editorial

CRAZY SMOOTH LOADER

Ample power

ISSN 1176-0397

Innovative log loading “Drug testing works”

Operator, Napi Martin, loads a double with the new John Deere 624P wheel loader.

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Tackling the hard stuff

HISTORICALLY, FORESTRY HAS BEEN ONE OF NEW ZEALAND’S MOST dangerous industries on an injury rate per worker basis. The increasing popularity of cannabis and other drugs has only exacerbated the situation.

As business owners and managers in this safety-sensitive industry have found that they are now held responsible for creating a safe and healthy environment under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, this includes ensuring workplaces have robust drug and alcohol policies, employee education and drug testing programmes in place.

We take a look at how companies are tackling this, particularly in the aftermath of increasing recreational drug use with COVID lockdowns. A success story in Northland shows the benefit of different stakeholders working together.

Also in this issue is an intriguing Special Feature on log loading. ISO’s fleet of fluorescent green trucks stand out like a beacon, and the firm’s profile at New Zealand log export ports is equally prominent. Safety and efficiency are top-of-mind at ISO and served as the driver behind a string of recent innovations in the log transport and loading process. Plenty to get your teeth into in this one.

In case you missed it, we also offer an overview of the recent FICA and Safetree Conference held in beautiful Queenstown. The combination of motivation, industry developments, skills and regulatory overviews (plus goodold fashioned humour) did not disappoint. Despite being postponed twice, courtesy of COVID, the event was as professional and efficient as ever for the audience of forest owners, managers, contractors, policy makers, government representatives and workers.

The ethos of the conference was that good leadership and good workplace culture are prerequisites for positive health and safety outcomes, and that all workers have a right to come home to their whãnau and feel engaged with and fulfilled in their work.

As we go to print, Matariki is around the corner. We hope you made the most of this time with your whãnau, taking the time to rest, celebrate, reflect on the year gone by and plan for the future.

Until next time, stay safe.