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Ethan James

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Forestry death highlights conflicting pressures | Mind Blowing Facts

A forestry worker's death highlights the clash of safety and environmental pressures, a coroner says (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

The death of an experienced forestry worker who was struck by a falling tree highlights conflicting pressures between safety and environmental protection, a coroner says. 

Raymond Penney, who had 45 years of experience in the industry, was using an excavator to bring down a hazardous old-growth tree in a coupe at Geeveston in southern Tasmania in 2021. 

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