WAC 296-54-99002. Appendix 1—Signals

Figure 39: Standard Hand Signals Figure 39: Standard Hand Signals Figure 40: Standard Hand Signals Figure 40: Standard Hand Signals Figure 41: Standard Hand Signals Figure 41: Standard Hand Signals standard signals for loading logs Figure 42: Standard Signals for Loading Logs Figure 42: Standard Signals for Loading Logs high lead logging whistle signals - Means longer spacing between 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 or more Slack mainline. 2 short-4 short Slack haulback. 3 short-1 short-4 short Slack strawline. 3 short-2 short Standing tight line. 1 short-1 short Tight line while lines are running, or break if running tight. 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 of chokers back. 2 short-4 short When rigging is in: Slack haulback-hold all lines until 2 short blown. 3 medium Hooker. 3 medium-4 short Hooker and that crew. 5 long Climber. 4 long Foreman. 1 long-1 short Start or stop work. 7 long-2 short Person 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. high lead logging whistle signals - Means longer spacing between 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 or more Slack mainline. 2 short-4 short Slack haulback. 3 short-1 short-4 short Slack strawline. 3 short-2 short Standing tight line. 1 short-1 short Tight line while lines are running, or break if running tight. 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 of chokers back. 2 short-4 short When rigging is in: Slack haulback-hold all lines until 2 short blown. 3 medium Hooker. 3 medium-4 short Hooker and that crew. 5 long Climber. 4 long Foreman. 1 long-1 short Start or stop work. 7 long-2 short Person 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. skidder whistle signals - Means longer spacing between 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. 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 / plus "X" number of shorts When carriage is in: Number of chokers wanted. 2 short-2 short-1 long Bull choker. 1 short When carriage is in: Inspect butt rigging. 2 short-4 short / 1 short For each additional ten feet of tong line. 1 long / plus "X" number of shorts Number of coils of strawline wanted. 5 medium Tail or second rigger. 5 medium-4 short Tail or second rigger and that crew. 2 medium Skidder head rigger. 3 medium-4 short Hooker and that 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 Person injured, call transportation and stretcher. 1 long-1 short repeated Fire. skidder whistle signals - Means longer spacing between 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. 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 / plus "X" number of shorts When carriage is in: Number of chokers wanted. 2 short-2 short-1 long Bull choker. 1 short When carriage is in: Inspect butt rigging. 2 short-4 short / 1 short For each additional ten feet of tong line. 1 long / plus "X" number of shorts Number of coils of strawline wanted. 5 medium Tail or second rigger. 5 medium-4 short Tail or second rigger and that crew. 2 medium Skidder head rigger. 3 medium-4 short Hooker and that 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 Person injured, call transportation and stretcher. 1 long-1 short repeated Fire. slackline whistle signals - Means longer spacing between signals. 2 short-2 short-2 short-1 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 / 2 short-2 short 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 / 3 short Pick up skyline and skid. 2 short / 2 short-2 short Pick up skyline and skin. 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 / plus "X" number of shorts When carriage is in: Number of coils. 2 short-2 short-1 short / plus "X" number of shorts 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 that crew. 3 medium Head hooker. 3 medium-4 short Second hooker and that crew. 5 long Climber. 4 long Foreman. 1 long-1 short Start or stop work. 7 long-2 short Person injured, call transportation and stretcher. 1 long-1 short repeated Fire. slackline whistle signals - Means longer spacing between signals. 2 short-2 short-2 short-1 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 / 2 short-2 short 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 / 3 short Pick up skyline and skid. 2 short / 2 short-2 short Pick up skyline and skin. 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 / plus "X" number of shorts When carriage is in: Number of coils. 2 short-2 short-1 short / plus "X" number of shorts 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 that crew. 3 medium Head hooker. 3 medium-4 short Second hooker and that crew. 5 long Climber. 4 long Foreman. 1 long-1 short Start or stop work. 7 long-2 short Person injured, call transportation and stretcher. 1 long-1 short repeated Fire. running skyline whistle signals - Means longer spacing between signals. 1 short Stop all moving lines. 2 short Skin carriage back. 2 short-1 short Slack haulback. 2 short-2 short Skin carriage easy. 2 short-3 short Standing tight line. 1 short-2 short Ahead on drop line. 4 short Slack drop line. 1 short-4 short Slack both mainlines. 1 short-1 short Stop drop line going up and move carriage forward. 3 short Move carriage forward. 3 short-3 short Move carriage forward easy. 3 short-1 short When strawline is out: Ahead on strawline. 3 short-1 short-4 short Slack strawline. 3 short When carriage is in: Strawline. 3 short-X short When carriage is in: Number sections. 3 short-1 short-2 short When carriage is in: Strawline back on carriage. 2 short-X short When carriage is in: Number of chokers. 4 short When carriage is in: Inspect rigging, repair and send back. 1 short When carriage is in: Hold all lines until 2 shorts, then send back. 3 medium Head hooker. 3 medium-4 short Hooker and that crew. 4 long Foreman. 1 long-1 short Start or stop work. 7 long-2 short Person injured; call transportation and stretcher. 1 long-1 short (repeated) Fire. 3 short-1 long Acknowledged by engineer to signify hazardous turn. running skyline whistle signals - Means longer spacing between signals. 1 short Stop all moving lines. 2 short Skin carriage back. 2 short-1 short Slack haulback. 2 short-2 short Skin carriage easy. 2 short-3 short Standing tight line. 1 short-2 short Ahead on drop line. 4 short Slack drop line. 1 short-4 short Slack both mainlines. 1 short-1 short Stop drop line going up and move carriage forward. 3 short Move carriage forward. 3 short-3 short Move carriage forward easy. 3 short-1 short When strawline is out: Ahead on strawline. 3 short-1 short-4 short Slack strawline. 3 short When carriage is in: Strawline. 3 short-X short When carriage is in: Number sections. 3 short-1 short-2 short When carriage is in: Strawline back on carriage. 2 short-X short When carriage is in: Number of chokers. 4 short When carriage is in: Inspect rigging, repair and send back. 1 short When carriage is in: Hold all lines until 2 shorts, then send back. 3 medium Head hooker. 3 medium-4 short Hooker and that crew. 4 long Foreman. 1 long-1 short Start or stop work. 7 long-2 short Person injured; call transportation and stretcher. 1 long-1 short (repeated) Fire. 3 short-1 long Acknowledged by engineer to signify hazardous turn. tension system signals 4 Release tension. 1 short Stop carriage and start unspooling tong line. 1 short Stop tong line. 1 short Resume unspooling tong line. 1 short Will stop any moving line or slack tong line when carriage is stopped. 2 short-2 short Go into interlock and go back. 2 short-4 short Slack haulback and let carriage down. After turn is set 2 short Go ahead on tong line. 2 short-3 short Go ahead easy on tong line. 3 short Go into interlock and take carriage to landing. 3 short-3 short Ahead on carriage easy. 1 short-2 short Increase tension on tong line when carriage is going in. short-1 short Decrease tension on tong line when carriage is going in. tension system signals 4 Release tension. 1 short Stop carriage and start unspooling tong line. 1 short Stop tong line. 1 short Resume unspooling tong line. 1 short Will stop any moving line or slack tong line when carriage is stopped. 2 short-2 short Go into interlock and go back. 2 short-4 short Slack haulback and let carriage down. After turn is set 2 short Go ahead on tong line. 2 short-3 short Go ahead easy on tong line. 3 short Go into interlock and take carriage to landing. 3 short-3 short Ahead on carriage easy. 1 short-2 short Increase tension on tong line when carriage is going in. short-1 short Decrease tension on tong line when carriage is going in.