Chainsaw safety clothing

Personal protective equipment for forestry, short PSA forest, will help reduce the risk of injury in the forest work, especially when dealing with a chainsaw.

Equipment

A complete protective equipment includes the following five pieces of equipment:

• The protective helmet for forest work (see forestry helmet) must be equipped with face and ear protection and DIN EN 397, 352, and 1731 correspond. He is said to protect against falling branches. The visor can be seen as much as possible, but protect eyes and face before whipping branches, splinters or sawdust. Held in warning color also has the helmet indicates the location of the worker. The hearing protection is essential to prevent permanent damage to hearing due to the noise of the chainsaw.
• A work jacket with roles in signal colors intended to indicate the location of the forest worker.
• Protective gloves according to EN 420 and 388
• The protection trousers to protect against injury when working with a chainsaw. After contact with the moving chain larger bundles of the incorporated in the pants long plastic fibers ( a protective layer ) are pulled out, wrap around the drive wheel of the chainsaw and block this. Then in split seconds The protection trousers must DIN EN 381 part 2 and 5.
• Safety shoes or boots must have a stem length of at least 19.5 centimeters and shall be equipped with non-slip sole, toe cap, ankle protection and cut resistance according to DIN EN 345 ​​and 344 Part 2.

Mandatory use

In Germany, for the insured in the social security of Agriculture, Forestry and Horticulture, according to § 4 of the Accident Prevention Regulation Forestry ( VSG 4.3) the use of an out of hard hat, ear and face protection, hand protection, safety trousers and protective shoes or - boots existing with saw protection protection equipment through the BG accident prevention regulations ( UVV) as minimum equipment; the protective equipment must be provided to the saw operator by the entrepreneur.

In the FSC - certified forest wearing personal protective equipment ( helmet with ear - and face protection, gloves, safety trousers and safety shoes with a protective layer ) is also prescribed for individuals ( self- marketeers) in the workup of firewood in state forests. In addition to the PSA forest a qualification in dealing with the chainsaw ( " chainsaw license " ) is necessary.

Acquisition

When purchasing protective equipment should pay attention to the following symbols:

• CE marking as evidence of a type approval for compliance with the relevant European safety standards.
• As evidence of the suitability of a motor-driven chain saw protection connected in a coat of arms with the indication of a sufficient protection class, see in this respect protection trousers.
• An acorn with the lettering FPA. This mark is awarded by the KWF (Committee for Forest Work and Technology ), and states that the product has passed a use-value test.