Forestry is serious work. That's why we’re committed to making it safe and responsible. To us, that means looking after our employees' health, safety and wellbeing. It also means caring for those we work with, our visitors and the communities we work in.

Harvester at work

Our health, safety and wellbeing aims

We want to be an example to all organisations working in the forest environment. We take pride in our health, safety and welfare culture. We aim to:

• eliminate work accidents for our workers and contractors
• sustain a healthy working environment that supports physical and mental health
• promote healthier lifestyles, benefitting workforce health
• foster a strong health, safety and welfare culture with those we work with
• reduce public accidents from recreational forest use

You can find out more by reading our Health, Safety and Wellbeing Policy below.

Our Health, Safety and Wellbeing Policy 2025-26 (PDF)

 Protecting forestry workers

Forestry is a high-risk industry. Every year workers are killed or injured at work. Lots more suffer from work-related illness. We want to reduce this impact on workers. We’re founder members of Forestry Industry Safety Accord (FISA), the forestry industry’s safety body. We work with our FISA partners to:

• promote successful health safety management
• develop good practice guidance
• help drive sector improvements

 Looking after our staff

We care deeply about our staff. We recognise the importance of taking a proactive approach to improving their health and wellbeing at work. 

We’re making big strides to improve how we look after health, safety, and wellbeing across the organisation. By working together with staff and trade unions through our Scottish safety committees, we’re giving people a voice in shaping safer, healthier workplaces.

Caring for visitors

We want all our visitors to go home safe and well. The Visitor Safety Guiding principles sets out how members of the public can enjoy woodlands safely.

Resources

Throughout our site you’ll find guidance on keeping yourself safe in the forest. We’ll tell you about significant work in our forests and what you need to do to avoid danger.