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Tree Trimming Safety

Tree trimming is a challenging and changeable job. Tree trimming operations require climbing, pruning, and felling trees. Hand and portable power tools such as loppers, trimmers, and chainsaws make the necessary cuts. Aerial lifts and chippers bring workers to the right height and clean up the worksite. All of these activities have the potential to be extremely hazardous. In fact, every year, about 21 workers die while trimming trees, and many more are injured. Why do these deaths and injuries occur? What can be done to prevent them? That’s what you’re going to learn in this course. So click the Next button and we’ll begin

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Learning Objectives

State the common hazards of tree trimming.

Describe what you can do to avoid these hazards.

Course Outline

1. Introduction
1. Welcome
2. Introduction
3. Learning Objectives
2. Definitions
1. What Is Tree Trimming?
2. Knowledge Check: Definitions
3. Staying Safe
1. Tree Trimming Regulations
2. Planning for Safety
3. Activity: Hazards of Tree Trimming
4. Electrical Hazards
1. Electrical
2. Clearance Distances
3. Electrical Sources
4. Electricity and Tools
5. Knowledge Check: Electrical Hazards

5. Fall Hazards
1. Falls
2. Climbing
3. Positioning
4. Aerial Lifts
5. Ladders
6. Ground Crews
7. Climbers
8. Falling Trees and Limbs
9. Knowledge Check: Aerial Lifts
6. Weather, Animals, and Plants
1. Heat
2. Cold
3. Animals and Plants
4. Knowledge Check: Heat Illness
7. Traffic and Equipment
1. Traffic
2. Equipment and PPE
3. Equipment
4. Equipment on Trailers
5. Chainsaw Precautions
6. Chainsaw Cutting
7. Chainsaw Injuries
8. Activity: Hazards and Precautions
8. Conclusion
1. Conclusion