Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-54 - Safety standards-Logging operations › Section 296-54-583 - Loading logs

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) A positive
			 means of communication must be established and used between the truck driver
			 and the employee loading logs to control the movement of the log truck being
			 loaded.
(2) No one is permitted
			 alongside or underneath trucks being loaded or on the load until communication
			 has been established with the loading machine operator and the truck driver,
			 and the employee is assured that it is safe to be there.
(3) Logs being moved or loaded must not pass
			 over any employee or an occupied vehicle, equipment or truck cab.
(4) Standing between a truck cab and a log
			 being loaded or unloaded is prohibited.
(5) Logs must not be lowered to the bunk
			 while bunk or block adjustments are being made or until the employee making
			 these adjustments is in the clear.
(6) Standing underneath a suspended trailer
			 or its reach is prohibited.
(7)
			 Loads must be built up or loaded in a manner to be stable without the use of
			 wrappers. Wrappers are considered only as precautionary measures to ensure
			 stability of the load.
(8) Where
			 there is a danger of the grapple slipping off of logs, straps must be used in
			 loading logs that are too large for the grapple or tongs and must be hung in
			 both eyes.
(9) Logs must be loaded
			 in a manner to prevent excessive strain on wrappers, binders, bunk stakes, bunk
			 chains or straps.
(10) Logs in any
			 tier or layer unsecured by stakes or cheese blocks must be well saddled and
			 have their diameter centers inside the diameter centers of the outer logs of
			 the next lower tier or layer.
(11)
			 Bunk and wing logs must extend at least twelve inches beyond the front and rear
			 bunks or stakes. When fixed bunks are used, logs must extend at least six
			 inches beyond the front and rear bunk or stake.
(12) Double-ended logs above the stakes must
			 not be loaded on the side of the load from which the binders or wrappers are
			 intended to be released.
(13) Logs
			 must be loaded so that no more than one-third of the weight of any log extends
			 beyond the end of the logs or bunk supporting it.
(14) Logs must be loaded in a manner that
			 will not impair full and free movement of the truck.
(15) Each log not contained within the stakes
			 must be secured with at least two wrappers before the truck leaves the vicinity
			 of the landing/loading area.
(16)
			 All of the required wrappers must be placed on the load within sight of the
			 landing/loading area so immediate emergency assistance can be given if
			 necessary.
(17) Loads or logs must
			 not be moved or shifted while binders are being applied or adjusted.
(18) The transport vehicle must be positioned
			 to provide working clearance between the vehicle and the deck.
(19) All limbs or knots that would project
			 beyond the stakes or legal height must be removed before the log is loaded on
			 the car or truck.
Note:
This does not apply to incidental limbs/knots placed
							 on loads during the normal loading process.
(20)
			 Power saws must not be operated on top of loaded logging trucks.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  49.17.010, [49.17].040 and[49.17].050 .
				  99-17-117, § 296-54-583, filed 8/18/99, effective 12/1/99. Statutory
				  Authority:
				  RCW
				  49.17.040,
				  49.17.150 and
				  49.17.240. 79-10-081 (Order
				  79-14), § 296-54-583, filed
				  9/21/79.