Text from
the OSHA Logging Compliance Directive, CPL 2-1.22J.
Definitions and clarifications
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11. Paragraph (h) Tree Harvesting
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g. Paragraph (h)(3)(i) - Bucking and limbing
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(6) Loading/Unloading of Trees. The loading of trees at the
logging work site and loading/unloading of trees at trans-shipment points such as
satellite wood yards are covered by the final rule.
a. With regard to unloading logs at pulp, paper and paperboard mills (hereafter pulp
mills) and sawmills, OSHA has other standards which address some of the hazards associated
with such unloading (See, Pulp, Paper and Paperboard Mills, 29 CFR 1910.261, and Sawmills,
29 CFR 1910.265). To the extent that certain hazards associated with unloading trees are
addressed by these other standards, they apply instead of the final logging rule. For
example, both the pulp mills and sawmills standards include provisions specifying how
binders and stakes must be released from the load of logs. As such, the similar provision
contained in the logging final rule does not apply.
b. To the extent that the final logging rule addresses hazards not covered by other
standards, the logging rule applies. For example, neither the pulp mills nor the sawmills
standard addresses the hazards faced by log truck operators who remain in their cabs
during unloading. Thus, paragraph (h)(6)(iii) applies to loading and unloading of trees at
pulp mills and sawmills as well as at logging sites and satellite log yards.
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