Abstract
Forestry management entities utilize not only forestry workers but also individual contractors such as forestry-dependent contractors. Since forestry dependent contractors are not regular workers, they may not be covered by the workers’accident compensation insurance system and may be forced to work in a disadvantageous state in terms of health and safety. They do-have access to workers’accident compensation insurance if they join the forestry-dependent contractor organization: however, in this system, forestry dependent contractors must pay high premiums for the insurance fee. The purpose of this study was to clarify the current situation of the forestry-dependent contractor organization and the forestry-dependent contractors who belong to it. The survey results revealed that it is important that the forestry-dependent contractor organization undertake three key activities: implementation of further health and safety measures, adoption of attendance management, and implementation of the recruitment of individual contractors.
