New forestry videos highlight the importance of supervising to the level of risk
Manual tree falling is a high-risk activity that has resulted in serious injuries and deaths. By ensuring effective supervision of fallers, supervisors and employers can help make sure their crews return home safe at the end of the day.
Supervision in Manual Falling video series
- Champions for Change
- Challenges for Supervisors
- Developing Effective Supervisors
- Supervising to the Level of Risk
- Support for Supervisors
In Champions for Change, forestry professionals share their personal stories of the long-term impact that faller fatalities and injuries have had on themselves and on their crews. These stories show the importance of ongoing supervision in identifying and managing risk.
The additional videos describe some of the challenges supervisors face, such as balancing supervision with production demands and the importance of training, education, and relationship-building. Support for supervisors is good for business and contributes to safer, healthier workplaces.
Visit our Manual falling & bucking and Supervising for health & safety pages for additional information and resources.