sustainable forest management - Forestry Tasmania

Criteria
Figure 38. Performance as achieved in the Forest Practice Authority audits
Soil and Water
Fuel and Rubbish
Landscape
Cultural Heritage
Geomorphology
Fauna
Flora
Reforestation
Planning
Harvesting
Roading
2 2.25 2.5 2.75 3 3.25 3.5 3.75 4
Performance Score
2005/06 2006/07 2007/08
Workplace Health and Safety Act
Workplace Standards issued three notices to Forestry
Tasmania and three to Forestry Tasmania contractors for
breaches under Section 38 of the Workplace Health and
Safety Act 1998. The three notices issued to Forestry
Tasmania were as a result of:
• Hazardous trees along an access road, the condition of
the landing site and the harvesting prescription.
• An employee found to be undertaking unsafe work
practices on a conveyor that feeds the cross cut saw
from the scanner and on the conveyor that feeds
the bunks from the cross cut saw at the Southwood
merchandiser.
• Unloading trucks after dark with inadequate lighting at
the merchandiser yard at Southwood.
The three notices issued to contractors were as a result of:
• Two contractors’ tree felling techniques were not in
accordance with the standard contained in the Forest
Safety Code.
• Contractors refusing to harvest a steep section within
the harvesting area.
Read more about the
Forest Practices Authority at:
www.fpa.tas.gov.au