Fully revised and updated timber handling SiP launched

PSS is pleased to present the fully revised and updated Safety in Ports guidance 004 – Timber Handling. Following the launch of SiP 000 Guidance Framework last year, this revised SiP is focussed solely on the handling of timber through ports. It includes new sections on shoring and stacking timber, and loading to hauliers, and all of the repeated text already found in SiP 002 General Cargo, has been removed.

This SiP was revised by a PSS Working Group comprising representatives from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), trade unions and port operatives from PSS members, to ensure it fully represents the work undertaken in ports. The SiP is therefore presented in collaboration with the HSE and Unite the Union.

The SiP is available free of charge to non members, while PSS members will also have access to an illustrated version and a range of supporting resources from mid July.

To gain access to the members-only version please join PSS.