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Save the Date
Electrical Hazard Awareness Program now being planned for
November 5, 2010
details will be mailed to members when available
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Minutes CTPA Safety Committee

CTPA Code of Safety

Temporary Traffic Control for Tree Care Operations - March 2009

CTPA Accident Profile and Discussion - April 2006

CTPA Accident Profile and Discussion - October 2005

OSHA/TCIA Developed Web Page

OSHA "Quick Start" Compliance Assistance


Sources of Information regarding Safety in Tree Care

The following safety resources were assembled by the ANSI Z133.1 Safety Committee, and included in the 2000 Standard as Annex D.  CTPA members are encouraged to make use of these resources to further improve their own safety practices.

Applicable American National Standards
(many of these standards are available through either ISA or TCIA)

Z133.1 Arboricultural operations, Safety

A300 Standard practices fro trees, shrubs and other woody plant maintenance

A10.14 Requirements for safety belts, harnesses, lifelines and drop lines for construction and industrial use

A14.1 Ladders portable wood Safety requirements

A14.2 Ladders portable metal Safety requirements

A14.5 Stepladder and Platform ladders, Aluminum magnesium, Fiberglass Ladders

A92.2 Vehicle-mounted elevating and rotating aerial devices

Z359.1 Safety requirements for personal fall arrest systems, subsystems and components

B175.1 Gasoline-powered chain saws, Safety requirements

Z87.1 Practice for occupational and educational eye and face protection

Z89.1 Personnel protection Protective headgear for industrial workers Requirements

 Applicable Federal Regulations
US Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

29 CFR 1910.000 General Industry
29 CFR 1910.67 Vehicle mounted elevating and rotating work platforms
29 CFR 1910.95 Occupational noise exposure
29 CFR 1910.132-136 Personal protective equipment
29 CFR 1910.151 Medical services and first aid
29 CFR 1910.268 Telecommunications
29 CFR 1910.269 Electric power generation, transmission and distribution
29 CFR 1910.331-335 Safety electric work related practices
29 CFR 1910.1200 Hazard communication
49 CFR Transportation

Training Programs Available from the Tree Care Industry Association

 Video Programs:

Electrical Hazards and Trees

Aerial Rescue

Rigging for Removal

Basic Training for Tree Climbers

Principles of Pruning

Pruning Standards

Chipper Use and Safety

Back Injury Prevention Program

Chain Saw Selection and Safety

Ropes, Knots and Climbing

Basic Training for Ground Operations in Tree Care

Basic Training for Tree Climbers

Written Programs:

Home Study Program in Arboriculture, Series I and II
Crew Leader Home Study Program
Tailgate Safety
Electric Hazard Awareness Program

Other Publications

The Tree Worker (a safety newsletter)
Climbers Guide to Tree Hazards
Pocket Guide: Preventing Falls
Pocket Guide: Preventing Electrocutions
Pocket Guide: Preventing Struck-by Accidents
Pocket Guide: Tree Felling Guidelines

Publications Available from the International Society of Arboriculture

Videos:  

ArborMaster Series I

Introduction to Climbing Techniques and Equipment

Introduction to Secured Footlock: Equipment and Techniques

Introduction to Ropes: Care, Construction and Limitations

Introduction to Belay: Equipment and Techniques

Introduction to Throwline: Equipment and Techniques

Climbing Knots and Hitches

ArborMaster Series II

Innovations in Climbing Equipment

Rigging Knots, Rope Slings and Eye Splices

ArborMaster Series III

Chain Saw Safety

Chain Saw Maintenance

Notches, Hinges and Backcuts

Felling Techniques

Limbing and Bucking

Chain Saw Use in Trees

Other Videos

Basic Training for Tree Climbers
Basic Training for Ground Operations
Climbing Skills Test Preparation
Conducting a Tree Climbing Jamboree
Utility Pruning: a Video Guide for Pruning near Utility Conductors
Managing Trees for Public Safety: an Arborists Guide
Tree Health Management: Evaluating Trees for Hazards

Written Programs

Aborists Certification Study Guide

Tree Climbers Guide

Arborist Equipment: a Guide to the Tools and Equipment of Tree Maintenance and Removal

A Handbook of Hazard Tree Evaluation for Utility Arborists

Trees and Overhead Utility Wires: Proper Pruning and Selection

A Photographic Guide to the Evaluation of Hazard Trees in the Urban Area

Tree Pruning Guidelines

Other Publications

Spanish-English/English-Spanish Dictionary of Arboricultural Terms
Tree Climbers Companion (authored by Jeff Jepson)
On Rope (published by the National Speleological Society)

Other Resources  

ACRT Line Clearance Tree Trimmer Certification Manual
ACRT Electric Hazard Recognition for Certification Manual
ACRT Electric Hazard Recognition for Substation Grounds Maintenance Personnel and Herbicide Applicators Certification Manual
ACRT Working in Trees Self Study Guide
USDA US Forest Service Job Corps Urban Forestry Student Activity Guide
Pruning Trees near Electric Utility Lines, by Alex Shigo
ArborMaster Training two-day modules
MF Blair Institute of Arboriculture Custom Designed Seminars and Training (Big Pool, MD (301) 842-2544)

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