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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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GENERAL SAFETY
....................................................................... 4
INTRODUCTION
Chain Saw Operator .......................................................................... 5
Manuals .............................................................................................6
Personal Equipment ....................................................................... 6-7
Required Tools ................................................................................... 8
CHAIN SAW SAFETY FEATURES
General ..............................................................................................9
Safety Features ............................................................................ 9-10
Cutting Equipment ..................................................................... 12-14
POTENTIAL DANGERS
Severe Laceration ............................................................................ 15
What is Kickback? ...................................................................... 16-17
Avoiding Kickback ...................................................................... 18-19
Avoiding Kickback – Your Equipment ........................................ 20-21
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning ............................................................ 22
Hearing Loss .................................................................................... 22
Vibration Injury ................................................................................. 23
Crushing, Fracture or Puncture ........................................................ 24
Burns, Fire ....................................................................................... 25
BEFORE STARTING/AFTER STARTING
Safety Check .............................................................................. 26-28
Carrying the Saw ............................................................................. 28
Starting the Saw ............................................................................... 29
Holding the Saw ............................................................................... 30
After Starting the Saw ...................................................................... 30
Stopping the Saw ............................................................................. 30
BASIC WORKING TECHNIQUES
General Rules .................................................................................. 31
Reactive Forces ............................................................................... 31
Boring Cut ........................................................................................ 32
Felling ........................................................................................ 33-35
Lodged Trees ............................................................................. 36-37
Limbing ............................................................................................ 37
Cutting Logs ..................................................................................... 38
Cutting Shrubs, Brush, etc ............................................................... 39
Cutting Trees or Limbs under Tension ............................................. 40
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