Prince Edward Island Occupational Health and Safety Act General Regulations
Parts 40 to 49: Tanks, forest operations, temperature extremes, materials handling and storage, battery rooms, personal protective equipment, rigging, compressed air and diving, asbestos – Prince Edward Island Occupational Health and Safety Act General Regulations

Prince Edward Island Occupational Health and Safety Act General Regulations P41: Forest operations: instruction before work, controlled entry to logging areas, communication and employer duties, prohibited acts, protective equipment including full chain saw protection, chain saw condition, refuelling, starting, carrying and maintenance rules, pressure dressings, hand tool condition, felling distances and procedure, clear landings, skidding and forwarding vehicle operation, cable handling and the rest of the Part

What does P41 require?

Before work starts the employer instructs each worker in safe procedures and the hazards of every job function and meets the other section 41.2 conditions. Only authorised people enter a logging area while work is under way. The employer provides communication at every logging area to summon help, keeps landing sites clear of chicots and hazards, requires protective clothing and equipment for every hazard and the other general duties of section 41.4. Workers do not climb on or work under lodged trees or suspended logs or do the other acts section 41.5 prohibits; wear approved headwear and footwear at all times and, when operating a chain saw, hearing protection, eye protection, safety pants, hard hat and boots; use only chain saws in safe working order, stop the motor to refuel or maintain, store fuel in approved containers, start the saw at least 3 metres from fuel and never against the body, keep an extinguisher in the fire season, carry a pressure dressing, keep the chain from moving at idle, stop the saw when carrying it long distances, hold it with both hands and wear gloves to sharpen it; keep hand tools properly handled; stay out of felling areas until told it is safe and keep twice the tree height from the nearest worker; clear obstructions, cut proper notches and follow the felling procedure of sections 41.25 and 41.26; operate skidding and forwarding vehicles cautiously, only when workers are beyond a log length, without raising logs dangerously and never riding a skidded log; wear puncture-resistant gloves for wire cable; and follow the cable, rigging and remaining rules of the Part.

Maintained by Gerard Blokdyk

Other controls in Parts 40 to 49: Tanks, forest operations, temperature extremes, materials handling and storage, battery rooms, personal protective equipment, rigging, compressed air and diving, asbestos – Prince Edward Island Occupational Health and Safety Act General Regulations

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