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  • Mechanised Operations

  • If an operator is new to Euroforest, You must ensure a full company induction is completed and certificates of competence checked against the work to be completed on site.

  • Is Machinery being used on site, or has it been since your last visit?<br>

  • Is the agreed machinery and equipment being used?

  • Comments / Actions

  • Is biodegradable chain oil being used?

  • Comments / Actions

  • Is work progressing as previously agreed?

  • Comments / Actions

  • Are machinery and equipment maintenance records being kept?

  • Comments / Actions

  • Chainsaw Operations

  • Are chainsaws being used on site, or have they been used since your last visit?

  • Has the use of chainsaws been justified and a risk assessment appropriate to the site and task been produced?<br>

  • Is there an agreed buddy system in place for chainsaw operators?<br><br><br>

  • Comment/Actions

  • Are all chainsaw operations progressing to the agreed standards and safe systems of work?

  • Comments / Action

  • Do stumps provide evidence of correct felling techniques?

  • Insert Image of stumps demonstrating level of competence;

  • Comments / Actions

  • Is there evidence that FISA standards are being complied with?<br>

  • Comments /Action

  • Is there provision for the safe take down of hung up trees?

  • Comments / Actions

  • Is the operator wearing correct PPE and carrying a personal first aid kit?<br>

  • Has a FISA Checklist been completed for the operators within the last 6 months?

  • Comments / Actions

  • Overhead / Underground Powerlines

  • Are powerlines present on site?

  • Is FISA Guidance 804 - 'Electricity at Work: Forestry ' being complied with?

  • Are Red and Amber zones clearly marked and identified?<br>

  • Are goalposts correctly placed and serviceable?<br>

  • Are warning signs in place with line heights identified?<br>

  • Comments / Actions

  • Environmental Control

  • Are watercourses present on site?

  • Are watercourses managed in accordance with the Forest and Water Guidelines and free from debris and pollutants?

  • Is diffuse pollution control equipment available on site (silt netting and/or other eg sand bags)?<br><br>

  • Is water of consistent quality/colour above and below the worksite?<br><br>

  • Comments / Actions

  • Are environmental safeguards in position? I.e. buffer zones marked out etc

  • Comments / Actions

  • Are appropriate oil / chemical spill kits available?

  • Comments / Actions

  • Is there any evidence of fuel / oil / chemical spillage on site?

  • Comments / Actions

  • Fuel storage as per site plan, locked and at least 10 metres from watercourses and 50 metres from water supplies?

  • Comments / Actions

  • Waste being correctly controlled?

  • Comments / Actions

  • Brash mats being maintained?

  • Comments / Actions

  • PERSONNEL

  • Are any operators or other personnel present on site?<br><br>

  • Site Safety Co-ordinator Understands Role

  • Comments / Actions

  • P.P.E. requirements complied with

  • Comments / Actions

  • Certificate of competence available when appropriate

  • Comments / Actions

  • Suitable First Aid Kit

  • Comments / Actions

  • Person Responsible In Case Of Injury

  • Comments / Actions

  • Emergency contacts and Tel. Nos. available

  • Comments / Actions

  • Has the site diary been completed regularly?

  • Comments / Actions

  • PUBLIC ACCESS

  • Warning Signs and Barriers in place?

  • Comments / Actions

  • Spare Warning/Prohibition/Barrier Tape available

  • Comments / Actions

  • Timber stacked safely?

  • Comments / Actions

  • Condition of road satisfactory?

  • Comments / Actions

  • GENERAL

  • Risk Assessment complied with

  • Comments / Actions

  • Site Rules adhered to & on site

  • Comments / Actions

  • If Hauliers present, Is the Road Haulage code of practice complied with?

  • Comments / Actions

  • Have there been any near misses, CAR's or red/amber conditions raised since the last visit?

  • Comments / Actions

  • If yes are any additional controls in place

  • Comments/Actions

  • OTHER

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  • Add additional criteria if required

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