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Subchapter 13. Logging and Sawmill Safety Orders
Article 5. Falling and Bucking
(a) Logs shall be securely chocked or strapped before they are ripped.
(b) If workers walk the log to rip it, sufficient holding wood shall be left or other positive means to prevent splitting before they dismount to complete the cut.