Text from
the OSHA Logging Compliance Directive, CPL 2-1.19J.
General Inspection Procedures
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e) Leg Protection.
i) The CSHO shall determine whether the employer has provided, at no cost to employees
operating chain saws, leg protection specified in (d)(1)(iv).
ii) The CSHO shall determine whether each employee using a chain-saw, not just fellers,
is wearing leg protection while operating a chain-saw. This requirement applies to any
employee who uses a chain saw, no matter what length of time the employer operates it. For
example, a machine operator who, while waiting for a load of logs, bucks or limbs a log
with a chain saw must use leg protection.
iii) The CSHO shall ascertain whether employees who are working as climbers are wearing
leg protection or whether the employer has demonstrated that a greater hazard is posed by
wearing such equipment in the particular situation.
iv) The leg protection requirement does not apply to employees operating a chain saw
from a vehicular mounted elevating and rotating work platform.
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