Preface -- Contents -- Objective -- Scope and application -- Definitions -- Part I. General principles, legal framework and general duties -- 1. General principles -- 2. Legal framework and general duties -- Legal framework and duties of competent authorities -- Duties of labour inspectorates -- Responsibilities and duties of employers -- Duties of managers and supervisors -- Responsibilities and duties of contractors -- Rights and responsibilities of workers -- Duties of manufacturers and suppliers of equipment and substances -- Part II. Framework for safety and health at the enterprise level -- 3. Enterprise safety and health policy -- 4. Safety and health management -- Assignment of responsibility -- Identification and management of risks -- Organization of personnel -- Provision of resources -- Communication and information -- Documentation -- Part III. General requirements -- 5. Workforce -- Employment conditions -- Qualifications of managers, supervisors and operatives -- Qualifications of managers and supervisors -- Training and skills testing for operatives -- Qualifications of contractors -- 6. Safety requirements for tools, machines and hazardous chemicals -- General requirements -- Hand tools -- Machinery, portable -- Machinery, self-propelled or activated by prime mover -- Winches and chokers -- Cable cranes -- 7. Work clothing and personal protective equipment -- General provisions -- Personal protective equipment appropriate for forestry operations -- 8. Testing and certification of equipment -- General provisions -- Testing procedures and criteria -- Certification -- 9. First aid, emergency rescue and occupational health services -- First aid -- Rescue -- Occupational health services -- Medical care -- 10. Shelters, housing and nutrition -- Shelters and housing -- Nutrition and drinking water.

11. Reporting, recording, notification and investigation of occupational accidents and diseases -- General provisions -- Occurrences subject to reporting and notification -- Practice of reporting, recording, notification and investigation -- Part IV. Technical guidelines for safety and health at the forestry worksite -- 12. General provisions -- Planning and organization of forestry work -- Site inspection and planning -- Work organization -- Protection from unfavourable weather conditions and biological hazards -- 13. Silviculture -- Site preparation -- Manual clearing -- Site preparation with hand-held machines -- Mechanized site preparation -- Planting -- Organization -- Planting of untreated plants -- Handling and planting of chemically treated plants -- Planting by hand-held power post-hole borer (rock drill) -- Tending -- Pruning -- Organization -- Equipment -- Operation -- 14. Harvesting -- General provisions -- Felling and conversion -- Manual and chain-saw felling -- Taking down cut-up or hung-up trees -- Manual and chain-saw debranching -- Manual and chain-saw crosscutting -- Mechanized felling and conversion -- Extraction -- General provisions -- Manual extraction -- Extraction by chute -- Extraction with draught animals -- Extraction by skidder and winch -- Extraction by forwarder -- Extraction by cable crane -- Extraction by helicopter -- Landing and stacking -- Loading and transport -- Loading -- Road transport -- Water transport -- 15. High-risk operations -- Tree climbing -- Organization -- Personnel -- Equipment -- Operation -- Clearance of windblow -- Organization -- Equipment -- Operation -- Fire-fighting -- Organization -- Personnel -- Equipment -- Operation -- Glossary of technical terms -- References and further reading -- Relevant publications -- Relevant international labour standards -- ILO Conventions -- ILO Recommendations.

Relevant International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards -- Standards related to all types of forestry equipment -- Standards related to brush-cutters -- Standards related to chain-saws -- Standards related to self-propelled forestry machinery -- Standards related to other equipment -- Relevant European standards -- Other relevant international classifications -- Index -- Table -- 1. Personal protective equipment (PPE) appropriate for forestry operations -- Figures -- 1. Safety and health measures at national, enterprise and worksite level -- 2. Safety management system -- 3. Safe use of brushcutters/clearing-saws -- 4. Safety devices on chain-saws -- 5. Chain-saw kick-back -- 6. Standard technique for tree felling -- 7. Prohibited practices for taking down hung-up trees -- 8. Recommended practices for taking down hung-up trees -- 9. Crosscutting wood under tension -- 10. Examples of safety equipment for tree climbing -- 11. Severing root plates in windblow.