California Code of Regulations
Title 8 - Industrial Relations
Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations
Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety
Subchapter 13 - Logging and Sawmill Safety Orders
Article 5 - Falling and Bucking
Section 6284 - Mechanical Falling Devices

Universal Citation: 8 CA Code of Regs 6284
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

Mechanical falling devices, such as tree shears, feller-bunchers, and treepullers, shall be provided with canopies which comply with S.A.E. J-231 to protect the operator and with devices to safely control the descent of the tree being felled to protect the operator and nearby workers.

Note: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code.

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