Safetree: The challenge for 2025 - changing our futureFriday 20 Dec 2024
Roughly one in every eight forestry workers will make an ACC claim for an injury that requires a trip to the doctor. Two of the three people forecast to die will be manual fallers. Safety has improved enormously in forestry over the last decade - and congratulations to everyone who’s contributed to that improvement. But that forecasted injury toll for 2025 is a stark reminder that the job’s nowhere near done yet. We still have a long way to go to create an industry where people are protected from serious harm. We can’t change the past, but we can change the future. The industry’s challenge in 2025 is to prove the forecasts wrong – to ensure those three workers spend Christmas 2025 with their whānau and to dramatically reduce the number whose Christmas 2025 celebrations are marred by a serious injury. On that sobering, but important, note, we’d like to thank everyone who supported and contributed to Safetree/FISC’s work in 2024. We are a not-for-profit organisation with a FTE staff of 2.5. So, much of what we achieve is done with the help of industry participants and experts. We greatly appreciate the time, energy and resources you have devoted to this important work in 2024 and we look forward to working with you again in 2025. Source: Safetree  | ||
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