Health and Safety Executive

Wood chipper

Safe use of mobile wood chippers

These short video clips provide an overview of the key health and safety issues that need to be considered when working with hand-fed mobile wood chippers. They are relevant to all areas of the tree work industry and will be useful to those managing and/or carrying out this type of work. They can either be watched on-line or downloaded for later use. The video clips cover the following areas -

  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Machine Safety Checklist
  • Safe Machine Operation

Each clip lasts approximately 1 minute and should be used together with AFAG 604 Wood chippers to help manage the risks associated with using this type of equipment.

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Updated: 25.11.11