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A Collection of Chainsaw Videos
I have researched online sources where you can purchase/rent/borrow videos on the safe use of chainsaws.  I do not endorse any company or product here and would suggest you contact the producer/developer for further information.
 

1) ArborMaster Training Video Series III: Chainsaw Safety, Maintenance, and Cutting Techniques

Tree climbers Rip Tompkins and Ken Palmer present the latest set in the ArborMaster Training Video Series - Chainsaw Safety, Maintenance, and Cutting Techniques. Safe and efficient use of chainsaws requires thorough training. Palmer and Tompkins teach the basics of chainsaw safety and use in an easy-to-understand field application format. The videos include:
   •   Chainsaw Safety
   •   Chainsaw Maintenance
   •   Notices, Hinges, and Backcuts
   •   Felling Techniques
   •   Limbing and Bucking
   •   Chainsaw Use in Trees

#V1525 (six-video set and workbooks)
Retail Price: $249.95

 

2) National Ag Safety Database - Chainsaws

This is a database listing sources of chainsaw videos that can be purchased, rented or loaned in the United States.  These twenty sources include both government and private producers.  The National Ag Safety Database (NASD) is developed to provide sources for materials devoted to increased safety, health and injury prevention in agriculture. 
 
Twenty Independent Sources 
Retail Price: varies

 

3) Farm Safety Association - Chainsaws/Wood Cutting

  "Chainsaw Maintenance and Safety"
  (20 minutes)

Produced by SafetyCare.
This video examines proper maintenance techniques to keep your chainsaw in top operating conditions as well as safety considerations while operating.
  "Chainsaw Maintenance & Saw Chain Sharpening"
  (14 minutes)

Produced by Ontario Forestry Safe Workplace Association
This 2-part video, designed for both professionals and occasional chainsaw users, explains and demonstrates the vital importance of saw chain sharpening and chainsaw maintenance. Featuring professional chainsaw operators, it looks at the “high-tech” structure of the modern chainsaw cutting link (or cutter) and demonstrates the safety implications of filing angles and depth gauge settings, just what you needed to know for effective and safe felling. This video shows you in detailed steps, how to do the job right.
  "It Keeps Happening Every Twelve Seconds"
Produced by: Disable Forestry Workers of B.C.
This is a candid look at the lives of five permanently disable workers, from a logger who broke his back to a mill worker who lost his hands. Their stories are repeated endlessly by thousands of other Canadians injured in crippling accidents every twelve seconds of every workday. EVERY TWELVE SECONDS shows the pain and the anger of people whose lives have been turned upside down because of the unpredictability of nature, the imperfection of technology, or worse, simple human error.
 "Professional Chainsaw Operation"
Proper chainsaw techniques are discussed and illustrated in this video.
  "The Silent Threat"
Produced by: Ontario Forestry Workplace Safety Association
This program deals with ‘chicots’, the leading hazard in the woodlands. (Chicots are wholly or partly dead trees that may fall suddenly and without warning when they are disturbed by nearby activity.) Every year, loggers are injured by falling chicots—and they remain the single leading cause of woodlands fatalities. The program follows the stories of several chicot accident victims. It also gives clear instructions on how to identify and deal with this hazard.
 "The Team Way"
(60 minutes)

Produced by: Ontario Forestry Workplace Safety Association
A day is spent on the work site with the two man cutting team of John and Ritchie Mihalick. They show how carrying out procedures the safe and proper way makes for a very productive and prosperous working day. Some of the topics which are covered in the program are: Skidder Circle Check; Personal Protective Equipment; Side Hill Felling; Face Felling; Bridging Methods; Chain Saw Maintenance.
  "Timber Harvesting: Felling Problem Trees"
(21 minutes)

Produced by: Ontario Forestry Workplace Safety Association.
Having the ability to recognize problem trees is very important in the felling area. Having the skill to fell problem trees is just as important. In this production, eleven problem trees are discussed. Through the module, graphic illustrations as well as actual video shots are shown, in order to demonstrate and teach the viewer how to bring down the problem tree safely.

 

4) Professional Logging Contractors of Maine - Chainsaws

This is an online listing for sources of chainsaw videos that can be purchased, rented or loaned in the United States.  These thirty plus sources include both government and private producers.  The Professional Logging Contractors of Maine (NASD) has developed this list to provide sources for materials for loggers in Maine. 
 
Over Thirty Videos from Independent Sources 
Retail Price: varies

 

5) Coaching the Professional Chainsaw Operator

The Forest Resources Association (formerly the American Pulpwood Association) provides a 160-minute video and manual designed for presenting a 10-segment workshop on safe chain saw operation and maintenance.

96-A10 (160 minute video with companion workbook)
Retail Price: $70/member price $30

 

6) National Ag Safety Database - Chainsaws

This is a database listing sources of chainsaw videos that can be purchased, rented or loaned in the United States.  These twenty sources include both government and private producers.  The National Ag Safety Database (NASD) is developed to provide sources for materials devoted to increased safety, health and injury prevention in agriculture. 
 
Twenty Independent Sources 
Retail Price: varies


Related Resources

• Chainsaw FAQ
• How to Fell a Tree
• Safety Interview

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