OAR 437-007-0004: Applicability of Rules
Edition: Current OARD snapshotEffective: 2005-06-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) The rules in division 7 establish occupational safety and health practices for all forest activity operations including but not limited to: (a) Chemical application; (b) Chipping; (c) Clearing and slash disposal; (d) Forest road construction, maintenance and decommissioning; (e) Log dumps, ponds, plantsite log yards and independent sort yards; (f) Log hauling; (g) Marking; (h) Prescribed fire; (i) Pulpwood and non-pulpwood logging; (j) Reforestation/vegetation management; (k) Stream restoration; (l) Timber cutting and thinning operations; (m) Timber cruising; (n) Tree climbing activities; (o) Wildland fire suppression. (2) Any situation or condition not specifically addressed will be subject to other applicable provisions of the OARs, chapter 437, Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Standards.
Official history and status
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 654.025(2) & 656.726(4)
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 654.001 - 654.295
History: OSHA 2-2005, f. 5-27-05, cert. ef. 6-1-05 OSHA 5-2003, f. 6-2-03, cert. ef. 12-1-03
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