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Arboriculture Safety

Arboriculture Safety. Objectives. To understand the minimum Arboriculture safety requirements : Potentially dangerous situations Safety requirements on the job Safety meeting and safety programs Personal protective equipment (PPE) Drug and alcohol policies Equipment safety requirements

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Arboriculture Safety

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  1. Arboriculture Safety

  2. Objectives • To understand the minimum Arboriculture safety requirements: • Potentially dangerous situations • Safety requirements on the job • Safety meeting and safety programs • Personal protective equipment (PPE) • Drug and alcohol policies • Equipment safety requirements • Training • Line clearance checklist (1910.269) • Line clearance tree-trimmers (1910.269) • Arboriculture equipment (1910.269)

  3. Potentially Dangerous Situations • Be alert; look for these situations:  • Are workers exposed to overhead hazards wearing hard hats?  • Are lodged or hung trees flagged and pulled down as soon as possible?  • Are workers a safe distance from trees being felled?  • Are workers a safe distance from moving equipment? • Are workers wearing tight fitting clothing while operating chippers? • Are overhead power lines in the immediate work area?

  4. Safety Meetings and Programs • Safety checklist • General operations • Felling operations • Manual limbing and bucking • Pre-climb inspection

  5. Personal Protective Equipment

  6. Drug and Alcohol Policies • On the job-site • Are there alcohol problems when operating vehicles or equipment? • Look for prescription and non-prescription drugs that may impair the safe performance of an employee duties. • Are equipment or vehicles being operated by anyone taking a prescribed drug that may impair the safe performance of the equipment? • Are employees reporting to there supervisors upon reporting to work if there are taking medication prescribed by a doctor?

  7. Equipment Safety Requirements • Equipment operation manuals • Equipment operation manuals must be with each machine on the job site. • Use them as training materials for each new employee before the new job begins. • Review the manuals each year with all employees who will operate that specific piece of equipment.

  8. Typical Safety Programs • Lockout/Tagout Policy • Hazard Communication (HazCom) Program • SDS master list • Emergency Response Plan • For hazardous materials HazCom

  9. Typical Safety Programs • First Aid Policy • Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure Control Plan • Hearing Conservation Program

  10. Safety Training

  11. Arboriculture Operations Interpretive Guide • ANSI Z133.1 and NCDOL Guide • The interpretive guide is organized in two columns with the ANSI standard on the left and, as needed, the OSH interpretation on the right. • Be familiar with: • 1) ANSI standard • 2) OSH interpretation

  12. Line Clearance Checklist 1910.269(a)–(b) • General training • Have employees been trained to perform the jobs they are doing? • Medical service and first aid • When employees are performing work on or associated with exposed lines or equipment energized at 50 volts or more, are employees trained on first aid and CPR? • If two people or more people are working, are at least two of them certified in CPR and First Aid?

  13. Line Clearance Checklist 1910.269(c) • Job briefing • The employer shall ensure that the employee in charge conducts a job briefing with the employees involved before they start each job. • Briefing shall cover at least the following subjects: • Hazards associated with the job • Work procedures involved • Special precautions • Energy source controls • Personal protective equipment requirements

  14. Line Clearance Checklist 1910.269(g) and (p) • Personal protective equipment • Eye and face protection • Head protection • Leg protection • Hearing protection • Foot protection • Mechanical equipment • Were the safety components of mechanical elevating and rotating equipment (components that would result in free fall or rotation) visually inspected before this shift?

  15. Line Clearance Checklist 1910.269(p) • Are outriggers extended and firmly set for the stability of the specific equipment? • Is equipment being operated so that minimum approach distances are maintained?

  16. Line Clearance Tree-Trimming 1910.269(r)(1)(i) • Before an employee climbs, enters, or works around any tree, a determination shall be made of the nominal voltage of electric power lines posing a hazard to employees. • However, a determination of the maximum nominal voltage to which an employee will be exposed may be made instead, if all lines are considered as energized at this maximum voltage.

  17. Line Clearance Tree-Trimming 1910.269(r)(1)(ii)(A)–(C) • There shall be a second line clearance tree trimmer within normal voice communication under any of the following conditions: • If a line clearance tree trimmer is to approach more closely than 10 feet (305 cm) any conductor or electric apparatus energized at more than 750 volts, or • If branches or limbs being removed are closer to lines energized at more than 750 volts than the distances. • If roping is necessary to remove branches or limbs from such conductors or apparatus.

  18. Line Clearance Tree-Trimming 1910.269(r)(1)(v)–(vi) • Ladders, platforms, and aerial devices may not be brought closer to an energized part than the specified distances. • Line clearance tree-trimming work may not be performed when adverse weather conditions make the work hazardous in spite of the work practices required by this section. • Each employee performing line clearance tree trimming work in the aftermath of a storm or under similar emergency conditions shall be trained in the special hazards related to this type of work. • Note: Thunderstorms in the immediate vicinity, high winds, snow storms, and ice storms are examples of adverse weather conditions.

  19. Chipper Brush Feedling

  20. Brush Chippers 1910.269(r)(2)(i)–(iii) • Brush chippers shall be equipped with a locking device in the ignition system. • Access panels for maintenance and adjustment of the chipper blades and associated drive train shall be in place and secure during operation of the equipment. • Brush chippers not equipped with a mechanical infeed system shall be equipped with an infeed hopper of length sufficient to prevent employees from contacting the blades or knives of the machine during operation.

  21. Trailer Chippers 1910.269(r)(2)(iv)–(v) • Trailer chippers detached from trucks shall be chocked or otherwise secured. • Each employee in the immediate area of an operating chipper feed table shall wear PPE.

  22. Stump Cutters 1910.269(r)(4) • Stump cutters shall be equipped with enclosures or guards to protect employees. • Each employee in the immediate area of stump grinding operations (including the stump cutter operator) shall wear PPE.

  23. Ladder Use

  24. Ladder Use

  25. Summary • In this course, we covered the minimum Arboriculture safety requirements • Potentially dangerous situations • Safety requirements on the job • Safety meeting and safety programs • Personal protective equipment (PPE) • Drug and alcohol policies • Equipment safety requirements • Training • Line clearance checklist (1910.269) • Line clearance tree-trimmers (1910.269) • Arboriculture equipment (1910.269)

  26. Final Questions?

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