A warning when stacking logs.... boy in NZ killed

[Pedroski]

Sad story on Stuff.co.nz this morning Glenn Te Miha-Barlow's Motueka Family Wants Answers... | Stuff.co.nz

 

I know it's impossible to stop kids climbing on things, and accidents can happen. But you need to be aware of the legal requirement, here in the UK anyway, to take all reasonably practicable measures to prevent this sort of thing happening.

[HGBMX]

thats harsh and I feel sorry for the parents, but they say they want to know why the logs were stacked up like that, why do they need to know this? if the logs hadnt been stacked up on top of each other and were in a long line on the ground and the kid ran on them and broke its leg they would want to know why the logs were not stacked in a pile, it says it was out of school hours so surely they should not of been on the school property at the time then?

[Tom D]

Its a sad situation thats for sure.

 

I do think it is unacceptable to leave timber stacked in a public place. We have recently left around 50 ton in various public parks (woodland areas) on an LA contract that we were doing. I have been particularly worried about this type of issue. My 2 year old loves climbing on anything, a pile of wood is an invitation to a child to play on, signs or not. We left all the timber from this job one stick high, except for the small cord wood. On slopes we left the sticks extra long (spec was 2m lengths) and left large stubs on the sides to prevent rolling. This is about as much as we can do, the biggest problem that we have had is the firewood fairies coming in after we have been in there and messing all the stuff up. There were couple of big trees that we felled with 10 ton+ butts lying on steep slopes and guys have been in with saws cutting them up, if one rolls on someone who is at fault?

 

Its a bit of a nightmare TBH. The LA want to save money by asking contractors to leave habitat piles rather than extracting, but the timber gets extracted anyway....

[TRADITIONAL LOGGERS]

Sad news for all involved.

 

Signs and tape are fine for adults but might attract children with bright colours. Parents and schools need to teach from a young age about hazards.

 

In a local park here the BTCV had made tree lengths into path edges and someone was playing walking along them and slipped and bashed his head but survived.

[Mozza]

It's a awful accident and I feel for the family.

 

However, it is just that, an accident, they can't mallet one person for it, I'm sure EVERYONE involved feels horrendous about it wondering what they could have done better etc etc.