Recommended Safety Resources & Organizations
Also there are state-specific governmental and membership-based contract logging programs who
offer excellent training, insurance information, and support.
NW Regional Organizations
- NW Occupational Safety and Health Continuing Education
- Alaska Occupational Safety and Health (AKOSH)
- Associated Logging Contractors (ALC) of Idaho
- Pro-Logger Programs | Idaho SFI
- Oregon OSHA (OROSHA) Forest Activities
- Associated Oregon Loggers (AOL), Inc.
- Northwest Forest Worker Center
- Washington Contract Loggers Association (WCLA), Inc.
- Washington Logger Safety Initiative, Washington Dept. of Labor and Industries
- Western Forest Conservation Association Events
Forestry Skills and Safety Materials (note those in Spanish)
- Online Learning Lab | AgriSafe Network
- Oregon safety and health program for forest activities - Sample program (Spanish and English)
- Occupational Safety and Health in Forest Harvesting and Silviculture | FAO
- Forest activities hazard training cards and glossary of terms (Spanish and English)
- Logging Safety Resources | National Timber and Harvesting Safety Foundation
- Logging Safety Research | CDC/NIOSH
- Logging E-tool | Occupational Safety and Health Association (OSHA)
- Logging Safety Recognition, Control, and Standards | OSHA
- Restoration forestry training modules (Spanish and English)
- SW Ag Center Logging/Forestry Safety Series
- Washington Logger Safety Initiative, Washington Dept. of Labor and Industries
- Logging Resources | Work Safe BC
Chemical/Pesticides
- Protect yourself from pesticides - how forest activities workers can protect themselves from pesticides. | Oregon OSHA (Spanish and English)
- Protect yourself from pesticides - contains pesticide safety information that is required under the Worker Protection Standard. | Oregon OSHA (Spanish and English)
- National Pesticide Information Center
- Worker Protection Standard (WPS) | US EPA
Cutting/Chain Saws
Heat-Related Illness
- Outdoor Heat Exposure | WA Dept. of Labor & Industries (English and Spanish)
- OSHA's Campaign to Prevent Heat Illness in Outdoor Workers (multiple languages)
- Heat Illness Prevention | PNASH Center (English and Spanish)