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Subchapter 13. Logging and Sawmill Safety Orders
Article 17. Lath, Shingle, and Shake Mills
Article 17. Lath, Shingle, and Shake Mills
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§6402. Bolters and Lath Machines, Appendix A
Whistle--Signals
The following standard signals shall be adopted and used for the type of operation listed. If a standard signal is not listed to cover an unusual or new situation, a new signal may be adopted and used for that specific situation.
HIGH-LEAD LOGGING WHISTLE SIGNALS
1 short..........................................Stop all lines
3 short--3 short........................ Ahead slow on mainline
3 short...................................... Ahead on mainline
2 short...................................... Ahead on haulback
2 short--2 short........................ Ahead slow on haulback
3 short--1 short............................ Ahead on strawline
3 short--1 short--3 short.............. Ahead slow on strawline
4 short......................................... Slack mainline
2 short--4 short................................ Slack haulback
3 short--1 short--4 short...................... Slack strawline
3 short--2 short.................................... Tight line
3 short........................... When rigging is in:strawline
back on haulback
3 short plus "X" number of shorts.When rigging is in: Indicates
number of sections of
strawline back on rigging
3 short--1 short--2 short............ Strawline back on rigging
1 short.................... When rigging is in: Chaser inspect
and repair rigging
2 short.................... When rigging is in: No chokers back
2 short--1 short plus "X" number of shorts..Number chokers back
2 short--4 short..............When rigging in: Slack haulback--
hold all lines until 2 short blown
3 medium................................................ Hooker
3 medium--4 short.......................... Hooker and his crew
5 long................................................. Climber
4 long................................................. Foreman
1 long--1 short............................. Start or stop work
7 long--2 short. Man injured, call transportation and stretcher
1 long--1 short repeated.................................. Fire
GRABINSKI SYSTEM
2 short--1 short.................................. Slack mainline and haulback together
2 long............................................ Take off or put on rider block
SLACK LINE WHISTLE SIGNALS
2 short--2 short--2 short.........................First cable up when road has been
changed and tail hold made fast
2 short--2 short--2 short......................... Drop skyline
1 short........................................... Stop any moving line
1 long............................................ When logging, slack skyline
2 short........................................... Ahead on skyline
1 long--2 short................................... Ahead easy on skyline
3 short........................................... Ahead on skidding line,
holding haulback
3 short--3 short..................................Ahead easy on skidding line
with slack haulback
4 short........................................... Slack skidding line
2 short--2 short--repeated once................... Ahead easy on haulback with
slack skidding line
2 short--2 short.................................. Ahead on haulback
2 short--2 short--4 short......................... Slack haulback
2 short--pause--3 short........................... Pick up skyline and skid
2 short--pause--2 short--2 short.................. Pick up skyline and skid
3 short--1 short..................................When carriage is in: strawline
back on haulback
3 short--1 short--2 short.........................When carriage is in: strawline
back on carriage
3 short--1 short.................................. When strawline is out: ahead on strawline
3 short--2 short.................................. Tight line
3 short--1 short--4 short......................... Slack strawline
3 short--1 short--3 short......................... Pull easy on strawline
2 long............................................ Ahead on transfer
2 long--4 short................................... Slack transfer
2 long--2 short--2 short.......................... When carriage is in: transfer
back on carriage
1 long--1 short................................... When carriage is in: number of coils
2 short--2 short--1 or more short spaced.......... When carriage is in
number of chokers
1 short...........................................When carriage is in: inspect rigging,
repair, and send back
2 short--2 short--4 short......................... When carriage is in: slack haulback
and hold all lines until 1 short
is blown; then send back
3 short--3 short.................................. When carriage is in: send back powder
5 medium.......................................... Tail rigger
5 medium--4 short................................. Tail rigger and his crew
3 medium.......................................... Head hooker
3 medium--4 short................................. Second hooker and his crew
5 long............................................ Climber
4 long............................................ Foreman
1 long--1 short................................... Start or stop work
7 long--2 short...................................Man injured, call transportation and stretcher
1 long--1 short repeated.......................... Fire
SKIDDER WHISTLE SIGNALS
1 short........................................... Stops moving carriage. Stops or goes ahead on
slack puller as case may be, if carriage is stopped
2 short........................................... Go ahead on skidding line holding carriage
1 short--2 short.................................. Pick up skidding line, easy
2 short--1 short.................................. Shake up carriage to clear choker
2 short--2 short.................................. Ahead on receding line
3 short........................................... Ahead on carriage, holding at present level,
using interlock
2 short--3 short--3 short......................... Ahead easy on skidding line
2 short--2 short--2 short......................... Slack skyline, cable down
2 short--2 short--2 short--1 short................ Pick up skyline, cable up
2 short--2 short--4 short......................... Slack receding line
2 short--4 short.................................. Slack skidding line
2 short--2 short--1 short......................... Tighten all lines
1 short--4 short.................................. Slack off slack puller
1 short--2 short.................................. Pick up slack puller when slack
2 short--2 short--1 short......................... When carriage is in: to be
used for number of chokers wanted
2 short--2 short--1 long.......................... To be used for bull choker
1 short........................................... When carriage is in: inspect butt rigging
2 short--4 short--1 short......................... For each additional 10 feet of long line
1 long--1 short................................... Number of coils of strawline wanted
5 medium.......................................... Tail or second rigger
5 medium--4 short................................. Tail or second rigger and his crew
2 medium.......................................... Skidder head rigger
3 medium--4 short................................. Hooker and his crew
2 long............................................ Ahead on transfer
2 long--4 short................................... Slack transfer
1 short--3 short.................................. Ahead on carriage with slack puller line
1 long............................................ Ahead on strawline
1 long--4 short................................... Slack strawline
1 long--3 short................................... Ahead easy on strawline
5 long............................................ Climber
4 long............................................ Foreman
1 long--1 short................................... Start or stop work
7 long--2 short................................... Man injured, call transportation and stretcher
1 long--1 short repeated.......................... Fire
RUNNING SKYLINE WHISTLE SIGNALS
1 short........................................... STOP or DROP dropline
2 short........................................... Go ahead on dropline
1 short--2 short.................................. Go ahead on dropline EASY
2 short--2 short.................................. Ahead on haulback
3 short-3 short................................... Ahead on mainline
3 short........................................... Ahead on mainline EASY
2 short--2 short--2 short......................... Slack carriage
2 short--2 short--1 short......................... Tight line
1 long............................................ Ahead on strawline
1 long--4 short................................... Slack strawline
1 long--3 short................................... Ahead EASY on strawline
3 short........................................... When carriage in: strawline back on haulback
1 long--1 short................................... START or STOP WORK
4 long............................................ FOREMAN
2 short--2 short--plus "X" shorts................. When carriage is in, number of
chokers WANTED
1 long--1 short--plus "X" shorts.................. Number of strawline sections
WANTED
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