Here is where you can find the latest safety and Safetree™ news.
Fiona's blog - focus areas for 2019 Late last year we held a joint WorkSafe/FISC summit, where people from the industry identified issues that have an impact on health and safety in forestry. They also identified who was best placed to deal...
Read postFiona's blog - it's about growing capability, not just audits It’s our first year of Safetree Contractor Certification and we're very close to having 100 certified contractors (92). I’ve had many discussions about why we have...
Read postFiona’s blog - where to from here? More than 50 people from across forestry attended the FISC/WorkSafe Forestry Summit on November 6, which aimed to identify what else we should be doing to improve our health and safety performance. The...
Read postFiona’s blog - last chance to do our survey The Forest Industry Safety Council and Safetree are running a survey to get a stocktake of views from people involved in forestry. We’re keen to get as many views as possible so we’ve extended...
Read postFiona’s blog - learning from what goes right at work Things go right at work most days – and there is a lot we can learn from that. That is the message from our latest industry story – involving Hancock Forest Management NZ. HFMNZ...
Read postFiona's blog: Sadly we heard on Tuesday that a tree feller was struck and killed by a tree while working at Pohangina, in the Manawatu. This is the fifth death of a forestry worker in 2018. My thoughts are with the family, friends and workmates...
Read postFiona’s blog - Thanks for supporting our Dr Tom Mulholland workshops We completed the 14th Dr Tom workshop in Northland in late August. This was the end of a 3-month national tour that reached more than 1100 foresters face-to-face. The...
Read postFiona's blog: Two-way communication key to safety Good days happen in the forest when the job is well-planned, everyone knows what’s happening and they have what they need to do the job right. With that in mind, Safetree has created some...
Read postFiona’s blog: Help creating a workplace culture that supports success and good health and safety I am very pleased to be launching Safetree's new Growing our Safety Culture programme. This programme helps businesses build a workplace culture...
Read postFiona’s blog: Latest fatalities a sad reminder we still have work to do It is very sad to hear about the two forestry workers killed earlier this month. My heart goes out to the families and friends of these workers, and their...
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