VicForests donates timber to local community group
12 January 2017
VicForests has donated Ash and Acacia timber to the Eildon and District Woodworkers Guild/Alexandra Community Shed to support their local woodcraft activities. Source: Timberbiz The Eildon and District Woodworkers Guild are a community group in Alexandra that are part of the Australia
Continue Reading →Safety Summit program released
22 December 2016
Forest Industry Safety Summit 2017 programs for Rotorua and Melbourne have been released. Source: Timberbiz The last Safety Summit, held back in 2015, attracted more than 500 forestry representatives and we are very excited about another strong program for 2017. “The forest indu
Continue Reading →Large fire at NZ Timber Packaging
01 December 2016
A large blaze at a timber processing plant in Taupō, New Zealand in the central North Island, has destroyed crucial machinery. Source: Radio NZ Firefighters were called to the plant, owned by New Zealand Timber Packaging, in an industrial area of the suburb of Tauhara, about 8.30pm. F
Continue Reading →Coroner credits Helen Kelly for forestry safety
01 December 2016
A coroner has credited the work done by late union boss Helen Kelly as being one of the primary reasons why New Zealand’s forestry sector is now a safer place to work than it was a few years ago. Source: Rotorua Daily Post Rotorua coroner Wallace Bain released his findings into
Continue Reading →Safety standards found lacking after Kidd death
24 November 2016
Lesley and Craig Kidd, parents of forestry worker Lincoln Kidd, want health and safety standards improved in the industry to prevent another death. Source: Stuff NZ The mother of a Horowhenua forestry worker crushed to death by a tree say he should have received more workplace trainin
Continue Reading →Positive changes for NZ safety
16 November 2016
A wide range of forest safety experts are making positive change in New Zealand’s forestry workplace, using peoples’ minds to bring safety culture change to their work situations and combining that with technology to make their job safer. Sources: Scoop, Timberbiz Workers and safety c
Continue Reading →Interpret safety data with care
02 November 2016
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has cautioned against misconstruing data from Safe Work Australia in its recent report ‘Work-related traumatic injury fatalities, Australia 2015’. Source: Timberbiz AFPA Chief Executive Officer Mr Ross Hampton said while the report not
Continue Reading →Improve safety in Australia and New Zealand
02 November 2016
Industry safety champions in both New Zealand and Australia have come forward to show their safety leadership by becoming Principal Partners to the 3rd FIEA Forest Industry Safety Summit. Source: Timberbiz This conference series sold out in 2013 and 2015, and is running again in March
Continue Reading →Foresters fire up for 2016 bushfire season
29 September 2016
Managing natural landscapes and plantations in Australia’s fire prone environment is a problem that demands the attention of the finest minds in the country. Source: Timberbiz Mount Gambier is to host some of the finest minds in forest fire management at a one-day forum on 7 October,
Continue Reading →Today, 41 people will die of sudden cardiac death
01 September 2016
New analysis by the Heart Foundation is shedding light on how young (under 35) and apparently healthy people can suffer a Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD). Sadly, heart disease takes one life every 26 minutes. Source: Timberbiz Around 15,000 Australians are being taken unexpectedly due to s
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