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from the OSHA Logging Standard
1910.266(b)...
(b) Scope and application.
(b)(1) This standard establishes safety practices, means, methods and operations for
all types of logging, regardless of the end use of the wood. These types of logging
include, but are not limited to, pulpwood and timber harvesting and the logging of
sawlogs, veneer bolts, poles, pilings and other forest products. This standard does not
cover the construction or use of cable yarding systems.
(b)(2) This standard applies to all logging operations as defined as: Operations
associated with felling and moving trees and logs from the stump to the point of delivery,
such as, but not limited to, marking danger trees and trees/logs to be cut to length,
felling, limbing, bucking, debarking, chipping, yarding, loading, unloading, storing, and
transporting machines, equipment and personnel to, from and between logging sites.
(b)(3) Hazards and working conditions not specifically addressed by this section are
covered by other OSHA standards.
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