Forestry safety - an issue that’s not going awayFriday 15 Mar 2013 Nearly everyone says that Ken Callow was unlucky. He was working alone and no one saw him die, but the Government inspectors went through the block he was working after the accident and looked at the trees he had already felled. It was good work, the cuts made at the right level and depth and place, the trees had come down in the proper way and position, so it was relatively easy and relatively safe for them to be hauled out later. The autopsy found drugs or alcohol were not a factor. It was October 2011. He was 31 years old.Now Ken’s going to be on a billboard. The Council of Trade Unions (CTU) is raising funds on the Onebigvoice site to put his picture up on Auckland's busy Khyber Pass. It's going well, there's $3800 in the bag already and 10 days to go at this writing to raise another $500. Underneath the picture of him, tough and head-scarfed like a Vietnam-era soldier, will be a single question: What Killed Ken Callow? CTU President Helen Kelly has her suspicions it was more than bad luck. 'What is going on in forestry is a big hidden secret and we are trying to highlight it." This is part of a wider campaign being waged at the moment in New Zealand. The full article, "The Bush War", appeared in the Waikato Times last weekend. Click here to see the full story – from the Union’s and Forestry Owner’s perspectives. |
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