safety

This certification indicates eyewear protects from impact, non-ionizing radiation, and liquid splash exposure. While it is a workplace standard, making ANSI z87 safety glasses a minimum standard for safe eyewear at home and during recreation makes sense.

Good Afternoon all from the UK, I'm new here and wondered if I could ask for your valuable feedback please? I wondered if belt pouch emergency bleed-stopping kit which provided fast, effective emergency bleed stopping treatment for cuts and injuries (which could even be used heights) would be...

Do you guys think electric or battery chainsaws can be considered safer than gas chainsaws? In this article on electric chainsaws, they state "Why go electric? The reasons are simple: they’re safer, quieter, they’re less expense and they require less maintenance than gas models." Do you agree or...

Been doing a bunch of cleanup at two sportsmen's clubs I belong to. I never cease to be amazed at just how lax so many people are. I've seen them cutting in flip-flops and shorts. Anyway, I got an ugly reminder about PPE this weekend when my buddy kissed his knee with the chain. Fortunately only...

I have an 18" 2-cycle gas Craftsman saw. I volunteer in town helping folks too poor or too old to take care of downed trees on their home's property. I spoke with a disabled senior yesterday who said he thought the tree that blew over this week was close to 30" in diameter. I'm going to see if...

We have a 75’ tall silver maple shade tree that extends over our house and over the neighbor’s as well. Some say it’s a “junk tree”, brittle and dangerous. They say we should have it removed. I’ve had five tree guys out and only one thought it needed removing. Would you take it out or leave it...

Hello everyone, New to saw ownership and to the forum. At the end of the third day with my new saw (455 Husqvarna, already good friends with this machine, having run 5 tanks of fuel so far), I undertook one of my larger tree cutting endeavours - and shouldn't have (tired at that point, after 6...

Newbie question here.. when a tree is being segmented during a descent after all the limbs have been removed, what is the best way to maintain safety seeing the use of lifelines attached to a TIP above you is not possible? Use of climbing spikes, a flip line and backup lanyard are assumed, I am...

Saw this yesterday in my neighborhood. 2 guys, from a national service, working out of the same bucket. One guy cut, and the other held, then grabbed and tossed, the tree limbs. I have never see this before, and was wondering if it is common, allowed, safe, etc.? Both were tied off...

Has anyone tried this one on? It fits my head well. I use a Petzl Vertex Vent at work but no extras. Bump protection on catwalks and boiler houses. I don’t like the 3m mesh visor and Petzl isn’t releasing the Vizer Mesh until June. I may buy the Stihl advance x-vent soon. Admin please help if...

I heard from an arborist buddy of mine that bishop supply company is selling a wooden push paddle. Supposedly this thing pushes large piles of brush on the ground and into the chipper really well. He told me it’s super strong works better than rakes ,poly scoops, push brooms and it’s safe to go...

Here is a video I did a few weeks back testing how effective chaps really are. Im convinced

Performing a student project of product development for arborists. What product for arborists would you like to see next? We really need to understand what the work place is like in order to create somethings useful. Please help us out by participate in this survey...

Does anyone have a good daily pre-job briefing form for commercial/residential tree work that they are willing to share or know where I can find one? Additionally I'm looking for one that is more tailored to crane tree work.

I'm not educated about powerlines, I'd like to learn more but I cant find anything online; I'm considering going to work for a clearance company for a few months to gain some perspective. But anyway I was trimming an oak tree a few months ago and remember there being a thin green copper line...

Hey All, Hoping to get some pointers on this. I got a demo on using my chaps to wrap the bar/chain so I could carry it safely through the woods, but I can't find a YouTube video on it (so now I want to make one). However, the fact there isn't one makes me think it might not be there for a...

Hey All, I'm hoping to get some advice here on how to properly chap the bar. Got a demo a while back but I can't find a YouTube video on this. Is it not necessarily the "best practice"?? I'm hoping somebody has a link to a video or some photos of how to correctly order the steps. I got it...

I was cutting some small branches up with a one handed saw today, the ones that are most likely to kick back your saw- and that what's happened. I felt the blade smack the end of my ring finger on my left hand and waited for the pain and blood. But after a few seconds it was only a little numb...

Hey folks! I'm writing a screenplay about logging & I need to know everything there is to know! I'd really appreciate any help :) I've been reading about some of the equipment used such as rubber tire skidders, but I just want to have a good handle on how the whole process goes--also the danger...

Hi guys and gals. Hope this is posted in the right section, it certainly seems to me to be an example of how you should not safely buck a log. Sooo.... How many things are they doing wrong? Hehe.