Cable Yarder Safe Access and Guarding Best Practice Guide

The Forest Industry Safety Council’s Safe Access and Guarding Best Practice Guidelines aim to make yarders safer to work around. The BPG addresses the lack of clarity and consistency forest managers and yarder logging contractors have on access and guarding requirements. The BPG creates straightforward visual guidance around the different aspects of safe access and compliant guarding and helps promote the acceptable standard irrespective of yarder type, age, and brand.

The BPG was jointly funded by FISC and FICA, and developed with expert advice from a technical advisory group supported by forest owners, FICA, Worksafe and machinery manufacturers. The BPG will be updated. Please provide any feedback to enquiries@fisc.org.nz.