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Managing work pressure and SafeStart 2020 resource

November 26, 2019

Fiona’s blog: Managing work pressures At this busy time of year, it’s not uncommon for the pressure to ‘get the job done’ to really escalate, particularly when there are trucks waiting to be loaded or ships coming into port needing to...

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How are we tracking?

June 23, 2017

Safetree’s How Are We Tracking? dashboard provides a snapshot of forestry’s health and safety performance. Summary of results The latest dashboard shows an increase in harm-prevention activities undertaken by the Forest Industry Safety...

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New booklet to help manage risks in forestry operations

March 24, 2017

Safetree has produced a new booklet to help you manage risks in your forestry operations. The booklet runs through the main types of forestry risks, the four-step risk-managment process, and various practical methods to assess and manage...

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Forest Industry Safety Council Annual Report

March 21, 2017

The Forest Industry Safety Council's goal is a safe, sustainable and professional forestry sector achieved in partnership with workers, industry and government. Our Annual Report outlines our progress toward this goal. FISC runs the Safetree...

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How are we tracking?

March 10, 2017

Safetree’s How Are We Tracking dashboard provides a snapshot of forestry’s health and safety performance, including the outcome of WorkSafe activities. The most recent dashboard shows that while injuries are below the levels they reached...

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How are we tracking?

December 1, 2016

Safetree’s How are we tracking dashboard shows that while serious injuries in forestry have fallen since 2013, they’ve risen again over the past year. The dashboard provides a snapshot of forestry’s H&S performance, including the outcome of...

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Fatigued? Or fit for work?

November 7, 2016

Fatigue is a significant workplace risk that must be managed and controlled like any other.Forestry's early starts, long hours and tiring work, together with non-work factors such as not getting enough sleep or mental health issues, means fatigue...

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Workers Memorial Day – Safety Team Talk

April 27, 2016

We would like to encourage everyone to pay respects to the people who’ve died in our industry at Team Safety Talks on Thursday.Thursday 28th April is Workers Memorial Day – when around the world people remember those killed on the...

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