Transporting wood to dumpster with fork lift

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Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division Division 2 - (B) The lifting cylinders of all hydraulically operated log handling machines shall be equipped with a positive device for preventing the uncontrolled lowering of the load or forks in case of a failure in the hydraulic system. ## [redacted phone] (3) Unloading Equipment - (a) The tilt and overarm grapple of all hydraulically operated log handling machines shall be equipped with a means for preventing the release of the tilt and/or grapple devices in case of a failure in the hydraulic system. - 1910.265 (d)(1)(ii)(C) A limit switch shall be installed on powered log handling machines to prevent the lift arms from traveling too far in the event the control switch is not released in time. - (D) When forklift-type machines are used to load trailers, a means of securing the loading attachment to the fork shall be installed and used. - (E) A-frames and similar log unloading devices shall have adequate height to provide safe clearance for swinging loads and to provide for adequate crotch lines and spreader bar devices. ## [redacted phone] (3) Unloading Equipment - (b) A-frames and similar log unloading devices shall be guyed and braced to provide stability and prevent tipping. - 1910.265 (d)(1)(ii)(F) Log handling machines used to stack logs or lift loads above operator's head shall be equipped with adequate overhead protection. - (G) All mobile log handling machines shall be equipped with headlights and backup lights. - (H) Unloading devices shall be equipped with a horn or other plainly audible signaling device. - (I) Movement of unloading equipment shall be coordinated by audible or hand signals when operator's vision is impaired or operating in the vicinity of other employees. - (J) Wood pike poles shall be made of straight-grained, select material. Metal or conductive pike poles shall not be used around exposed energized electrical conductors. Defective, blunt, or dull pike poles shall not be used.

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Division 2 - (ii) Stacking dissimilar unit packages. Long units of lumber shall not be stacked upon shorter packages except where a stable pile can be made with the use of package separators. - (iii) Unstable piles. Piles of lumber which have become unstable shall be immediately made safe, or the area into which they might fall shall be fenced or barricaded and employees prohibited from entering it. - (iv) Stickers. Unit packages of lumber shall be provided with stickers as necessary to insure stability under ordinary operating conditions. - (v) Sticker alignment. Stickers shall extend the full width of the package, shall be uniformly spaced, and shall be aligned one above the other. Stickers may be lapped with a minimum overlapping of 12 inches. Stickers shall not protrude more than 2 inches beyond the sides of the package. - (vi) Pile height. The height of unit package piles shall be dependent on the dimensions of the packages and shall be such as to provide stability under normal operating conditions. Adjacent lumber piles may be tied together with separators to increase stability. - (28) Lumber loading. Loads shall be built and secured to insure stability in transit. ## (29) Burners. - (i) Guying. If the burner stack is not self-supporting, it shall be guyed or otherwise supported. - (ii) Runway. The conveyor runway to the burner shall be equipped with a standard handrail. If the runway crosses a roadway or thoroughfare, standard toeboards shall be provided in addition. ## (30) Vehicles. - (i) Scope. Vehicles shall include all mobile equipment normally used in sawmill, planing mill, storage, shipping, and yard operations. - (ii) Warning signals and spark arrestors. All vehicles shall be equipped with audible warning signals and where practicable shall have spark arrestors. - (iii) Lights. All vehicles operated in the dark or in poorly lighted areas shall be equipped with head and tail lights.

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- (a) it is safe to refuel while the engine is running, and - (b) the safe work practices to be used during the refuelling. ## All-Terrain Vehicles and Snow Vehicles ## Three-wheeled all-terrain vehicles 280 A person must not use a three-wheeled all-terrain vehicle at a work site. ## Operator's manual 281 An employer must ensure that the operator's manual for an all-terrain vehicle or snow vehicle is kept in a secure place with the vehicle or at another location readily accessible to the operator. ## Load and slope limitations 282 (1) The operator of an all-terrain vehicle or snow vehicle must ensure that, if it is used to move a load, the load conforms to the weight, height and other limits specified by the manufacturer of the allterrain vehicle or snow vehicle. 282 (2) If the manufacturer has not set limits for operation of the all-terrain vehicle or snow vehicle on sloping ground, the employer must implement safe work procedures appropriate for the slopes on which the equipment is used. ## Forklift Trucks ## Load chart 283 An employer must ensure that a forklift truck has a durable and legible load rating chart that is readily available to the operator. ## Seat belt 284 If a forklift truck is equipped with a seat belt by the original equipment manufacturer or a seat belt is added to the equipment at some later date, an employer must ensure that the seat belt is present and in useable condition. ## Pile Driving Equipment and Practices ## Chocking 285 The operator of pile driving equipment must ensure that a pile hammer is securely chocked while suspended by the hammer line if the equipment is not operating. ## Pile hoisting 286 (1) The operator of pile driving equipment must ensure that pilings are not hoisted in the leads if workers who are not directly involved in the pile hoisting are on the superstructure or within range of a falling pile. 286 (2) A worker must not