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FRA PUBLISHES “GARAGE SITE SAFETY” MANUAL
RELEASE: May 10, 2004
CONTACT: Neil Ward (301/838-9385)
nward@forestresources.org
Rockville, MD – The Forest Resources
Association’s Northeastern Region’s Safety & Training
Committee has developed an important manual addressing what has become an
increasingly prominent concern in logging safety: the risks associated
with loggers’ private garages or shops.
“Recent years’ progress in making the woods safer has been linked, to some
extent, with increased mechanization. Our Northeastern Region
has rightly identified hazardous conditions in maintenance shops as an
action area,” stated FRA President Richard Lewis.
FRA’s Garage Site Safety manual highlights general safety precautions for
a modern logger’s garage, focusing on the maintenance and repair
activities most frequently associated with injuries and describing how to
maintain a safe and professional garage workplace.
The 44-page, 8½x11 manual is bound with a flexible uni-coil binding and
has a laminated front and back cover. With its grease-resistant binding,
it is meant to be stored in and referenced at the actual garage workplace.
FRA members may order the manual at $15 per copy, domestic shipping
included; the price is $30 per copy for non-members. Please enclose
payment with order, checks payable to “FRA”; charge orders may be faxed to
301/838-9481. Direct orders to Forest Resources Association Inc., 600
Jefferson Plaza, Suite 350, Rockville, MD 20852, and refer to stock number
04-A-3.
The Forest Resources Association Inc. is a nonprofit trade
association concerned with the safe, efficient, and sustainable harvest of
forest products and their transport from woods to mill. FRA represents
wood consumers, independent logging contractors, and wood dealers, as well
as businesses providing products and services to the forest resource-based
industries.
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