Gambling with Health & Safety in NZ Forestry

Gambling with Health & Safety

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The Problem:

Productive forestry

Safe & Effective

Fast & Cost

Efficient

Risks

Risks


Said another way …

Productive forestry

Safe & Effective

Fast & Cost

Efficient

Risks

Risks


What are our options if we want to stop gambling?


Option 1

Productive forestry

Safe & Effective

Fast & Cost

Efficient

Risks

Risks

We could reinforce that in order to have

productive forestry we need Forestry People

to be safe and effective


Option 2

Productive forestry

Safe & Effective

Fast & Cost

Efficient

Risks

Risks

We could encourage Forestry People to be safe and effective by

making them minimise, isolate or

eliminate risks


Option 3

Productive forestry

Safe & Effective

Fast & Cost

Efficient

Risks

Risks

We could find ways to be fast and efficient without taking risks


We have reinforced that in order to have

productive forestry we need Forestry People to be safe and effective

We have encouraged Forestry People to be safe and effective by


eliminate risks

We have found ways to be fast and efficient without taking risks


Option 4

Productive forestry

Safe & Effective

Fast & Cost

Efficient

Risks

Risks

We could change the focus on Fast &

Cost Efficient to something else

… and reduce the pressure on Forestry People to take risks

?


We could communicate that in order to have

productive forestry we need Forestry People to be safe and effective

We could train and educate Forestry People to be safe and effective by


eliminate risks

We could change the focus on fast & cost

efficient to something else

… and reduce the pressure on Forestry People to take risks

We could continue to find ways to be fast and

cost efficient without taking risks


“FOA estimates that contractors represent over 95% of the accidents and fatality notifications

they have recorded in the past year”

In general there is only one way to be successful in contracting. You have to be “fast and cost

efficient”.

Fast & Cost

Efficient


There are many obstacles to changing this focus …• Status - “Go hard or go home”• Pride - “Run or Die”• Habit of “Fast”• A culture of fast, competitive and task oriented• Men in groups take more risks• Employee piece rates• Price per volume contractor payments• Contract agreements• You have to be “fast and cost efficient” to make money• We don’t know the alternatives• There will be many more obstacles … it won’t be easy

Fast & Cost

Efficient


Until we find another way …


Karl Perry• Group Facilitator for complex problem

solving• Team building for high performance

decision making• One-on-one Coaching for high

performance leadership

Contact:Phone: +64 21 901 501Email: [email protected]

Gambling with Health & Safety in NZ Forestry

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