C4.2. Forest management should meet or exceed all applicable laws and/or regulations covering health and safety of employees and families. Indicators Verifiers, Examples, and Notes Evaluation Team Conformance (C, NC or NA) 4.2.1. Employees, including Verifiers: contractors, shall be aware Interviews with workers of and shall implement safe and contractors work practices. Guidelines/ regulations are readily available. 4.2.2. FME shall maintain Note: Guidelines, manuals and written guidelines and policies by government policies for workplace agencies, health departments, health and safety that NGOs, the ILO, and other comply with national organizations qualify as minimum requirements. written guidelines as long as the FME addresses any For large FMEs, at a required topics and health & minimum, the following safety issues for all topics shall be addressed: occupational tasks. Personal protective equipment (PPE) Inspection, maintenance, and replacement of PPE Occupational health & safety Accident & injury prevention Emergency procedures for accidents, fires, oil/ chemical spills, and impacted logged trees. First AID 4.2.3. Workers be Verifiers: provided with safety Observation of use of PPE and equipment relevant to their other safety equipment in the occupational tasks, field. consistent with the ILO Code of Practice on Safety and Note: Health and safety Health in Forestry and/or equipment are not limited to national occupational health those cited in indicator 4.2.3 & safety regulations. and may depend on the task at hand. For example, on-site fueling stations and maintenance facilities may require different PPE, such as respirators and HazMat suits.
C4.2. Forest management should meet or exceed all applicable laws and/or regulations covering health and safety of employees and families. Indicators Verifiers, Examples, and Notes Evaluation Team Conformance (C, NC or NA) 4.2.1. Employees, including contractors, shall be aware of and shall implement safe work practices. Verifiers: Interviews with workers and contractors Guidelines/ regulations are readily available. 4.2.2. FME shall maintain written guidelines and policies for workplace health and safety that comply with national minimum requirements. For large FMEs, at a minimum, the following topics shall be addressed: Personal protective equipment (PPE) Inspection, maintenance, and replacement of PPE Occupational health & safety Accident & injury prevention Emergency procedures for accidents, fires, oil/ chemical spills, and impacted logged trees. First AID Note: Guidelines, manuals and policies by government agencies, health departments, NGOs, the ILO, and other organizations qualify as written guidelines as long as the FME addresses any required topics and health & safety issues for all occupational tasks. 4.2.3. Workers be provided with safety equipment relevant to their occupational tasks, consistent with the ILO Code of Practice on Safety and Health in Forestry and/or national occupational health & safety regulations. Verifiers: Observation of use of PPE and other safety equipment in the field. Note: Health and safety equipment are not limited to those cited in indicator 4.2.3 and may depend on the task at hand. For example, on-site fueling stations and maintenance facilities may require different PPE, such as respirators and HazMat suits.