Treework - HSE

Over a ten-year period incidents involving tree work have resulted in 49 fatalities (12%). Tree work needs to be carried out by competent people who have received adequate training. A specialist contractor should carry out any work that involves tree climbing or work at height.

Felling trees^[1]
a member of the public was seriously injured when hit by a falling tree
Working and tree-climbing without any emergency procedures to carry out an aerial rescue^[2]
a self employed arborist was found unconscious, suspended on a tree after banging his head against tree trunk
Use competent contractors^[3]
A tree surgeon suffered fatal injuries from a chainsaw while working in a tree.

Link URLs in this page

Felling treeshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/felling-trees.htm
Working and tree-climbing without any emergency procedures to carry out an aerial rescuehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/aerial-rescue.htm
Use competent contractorshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/competent-contractors.htm
Chainsaws at workhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg317.pdf
Forestry free leafletshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/forindex.htm
Skin problemshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/index.htm
Work related stresshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/stress/index.htm
Working in GB from overseashttps://www.hse.gov.uk/migrantworkers/index.htm
Treework websitehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/treework/index.htm
Report an incidenthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/riddor/index.htm
Tell us about a health and safety issuehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/tell-us-about-a-health-and-safety-issue.htm