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The following articles, published in TCIA periodicals, describe safety procedures or potential hazards of interest to safety-conscious treecare professionals. Click on the headline to read the article.

Accident Prevention

Who is Responsible for Safety?

Creating a Safety Culture: Two Tree Care Companies Setting a Good Example For Others

Aerial Rescue: An Ounce of Prevention Could Be Worth...Someone's Life

The Heat is on: Handling Heat Stress

ABCs of Fleet Safety

Accident Prevention: Less than zero

Are Your Hispanic Workers Safe?

Conducting Job Briefings

Does Your Company Have a Culture of Safety?

FACE Program Prevents Fatalities

Preventing Struck-By Accidents

Accident Research

Accident Aftermath: Train or Terminate?

Accidents: Contributing Factors

Lessons Learned from Accident Research

Studying Near-Miss Accidents—What Can We Learn?

What Happened to You?

Climbing Safety and Equipment

Climbing Slings

Double-Crotch Climbing Technique (Bi-lingual)

Prevent Climbing Falls

Terminal Knots in Open vs. Closed Climbing Systems

Dangerous Pests and Plants

Fighting Hemlock Woolly Adelgid: One Man's Plight to Save the Eastern Hemlock

Ticks Suck

Avoiding Ticks

Pesticide Safety

Poisonous Plants

Tick Alert!

Equipment Safety

Crane use in Arboriculture

Aerial Lift Safety in Tree Work

Best Practices in Crane Safety

Chainsaw Technique: Avoiding Kickback (Bi-lingual)

Chainsaw Technique: The Top Bind Cut

Chippers: Can Safety Be Engineered?

Developing an Ergonomics Program for your Workers

Hazard Assessment

Learning to Read Trees

Evaluating Hazard Trees from Roots and Soil

If You Don't Think It's Safe, Don't Climb It

Pre-Climb Hazard Assessment

Beware the Hidden Dangers of Palms

Spanish: Peligros de palmeras

Springpole Techniques

Storms = Hazards!

Protective Equipment

PPE: Hardhats

High-Visibility Clothing

Take My Hardhat--Please!

Safety on the Road

Warning: Undocumented Liability

Driving Tips: Backing Up

Drug and Alcohol Testing for Drivers

Know the Risks of Getting Behind the Wheel

Seat Belts: Wear Them, Even in the Truck