Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-54 - Safety standards-Logging operations › Section 296-54-99002 - Appendix 1 - Signals

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
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Figure 39: Standard Hand Signals
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Figure 40: Standard Hand Signals
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Figure 41: Standard Hand Signals
STANDARD SIGNALS FOR LOADING LOGS
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Figure 42: Standard Signals for Loading Logs
HIGH LEAD LOGGING WHISTLE SIGNALS
- Means longer spacing between
							 signals.
1 short
Stop all lines.
3 short-3 short
Ahead slow on mainline.
3 short
Ahead on mainline.
2 short
Ahead on haulback.
2 short-2 short
Ahead slow on haulback.
3 short-1 short
Ahead on strawline.
3 short-1 short-3 short
Ahead slow on strawline.
4 short or more
Slack mainline.
2 short-4 short
Slack haulback.
3 short-1 short-4 short
Slack strawline.
3 short-2 short
Standing tight line.
1 short-1 short
Tight line while lines are running, or break if
							 running tight.
3 short
When rigging is in: Strawline back on
							 haulback.
3 short / plus "X" number of shorts
When rigging is in: Indicates number of sections of
							 strawline back on rigging.
3 short-1 short-2 short
Strawline back on rigging.
1 short
When rigging is in: Chaser inspect and repair
							 rigging.
2 short
When rigging is in: No chokers back.
2 short-1 short / plus "X" number of shorts
Number of chokers back.
2 short-4 short
When rigging is in: Slack haulback-hold all lines
							 until 2 short blown.
3 medium
Hooker.
3 medium-4 short
Hooker and that crew.
5 long
Climber.
4 long
Foreman.
1 long-1 short
Start or stop work.
7 long-2 short
Person injured, call transportation and
							 stretcher.
1 long-1 short repeated
Fire.
Grabinski system
2 short-1 short
Slack mainline and haulback together.
2 long
Take off or put on rider block.
SKIDDER WHISTLE SIGNALS
- Means longer spacing between
							 signals.
1 short
Stops moving carriage-stops or goes ahead on slack
							 puller, as case may be, if carriage is stopped.
2 short
Go ahead on skidding line holding carriage.
1 short-2 short
Pick up skidding line, easy.
2 short-1 short
Shake up carriage to clear choker.
2 short-2 short
Ahead on receding line.
3 short
Ahead on carriage, holding at present level, using
							 interlock.
3 short-3 short
Ahead easy on skidding line.
2 short-2 short-2 short
Slack skyline, cable down.
2 short-2 short-2 short-1 short
Pick up skyline, cable up.
2 short-2 short-4 short
Slack receding line.
2 short-4 short
Slack skidding line.
2 short-2 short-1 short
Tighten all lines.
1 short-4 short
Slack off slack puller.
1 short-2 short
Pick up slack puller when slack.
2 short-2 short / plus "X" number of shorts
When carriage is in: Number of chokers wanted.
2 short-2 short-1 long
Bull choker.
1 short
When carriage is in: Inspect butt rigging.
2 short-4 short / 1 short
For each additional ten feet of tong line.
1 long / plus "X" number of shorts
Number of coils of strawline wanted.
5 medium
Tail or second rigger.
5 medium-4 short
Tail or second rigger and that crew.
2 medium
Skidder head rigger.
3 medium-4 short
Hooker and that crew.
2 long
Ahead on transfer.
2 long-4 short
Slack transfer.
1 short-3 short
Ahead on carriage with slack puller line.
1 long
Ahead on strawline.
1 long-4 short
Slack strawline.
1 long-3 short
Ahead easy on strawline.
5 long
Climber.
4 long
Foreman.
1 long-1 short
Start or stop work.
7 long-2 short
Person injured, call transportation and
							 stretcher.
1 long-1 short repeated
Fire.
SLACKLINE WHISTLE SIGNALS
- Means longer spacing between
							 signals.
2 short-2 short-2 short-1 short
First cable up when road has been changed and tail
							 hold made fast.
2 short-2 short-2 short
Drop skyline.
1 short
Stop any moving line.
1 long
When logging, slack skyline.
2 short
Ahead on skyline.
1 long-2 short
Ahead easy on skyline.
3 short
Ahead on skidding line, holding haulback.
3 short-3 short
Ahead easy on skidding line with slack
							 haulback.
4 short
Slack skidding line.
2 short-2 short / 2 short-2 short
Ahead easy on haulback with slack skidding
							 line.
2 short-2 short
Ahead on haulback.
2 short-2 short-4 short
Slack haulback.
2 short / 3 short
Pick up skyline and skid.
2 short / 2 short-2 short
Pick up skyline and skin.
3 short-1 short
When carriage is in: Strawline back on
							 haulback.
3 short-1 short-2 short
When carriage is in: Strawline back on
							 carriage.
3 short-1 short
When strawline is out: Ahead on strawline.
3 short-2 short
Tight line.
3 short-1 short-4 short
Slack strawline.
3 short-1 short-3 short
Pull easy on strawline.
2 long
Ahead on transfer.
2 long-4 short
Slack transfer.
2 long-2 short-2 short
When carriage is in: Transfer back on
							 carriage.
1 long / plus "X" number of shorts
When carriage is in: Number of coils.
2 short-2 short-1 short / plus "X" number
of shorts
When carriage is in: Number of chokers.
1 short
When carriage is in: Inspect rigging, repair and send
							 back.
2 short-2 short-4 short
When carriage is in: Slack haulback and hold all
							 lines until 1 short is blown-then send back.
3 short-3 short
When carriage is in: Send back powder.
5 medium
Tail rigger.
5 medium-4 short
Tail rigger and that crew.
3 medium
Head hooker.
3 medium-4 short
Second hooker and that crew.
5 long
Climber.
4 long
Foreman.
1 long-1 short
Start or stop work.
7 long-2 short
Person injured, call transportation and
							 stretcher.
1 long-1 short repeated
Fire.
RUNNING SKYLINE WHISTLE SIGNALS
- Means longer spacing between
							 signals.
1 short
Stop all moving lines.
2 short
Skin carriage back.
2 short-1 short
Slack haulback.
2 short-2 short
Skin carriage easy.
2 short-3 short
Standing tight line.
1 short-2 short
Ahead on drop line.
4 short
Slack drop line.
1 short-4 short
Slack both mainlines.
1 short-1 short
Stop drop line going up and move carriage
							 forward.
3 short
Move carriage forward.
3 short-3 short
Move carriage forward easy.
3 short-1 short
When strawline is out: Ahead on strawline.
3 short-1 short-4 short
Slack strawline.
3 short
When carriage is in: Strawline.
3 short-X short
When carriage is in: Number sections.
3 short-1 short-2 short
When carriage is in: Strawline back on
							 carriage.
2 short-X short
When carriage is in: Number of chokers.
4 short
When carriage is in: Inspect rigging, repair and send
							 back.
1 short
When carriage is in: Hold all lines until 2 shorts,
							 then send back.
3 medium
Head hooker.
3 medium-4 short
Hooker and that crew.
4 long
Foreman.
1 long-1 short
Start or stop work.
7 long-2 short
Person injured; call transportation and
							 stretcher.
1 long-1 short (repeated)
Fire.
3 short-1 long
Acknowledged by engineer to signify hazardous
							 turn.
TENSION SYSTEM SIGNALS
4
Release tension.
1 short
Stop carriage and start unspooling tong line.
1 short
Stop tong line.
1 short
Resume unspooling tong line.
1 short
Will stop any moving line or slack tong line when
							 carriage is stopped.
2 short-2 short
Go into interlock and go back.
2 short-4 short
Slack haulback and let carriage down.
After turn is set 2 short
Go ahead on tong line.
2 short-3 short
Go ahead easy on tong line.
3 short
Go into interlock and take carriage to
							 landing.
3 short-3 short
Ahead on carriage easy.
1 short-2 short
Increase tension on tong line when carriage is going
							 in.
short-1 short
Decrease tension on tong line when carriage is going
							 in.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  49.17.010, [49.17].040 and[49.17].050 .
				  99-17-117, § 296-54-99002, filed 8/18/99, effective 12/1/99; Order 72-14,
				  Figure 2 (codified as WAC
				  296-54-99002 ), filed 7/31/72,
				  effective 9/1/72.