WAC 296-54-583
Loading logs. (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) Employees must not be 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.