Press Release – WorkSafe NZ A tragic forestry fatality on the East Coast could have been avoided if industry guidance had simply been being followed, says WorkSafe. Businesses are being reminded once again to make sure work is being done correctly, safely and to higher industry …
A tragic forestry fatality on the East Coast could have been avoided if industry guidance had simply been being followed, says WorkSafe.
Businesses are being reminded once again to make sure work is being done correctly, safely and to higher industry standards or risk seeing their workers injured or killed.
Two companies appeared in court on 24 March 2021 for sentencing following the incident with the sentencing decision being released on 16 July 2021. Earnslaw One Limited engaged Pakiri Logging Limited to assist with harvesting at West Ho forest in Tologa Bay.
WorkSafe has found two companies were not following safety rules when a forestry worker was killed by a log in the East Coast.
The victim was about 18-20m away from the skyline cable when he should have been at least 45m away
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Earnslaw One Limited and Pakiri Logging Limited were harvesting at West Ho forest in Tologa Bay in 2019 when a worker was struck by a log that was being hauled up to the landing site.
He died at the scene as a result of his injuries.
The worker was a breaker out - they attach cables to felled trees so they can be hauled out of the forest.