Statistics
Here you will find Safetree's Health and Safety Performance Dashboard for forestry, IRIS reports that collect incident information from some forestry companies. and other reports.
Click here to download the latest dashboard of health and safety performance in forestry
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Forestry Data Review 2024
An analysis of forestry data covering overall industry performance, regional variations, Māori ACC claims data, tree-falling fatalities, and enforcement data. It also highlights what these industry trends could mean for forestry's health and safety in 2025.
Analysis of Manual Falling Fatalities
An analysis of forestry fatality data between 2013 and 2023 shows that manual tree-fallers are estimated to be 300 times more likely to die at work than the rest of the New Zealand workforce. the analysis found that 51 forestry workers died on the job - 24 of them were manual fallers. The purpose of the analysis is to help the forestry identify ways to make safety improvements for those who continue to harvest manually.
IRIS Incident Reporting
Download IRIS (Incident Recording Information System) reports. The reports provides information about the type, frequency and severity of incidents, to help identify key contributing causes. If you want specific data or information from IRIS please email info@safetree.nz You can also view safety alerts from forestry companies on the IRIS website.
- 2023 IRIS Q1 (PDF 308KB);
- 2022 IRIS Q4 (PDF 2.1 MB); 2022 IRIS Q3 (PDF 265 KB); 2022 IRIS Q2 (PDF 340KB) 2022 IRIS Q1 (PDF 315 KB)
- 2021 IRIS Q4 (PDF 344KB) 2021 IRIS Q3 (PDF 343MB) 2021 IRIS Q2 (PDF 344KB) 2021 IRIS Q1 (PDF 2.75MB)
- 2020 IRIS Q4 (PDF 337KB) 2020 IRIS Q3 (337KB) 2020 IRIS Q2 (325KB) 2020 IRIS Q1 (317KB)
- 2019 IRIS Q4 (PDF 329) 2019 IRIS Q3 (PDF 328KB) 2019 IRIS Q2 (PDF 332KB) 2019 IRIS Q1 (PDF 407KB)
- 2018 IRIS Q4 (PDF 399KB) 2018 IRIS Q3 (PDF 537KB) 2018 IRIS Q2 (PDF 532KB) 2018 IRIS Q1 (PDF 333KB)
- 2017 IRIS Q4 (PDF 967KB) 2017 IRIS Q3 (PDF 543KB) 2017 IRIS Q2 (PDF 577KB) 2017 IRIS Q1 (PDF 1.1MB)
- 2016 IRIS Q4 (PDF 750KB) 2016 IRIS Q3 (PDF 982KB)
Information about forestry fatalities
To help the forestry industry learn and become safer, WorkSafe has agreed to share information about forestry fatalities. WorkSafe’s investigations into the incidents are continuing and they will inform us of any other key issues or trends as they come to light in the investigations. Read the WorkSafe notification of Forest Fatalities (PDF 236KB)