This page is central point for employers in the forestry industry who want the resources to support their management of employee injuries.
Downloadable information
- Workplace Induction Checklist (DOC 50K)
Use this is a signed record as a reference of what was covered at the employee’s induction. - Provider/Doctor Consent form and Alternate duties: Forestry (DOC 48K)
This combined consent & alternate duties form can be used to request the release of medical information. It outlines your intention to support your employee’s return to work, and authority from your employee to release medical information. This document also lists standard, alternative suitable duties which are available in your workplace. - Provider/Doctor Consent form (DOC 20K)
This consent form can be used to release medical information. It outlines your intention to support your employee’s return to work, and authority from your employee to release medical information. - Accident / Incident / Early reporting form (DOC 97K)
This form can be used by employees to report an accident, incident or early work related pain or discomfort - allowing intervention sooner - before it gets worse. - Return to work plan forms:
- Return to work plan and progress report (DOC 76K)
- Return to work employee rehab planner - A3 (DOC 36K)
- Return to work employee rehab planner – A4 (DOC 34K)
- Return to work plan (DOC 29K)
Use any one of these forms to initially record a plan and then set up a monitoring plan to review agreed actions and progress. (Use the one most suitable for your business.)
- Return to work actions checklist (DOC 72K)
This form has a checklist of key actions that you need to be aware of concerning an employee injury. - Return to work flowchart (DOC 47K)
- Completing the employer earnings certificate (ACC3) fact sheet (PDF 635K)
- Alternative duties: Forestry (DOC 43K)
This document lists examples of duties which have been identified as usually available within your industry. You can customise the list to reflect your particular workplace or situation. These duties indicate to a treatment provider the types of duties you can provide an employee who wants to return to work but is currently unable to carry out their normal duties. - Work task overview: Feller (DOC 95K)
- Work task overview: Cable skidder operator
- Work task overview: Breaker out
Each of these overviews outlines the demands of a particular employee’s job, acting as a functional job description. The information allows treatment providers to understand what your employee’s usual role consists of - not everyone is able to easily explain their role, and the overview helps minimise assumptions.
Case study
Log harvesting case study: Tree feller (DOC 93K)
Injury prevention
For more information on providing a safe and healthy workplace for your employees, please take a look at our At work preventing injuries section.
Published: 20 April 2010