Wednesday 28 November 2012

Man dies in forest tragedy - Wanganui Chronicle

A 23-year-old forestry worker from Wanganui was killed when a tree he had cut became entangled in another and then fell on him.

Reece Joseph Reid, who attended Waverley High School, was working on a farm south of Pongaroa in remote northern Wairarapa yesterday morning when the accident happened, Dannevirke police said.

His death has prompted calls for an urgent safety review in the industry.

New Zealand Council of Trade Unions said the death, the 13th in three years, showed the industry had a "serious health and safety crisis".

Man dies in forest tragedy - Wanganui Chronicle

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