Welcome to the Safety and Health program of AOL!

Our staff work to help provide materials, trainings, company plans, on-site safety consultation, and more. Working in the timber industry is an amazing and rewarding career. We aim to do our part to help make logging and forestry work a safe and healthy work environment, so you can have a long and safe career.

Working in the timber industry is an amazing and rewarding career. We aim to do our part to help make logging and forestry work a safe and healthy work environment, so you can have a long and safe career.

Key components of our Safety and Health Program

AOL regularly offers to our member companies a variety of safety and health training programs:

• The Association holds an Annual Safety Conference every fall which focuses on safety advances in the sector, innovations, new regulations and live demonstrations of how to use safety equipment.
• At our Annual Convention, we often bring in speakers and host seminars to cover pertinent and exciting new topics around safety and health, labor practices and much more!
• AOL also collaborates with the Oregon Logging Conference and Pacific Logging Congress to provide presentations and deliver information about safety and health in the forest operator sector.
  
• We also provide partial reimbursement for First Aid/CPR worker training and worker hearing testing for those members where AOL Services Inc., is their Workers' Compensation Insurance Agent. See our webpage about our First Air/CPR Reimbursement Program.

Connection to our Oregon Professional Loggers Program:

AOL also administers the Oregon Professional Logger Program (OPL), as a service to member companies —typically totaling approximately 600 OPL-qualified companies annually. The OPL qualification program requires company designated Qualified Professionals to complete an initial 8 hours of safety education along with first aid/CPR requirements. A company may also elect to designate On-Site Supervisors to participate in the program. On-Site Supervisors will be required to take about 2.5 hours of safety education along with a first aid/CPR class.  Continuing education courses will also be available and typically include qualified courses and presentations about safety & health topics.

Learn more at our Oregon Professional Logger Program webpage.

Oregon forest operations are subject to numerous State laws and regulations, which assure a baseline of worker and workplace safety & health. The primary state government agencies that administer applicable safety-related laws affecting Oregon forestry operations include the following:

Oregon Occupational Safety & Health Division

The Oregon Occupational Safety & Health Division (OR-OSHA) administers the Forest Activity Rules for workers and employers. Forest operations in Oregon are subject to the work safety rules—known as OR-OSHA Standards (ORS437, Division 7, “Forest Activities Rule,” and also the ORS437, Divisions 1 & 2, “General Administrative Rules” and “General Occupational Safety & Health Rules”).

Oregon Dept. of Transportation

The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) works to provide a safe, efficient transportation system that supports economic opportunity and livable communities for Oregonians. ODOT programs encompass numerous laws and regulations governing forest operation transportation. ODOT administers Oregon’s system of highways, roads, and bridges; railways; public transportation services; transportation safety programs; driver & vehicle licensing; and commercial truck freight (motor carrier) regulation.

Oregon Bureau of Labor & Industries

The Oregon Bureau of Labor & Industries (BOLI) state agency administers law and rules that assure fair employment and access conditions that contribute to making work safe. BOLI’s mission in Oregon is to protect employment rights, advance employment opportunities, and protect discrimination-free access to housing and public accommodations.

Oregon Dept. of Geology & Mineral Industries

The Oregon Dept. of Geology & Mineral Industries (DOGAMI) is the state agency that regulates mining and energy exploration, as well as providing information to understand & safely prepare for natural hazards that accompany the state’s geology—such as earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, and coastal erosion. DOGAMI services related to forestry include: regulation of surface aggregate mining; mapping natural hazards; and public safety education & planning (with Oregon Emergency Management).