Abstract
To prevent tree trimmer injuries:
- Tree trimming or cutting should not be performed without appropriate safety training.
- Appropriate personal protective equipment should be worn at all times while removing trees.
- All trees and limbs should be inspected for structural weakness before work commences.
- Safe work procedures should be used for climbing, felling, topping, and pruning trees.
- A jobsite hazard assessment should be performed to identify hazards so that hazards can be controlled for.
Document Type
Alert
Publication Date
3-2010
Repository Citation
Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, "Residential Tree Trimmers Killed While Working" (2010). Kentucky Haz Alerts--Falls. 5.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/face_falls_alerts/5
Included in
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Commons, Public Health Education and Promotion Commons
Notes/Citation Information
Published in Kentucky Haz Alert, v. 8, issue 1.