Safety
Chainsaw kickback and chain brakes: what OSHA, HSE, CCOHS and WorkSafeBC say
Kickback is the injury cause that regulators single out on a chainsaw.
Injuries, health and wellbeing
Injury figures, reporting rules, health hazards, mental health support and what happens after an injury, from the regulators and support bodies that publish them.
37 pages in this topic. Each guide names its sources and the date they were read.
Chainsaw injuries
Open
Fatality analysis
Safety
How often tree workers get hurt: the official figures by country
The injury and death figures that official agencies publish for tree work in each country, each with its year, the job or industry it covers and the body that publishes it, and what the numbers do and do not show.
Safety
Tree work incident reports: the official case library
A table of tree work fatality reports published by the United States FACE program, the Health and Safety Executive and WorkSafeBC, with the type of incident and the factors each report lists.
Overuse injuries and fitness
Mental health and burnout
Safety
Mental health and support lines for tree workers
If you or someone on your crew is struggling, these are the free support lines and workplace pages each country's own organisations publish.
Ticks, stings and plants
Safety
Ticks, poison ivy, noise and vibration: health hazards of tree work
Falls and cuts get the attention, but the slower hazards of working outside add up too.
Heat, cold and smoke
Safety
Heat rules for outdoor work, place by place
A side by side of the outdoor heat rules that official sources describe for the United States and the states that have their own, with the temperature triggers, water, shade and rest requirements as each rule words them.
Eyes, head, lungs and hearing
Gear
Visors, safety glasses and ear defenders for tree work: the standards by country
The standards that regulators name for eye, face and hearing protection in each country, what their labels and ratings mean as official pages describe them, and the noise values the rules set.
After an injury: claims and return to work
Safety
Reporting a work injury: who must report what, and when, by country
Which body hears about a serious work injury, within what time, and what records follow, as the official pages state it for each of the five countries.
Insurance
Workers' comp for tree work in the US: the class code and published rates by state
How US rating bureaus and state funds sort tree work into a class, and the figure each one publishes per US$100 of payroll.
Insurance
Workers' compensation and ACC levy rates for tree work: Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK
The rates the official injury schemes publish for tree work, place by place, with the class each one uses and the year of the rate.