
Hazard alerts
- Chain shot in logging hazard
  English 04/02/2013
- Rigging - hazards caused by crowding
  English 08/07/2012
- Wildland firefighting face masks
  English 07/01/2016
Posters
- Forestry poster - Protect yourself from pesticides
  Cartel de la silvicultura - Protéjase de los pesticidas
  English and Spanish Order printed copy 09/08/2009
References
- Rules with Requirements
  English 05/10/2019
Reports
- Pesticide Emphasis Program Annual Report, FFY 2016
  English 01/27/2017

Education and training

No items are currently available

Grant program
- Protect Yourself from Pesticides
  Protéjase de los pesticidas
  Spanish Workbook pdf 04/01/2019
- Protect Yourself from Pesticides
  English Workbook pdf 04/01/2019
- Glosario de servicios forestales: con motivación para la comprensión
  Glossary of Forestry Services: with Motivation for Understanding
  Spanish and English Training program pdf 09/15/2016

Rules and rule-related

Advisory Committee

Forest activities

Final Rules
Interpretations
- Collateral duty
  10/08/2007
- Employees designated as first-aid providers
  07/30/2007
- Eye and face protection when using a chainsaw
  03/29/2013
- Fire suppression
  06/14/2018
- Handling of infectious materials
  10/12/2007
- Pinch point hazards on skid steer loaders w/backhoe
  06/22/2004
- Single jacking - use of radios as an acceptable method of communication
  04/13/2018
- Train workers in a manner they understand
  05/04/2010
- Volunteer employee regulations
  10/18/2007
- Waiving Hepatitis B vaccination
  07/31/2007
Program Directives
- First Aid And CPR Training For Forest Activities Workers
  Purpose: This directive provides guidelines for determining if the number and location of first aid and CPR trained people are adequate at forest activities operations to provide care in a timely manner.
  A-254 08/25/2005
- Guidelines for Scheduling and Conducting Inspections of Agriculture Labor Housing
  Purpose: To establish and implement procedures and guidelines for inspecting agricultural labor housing by Oregon OSHA personnel.
  A-222 12/12/2018
- Inspection Criteria: Construction and Forest Activities Safety Inspections
  Purpose: This program directive provides guidelines for the safety enforcement staff when conducting programmed inspections of construction and forest activities employers on the safety scheduling lists.
  A-247 08/11/2015
- Inspection Criteria: Scheduling Lists for Safety and Health Inspections
  Purpose: This Program Directive explains how the safety and health scheduling lists will be created and the criteria and ranking factors that will be used to identify the places of employment the Director believes to be the most unsafe in the state of Oregon.
  A-244 05/10/2012
- Local Emphasis Program (LEP): Struck-by Hazards in the Logging Industry
  Purpose: This directive describes policies and procedures for implementing a Local Emphasis Program (LEP) to reduce the incidence of serious injuries and fatalities in the logging industry resulting from occupational exposure to struck-by hazards.
  A-245 10/12/2016
- Local Emphasis Program (LEP): Tethered Logging
  Purpose: This directive describes policies and procedures for implementing a Local Emphasis Program (LEP) inspection to verify that tethered logging operations are in accordance with machine manufacturers’ specifications or an approved research variance issued by Oregon OSHA.
  A-298 10/28/2016
- Toilet Facilities: Reasonable Access
  Purpose: To provide guidance in interpretation of rules pertaining to location and accessibility of toilet facilities.
  A-097 07/03/2018

Video Resources

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Pesticides in Forestry, A Workers’ Guide to Safe Practices
Available in English and Spanish languages. EPA Approved training video for training forestry workers about pesticides and the Worker Protection Standard (WPS). This video satisfies the pesticide safety training requirement for workers under the revised WPS effective January 1, 2016.
Spanish 16:51 minutes
Safe Design of Equipment Anchors
Safe Design of Equipment Anchors: Education through Simple Design Guidelines. OSU School of Forestry
English 15:21 minutes

Additional Resources

Radio permits for forest activity signaling devices

Snag Hazard Alert - OHSU, Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation

Tethered logging in Oregon guidelines

Forest activities

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Rules and rule-related

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