Hi-vis makes sense. We're not required to wear it yet but I've been hearing rumors. I'd like to see it on the landings, especially when we're loading out the first round before daylight. We have good lights on the shovels but a reflective vest or reflective tape on a hardhat might make it easier to keep track of the guys on the ground.
I don't know if it would make things safer for the fallers or not and, like 2dogs said, there's a lot of resistance to it. We can usually tell where our partner or the guy in the next strip is by watching the trees going down. We try to stay out ahead of the skidding crew far enough that they're not likely to run over us.
I put some of that red reflective tape on my hard hat...mostly out of boredom.
I do think that the foresters, the 'ologists, the safety people, and anybody from the government who comes to the woods should be absolutely required to wear hi-vis clothing including gloves and hat. That way we'll know where they are. And we'll know when they're gone, too.:msp_wink: