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Fire Safety Project | Homeowners Equipment Safety Manual

Homeowners Equipment Safety Manual

Objective

To ensure the safety of homeowners by instituting procedures and practices that help prevent accidents and injuries while they are working outdoors to increase the fire safety of their property.

Table of Contents

Hand Tools
Chopping Tools
Cutting Tools
Handsaws
Bow Saws
Hacksaws
Knives
Other Tools and Equipment
Pry, Digging, and Tamping Bars
Grubbing Tools
Shovels
Wheelbarrows
Rigging Equipment for Material Handling
Tree and Brush Thinning and Pruning Operations
Bucking, Brushing, and Limbing
Brushing and Brush Piling
Site Clearing
Health and Safety Hazards
Back Injury
Plant, Animal, and Insect Hazards
Poison Oak and Noxious Weeds
Ticks and Chiggers
Chiggers
Poisonous Snakes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Spiders
Scorpions
Insect Stings and Bites
Honey Bees
Africanized Honey Bees
Mosquitoes

Credits

This manual was excerpted from the Forest Service FSH 6709.11 — Health and Safety Code Handbook (PDF*, 2.4 MB).
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