The news headlines may have given way to HGV Driver shortages and world events, but the Covid pandemic isn’t over yet.
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A telescopic forklift (telehandler) used to move timber, was lifted too high. It tipped over, knocking over some stacked timber which fell on to the Injured Person resulting in their death.
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New guidance was published last month providing information on the roles and responsibilities for environmental protection in forestry.
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Last September we launched our industry-leading Diffuse Pollution Online Training for all operators of large plant working on our sites.
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We tend not to build barricades on or around our sites but we do have lots of boundaries that need to be agreed, marked, understood, and adhered to. We have a guidance note dedicated to this topic and boundaries form part of our pre- commencement meeting checklists.
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The theme for this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10 is ‘Creating Hope Through Action’, to remind us that there is an alternative to suicide despite the fact it may not feel like it at the time.
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By now England, Scotland, and Wales have largely relaxed most Covid controls in social situations, with some variation on face coverings and other precautions.
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HSE has released the fatal accident statistics for agriculture, forestry, and fishing for 2020/21.
They make very sobering reading.
We have recently experienced the warmest temperatures of the year and, with so few foreign holidays this year, many of us will be hoping for more dry and fine weather over the coming weeks. But the intense periods of heat we seem to experience now do come with associated risks.
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Slips, Trips and Falls are the most frequent type of non-fatal RIDDOR reportable injuries in the UK. We are launching our ‘Plant Your Feet’ programme, where we will be looking at how we can minimise slips and trips.
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Many of the woodlands and forests that we manage in Wales and Southern England are habitats to dormouse. As dormice have declined due to a reduction in traditional forestry methods such as coppicing, it is great to be involved in the habitat restoration and woodland management projects.
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After a wet late spring, early summer, coupled with recent warm conditions, the undergrowth and roadside vegetation is growing quickly. Has it obscured your signs on site?
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