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.