Spills and emergencies
Anna B Stockstad: Hi, i'm Anna Stockstad from University of Minnesota Extension.
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: and I'm. Dave Noly from the Minnesota Logger education program
Anna B Stockstad: in today's podcast episode. We'll be talking about how to handle spills and emergencies on a harvest site
joining us today? Are some folks from the southeast? Can you go ahead and introduce yourselves.
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: Stuff, Johnson, Johnson, logging Rob's whiskey hockey for his products.
Anna B Stockstad: Thanks so much for joining us today, so we know that it's important to be prepared for any spills or emergencies on a harvest site. State law requires that any spills on a harvest site need to be cleaned up immediately to limit water pollution.
so the guidelines say that we need to have spill kits on site, but what should be included in a spill kit? And how many should you have on a site.
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: Well, what our guys try and try and have on the in their pickup or on site with them is.
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: they can get everything in a 5 gallon pail pretty much. We've got to have tolls, some type of material. It'll soak up
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: a significant amount of of hydraulic oil or Diesel Fuel would be the 2 types of spills that that we would be concerned about.
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: We've got to have something to plastic or something that's somewhat dam it up if we need to, if it's. If it occurs on a on a slope site where it can run off.
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: That's our major concern. We wanna we have slopes down here up to about 35, so we've got to be able to
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: blow hydraul if they blow hydraulic line or rip a fuel line open, they've got to be able to eliminate that
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: that that liquid, or contain that liquid as soon as possible, so
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: that's my main concern, anyways, to to have something in that kit that that will prevent that from happening.
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: Plastic a lot of times we'll use a plastic.
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: a roll of plastic that can be folded out and dug into the soil to prevent, and then soak stuff up a small first aid, kid. I like the guys they have in there
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: a small fiber extinguisher for any problems that they might have on the equipment. Well, this is going on, but basically, that's what we like to
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: have the guys have in there on on their possession, on site.
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: It may not be everything that's required, but I feel that those are the most important things
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: to contain any type of spill that we have, and if there's any soil there that needs to be excavated and taken off the site.
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: if they can't get it in that 5 gallon pail. Then we have to go get more. So you said 5 gallon. I think there's a magic number in 5 gallon, too. Right? That's if there's a there's a spill greater than 5 gallon. What we? What do we do then
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: have to contact the State and report it.
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: So we know we know our guys are prepared. We have spill kits. I actually have one up here in the front of the room for
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: for for an example piece. That's just one piece of spills in this module in the in the Fmg. Training. And then there's the and emergencies and the guys here we're joined by
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: another half dozen or so folks this morning for their Cpr. And First aid training. What else do you do? You do to be prepared in the event of an emergency.
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: Try to take down the information where you're at.
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: and have the location of the nearest hospital closest by in case it's needed.
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: So we we know that we want to. We we want to avoid them, but sometimes they're simply not avoidable that there, that there may be an instance, so that we we have the proper response time, and can get folks to the care that they need.
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: So we we covered this here today that we had Cpr. And first aid training, and that's that. Training is the same throughout the State, and probably the same throughout the country. For for people in the industry
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: to ensure that that they have Cpr. And first aid. We know that the that spill situations might be handled a little bit differently than the southeast than the bulk of our listeners to our podcast series might encounter when they're when they're
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: harvesting up north.
Anna B Stockstad: Are there any other things that are important to consider when you're trying to be prepared for an emergency on a harvest site. Do you have to wear Ppe? Is that required, or how else are you prepared for emergencies?
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: Oh, yeah, we have the the standard we should training for
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: wearing a hard hat, eye, protection, ear, protection.
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: And then I could be either where, like chain, soft hands or
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: safety chains are chaff, steel to on moves, steel, toe boots. resistance, if possible, but it's not always possible.
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: so we know statewide again in the north very highly mechanized. But you guys are much more on the ground down here, so I have a a different component of of safety when you're on the ground with the chainsaw wearing the proper
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: ppe.
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: Yeah, 99.9 of our harvest. It's all hand cut and
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: cable pulled material.
Dave Nolle - MN Logger Ed Program: There are a few harvesters that that work in the area. But but they're very limited because of the steep slopes where they can run and the selective nature of the
Anna B Stockstad: yeah, it's definitely really important to be prepared when you guys are operating on those steep slopes and mainly harvesting by hand as well. And so you never know when something's gonna happen. So.
being aware about how to be prepared for an emergency or any spills on a harvest side is super important.
Anna B Stockstad: And with that. That's pretty much all the time we have for this podcast episode today. Thank you both for joining us and sharing your perspectives on how to prepare for emergencies and spills on a harvest site.
and for our listeners stay tuned for our next episode, where we'll keep talking about regulations that you should be aware of during timber, harvesting, planning, and operations.
Anna B Stockstad: and, as always, keep an eye out for updates related to our in person. Fmg. Field training workshops. Thanks so much for joining us today.
