Trees with decided lean or heavy crowns on one side or.

Felling a hazard tree requires accurate risk assessment and complexity analysis, and demands the sawyer’s full situational awareness. In all cases, remember to establish and maintain a secure felling area.

Do not bypass hazard trees without taking some action such as felling.

Fungal Fruiting Bodies or Conks: found on stems it may indicate massive interior rot yards above and below conk.

An employee was felling trees in a forested area when a limb fell from an adjacent tree and struck him on the head. The employee was killed. Always wear a hard hat and do File Size: 1MB.

A secure felling area, MINIMUM OF TWO AND ONE HALFTIMES THE HEIGHT OF THE MATERIAL BEING FELLED IN ALL DIRECTIONS, needs to be established and maintained by the faller during all tree felling operations. In addition, the entire downhill side on slopes must be secured if materials can fall/role for a long, unpredictable distance. Mar 13, By Ben Hoffman, Maine – Straight trees are easiest to cut down, but leaning or rotting wood can make tree felling even more dangerous.

Always, before cutting a tree, carefully examine the tree, the trees around it and the ground where it will stumplopping.barted Reading Time: 7 mins.