Safety

Mike St. Peter Safety Services offers cutting edge safety and operations training for chainsaw users. If you are involved in chainsaw use full or part time, Mike St. Peter Safety Services are there to help. Some of the topics that will be reviewed during the one- day workshop are: • Personal Protective Equipment • Chainsaw Safety Features & Maintenance Chainsaw Safety Procedures • Chainsaw Operation and Pipe /Pole Saw Operation • Ergonomics – Body Positioning • Precision Directional Felling • Hazards • Limbing and Bucking October 22, 2019 • Pipe Saw and Pole Saw Operation Houlton Water Company

Instructors October 23, 2019 Yves Levesque Bangor Water District Experience: * CLP instructor/Field inspector since 1998 * GOL Instructor * OSHA General Industry Trainer October 24, 2019 * Five years conventional , Levesque Lumber Kennebec Water Treatment Facility * Five years delimber operator, Levesque Lumber/Up North Corp. * Five years conventional logging, Hanington Brothers, A.J. Soucy October 31, 2019

* BS in Environmental Studies from UMFK, 2001 * AS in Forest Technology from UMFK, 1997 Brunswick Topsham Water District Year certified: 1991 Steve Laweryson 6.0 BLWSO Training Contact Experience: * Conventional logger for eight years; three of which Hours was spent on a special 7-man production crew. 6.0 DEP Training Credit Hours

* Assistant line foreman and delimber operator

* Truck driver for eight years

* Biwinder and online coater operator on paper Presented by: machine for 15 years. 04330

* Total service for S.D. Warren; 32 years E Maine Water * Instructor/Field inspector for CLP since 1998 * Trainer for D.O.T. crews, town crews, and individual Utilities Association training in chainsaw safety and logging safety Partial Funding Provided by:

Year certified: 1998 Maine Drinking Water Program University Dr University

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Maine Water Utilities Utilities Water Association Maine 1 M Augusta Chainsaw Safety AGENDA 6.0 BLWSO Training Contact Hours 8:00 Registration / Continental Breakfast Training Session Locations: 6.0 DEP Training Credit Hours

I. Review of Personal Protective Equipment - Please use separate registration form for each person. “How does the P.P.E. work and what is serviceable condition?” *Class size is limited to 15* A. Hardhat October 22, 2019: B. Eye and face protection _____ Houlton 10/22/2019 C. Hearing Protection Houlton Water Company D. Leg protection _____ Bangor 10/23/2019 21 Bangor Street E. Foot Protection Houlton, ME 04730 _____ Vassalboro 10/24/2019 207-532-2259 II. Chainsaw - Safety features and Maintenance _____ Topsham 10/31/2019 Procedures Late registration fee applies after 10/24/19 A. What are the safety features on a saw and why are they needed? October 23, 2019: Name: ______Bangor Water District 10:00 Break (15 min.) 614 State Street DW and/or WW License #: ______III. General Maintenance Procedures for Bangor, ME 04401 Utility: ______207-947-4516 A. Inspecting the saw and cleaning it. Business Address: ______B. How the air filter affects engine performance. ______C. Learning to listen to the saw. (proper October 24, 2019: idling) Phone #: ______Kennebec Water District Treatment Facility E-mail: ______462 Main Street IV. Filing Techniques

A. How the saw tooth works and why Vassalboro, ME 04989 Registration Fees: 207-923-3358 improper filing contributes to injuries. B. How to properly file a saw . Type Early Late

12:00 Lunch (30 min.) Member $85.00 $100.00 after October 31, 2019: 10/15/19 Brunswick & Topsham Water District V. Chainsaw Operation Non-member $100.00 $115.00 after 266 River Road A. What is kickback? 10/15/19 B. Starting the Saw Topsham, ME 04086 C. Body Positioning 207-729-9956 D. Introduction to the Bore Cut Register online: www.mwua.org E. Pole saw review and safe operation Or mail registration & payment to: F. Pipe saw review and safe operation.

3:15 Adjourn Maine Water Utilities Association 15 University Dr Feel free to bring your saw equipment to the class! Augusta ME 04330

NOTE- ALL ATTENDEES MUST BRING: Hard hat, eye protection, hearing protection, boots. Ph: 207-623-9511

Part of this class is outside – please dress accordingly!