Forestry Sector Action Plan 2010-13
This Action Plan sets out specific actions to reduce the toll of work-related injury and fatality ('the work toll') in the forestry sector. It has a particular focus on health and safety systems and processes for the tasks of tree felling and breaking out.
It has been prepared by the Department of Labour in partnership with the Accident Compensation Corporation and the New Zealand Forest Owners Association’s Health, Safety and Training Committee. It is closely aligned to the Forest Owners Association Strategic Safety Plan and provides a purposeful rallying point for government agencies and the forestry sector.
Table of Contents
- National Action Agenda to reduce New Zealand's work toll
- Focusing on reducing the work toll in Forestry: tree felling and breaking out
- A multi-faceted approach to intervention
- Working in partnership
- Forestry Sector Initiatives for 2010-2013
- Growing safety leadership
- Developing capability
- Building our knowledge
- Supporting a robust health and safety system
- Monitoring
- Appendix 1 - Sector overview
- Appendix 2 - Fatalities
- Appendix 3 - Non fatal injuries and accidents
- Appendix 4 - Impact on the sector
- Appendix 5 - Other projects and initiatives
- Appendix 6 - Contributing research
- Appendix 7 - Glossary of Acronyms
List of Figures
- Figure 1: ACC claims for fatal work-related injuries, averaged 2003–2008
- Figure 2: Fatalities recorded by the Department of Labour 1995–2008
- Figure 3: Causes of Fatalities 1988 to 2005
- Figure 4: Department of Labour serious harm notifications, averaged 2003–2010
- Figure 5: Serious harm notifications per 1,000 FTEs 2003–2010
- Figure 6: Serious harm events by task
- Figure 7: Top ten causes of serious harm notification in forestry 2003–2010
- Figure 8: Types of injury 2006–2009
- Figure 9: Accidents resulting in lost time injuries 2005–2010
- Figure 10: Lost time, total injury and severity rates 2006–2008
List of Tables
- Table 1: Labour productivity by industry
- Table 2: Sector fatality data for the period 2005–2010
- Table 3: Causes of felling fatalities
- Table 4: Causes of breaking out fatalities
- Table 5: ACC cost of forest industry entitlement claims
