Panel chairman George Adams leads a session at yesterday's meeting. Photo/Stephen Parker
People from across the sector have shared their first-hand experiences at a forestry safety meeting in Rotorua.
About 120 people gathered at the Holiday Inn in Rotorua yesterday for a meeting run by the Independent Forestry Safety Review Panel.
Over more than five hours, workers, contractors, forestry owners, training providers
and others discussed a wide range of issues ranging from contractor certification, hazard management and manual felling processes to work culture, fatigue, drugs, work conditions and the amount of paperwork - among others.
It was generally agreed the current training regime was inadequate and more needed to be done to ensure consistent, relevant training.
There was also a feeling information was not reaching those it needed to, and WorkSafe NZ could do more to help workers learn from accidents and fatalities.
