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Text from the OSHA Logging Compliance Directive, CPL 2-1.22 Text from the OSHA Logging Compliance Directive, CPL 2-1.22

J.  Definitions and clarifications

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8.  Paragraph (f) Machines

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c. Paragraph (f)(3)(i) - Protective structures for logging machines. OSHA has revised the final rule to require that the following logging machines placed into initial service after February 9, 1995 have FOPS and/or ROPS: tractors, skidders, swing yarders, log stackers, log loaders and mechanical felling devices, such as tree shears or feller bunchers.

d. Paragraph (f)(3)(ii) - ROPS specifications. OSHA has revised the final rule to require that logging machines manufactured after August 1, 1996, be equipped with rollover protection structures (ROPS) that are tested, installed and maintained in accordance with the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) J1040, April 1988, Performance Criteria for ROPS for Construction Earthmoving, Forestry and Mining Machines.

(1) The final rule also requires that ROPS and FOPS, which are required on logging machines placed into initial service after February 9, 1995, must also meet the requirements of SAE J397, April 1988, "Deflection Limiting Volume - ROPS/FOPS Laboratory Evaluation." The 1988 standard updated a 1979 SAE standard on deflection limiting volume. There is no significant functional difference between the criteria of the 1988 and 1979 SAE standards. Therefore, ROPS and FOPS certified to meet the requirements of either the 1988 or 1979 SAE standards shall be deemed to be in compliance with the final logging standard.

(2) OSHA will collect and distribute a list of model numbers of machines that will show, with respect to manufacturers who, as of July of 1994, were making equipment not complying with the ROPS requirements of J1040 April 1988, the last model number or serial number on noncomplying equipment they manufactured or, if as of August 1, 1996, they are still manufacturing such equipment, the latest serial number of such equipment manufactured on or before August 1, 1996.

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