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Forestry worker s death: Companies failed to take corrective action

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 Photo: 123RF 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.

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