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Employee Loses Finger in Unguarded Machine
Friday, 29 April 2011, 12:31 pm | Department Of Labour
A Bay of Plenty manufacturing company was today fined $60,000 following an accident in August last year when an employee crushed one of her fingers while using a punch and forming press machine that wasn’t guarded. The Tauranga District Court also ... More >>
Part Of Employee's Fingers Amputated In Machine
Tuesday, 19 April 2011, 10:52 am | Department Of Labour
A timber processing company based in Rotorua was yesterday ordered to pay reparations of $10,000 after one of its employees was seriously injured because the machine he was working on wasn't adequately guarded. More >>
Employee Catapults 2.5 Metres in Bobcat Accident
Friday, 15 April 2011, 11:53 am | Department Of Labour
A Tauranga-based construction company was fined $40,000 following an accident at a construction site in Penrose in June last year when an employee was injured when he was flung into the air. More >>
Tree Feller Loses Leg In Workplace Accident
Tuesday, 12 April 2011, 11:33 am | Department Of Labour
A Napier-based company was fined $30,000 for its role in a logging accident which left one of its employees seriously injured, requiring part of his right leg to be amputated. More >>
Truck Repair Company Fined After Loose Wheel Kills Tourist
Monday, 11 April 2011, 12:21 pm | Department Of Labour
Counties Automotive Diesel Repairs Limited, a Pukekohe based company has today been fined $5,000 and ordered to pay reparations of $68,582 after a Vietnamese tourist was killed in an accident on Auckland’s southern motorway on 14 January 2010. More >>
Worker Injured by Unsafe Machine
Wednesday, 6 April 2011, 2:09 pm | Department Of Labour
An Auckland manufacturer has been fined $26,500 for an accident in February 2010 at its plant which led to part of a worker’s finger being amputated. Ingersoll-Rand Architectural Hardware Limited was also ordered to pay reparations of $5,000. At ... More >>
DOL Seeks Time Extension On Pike River Decision
Monday, 4 April 2011, 12:42 pm | Department Of Labour
Department Of Labour Seeks Time Extension On Pike River Decision The Department of Labour today applied for a time extension to reach decisions on whether to prosecute over the Pike River mine explosions that killed 29 miners in November 2010. The Department ... More >>
Shops Warned About Easter Trading Restrictions
Monday, 4 April 2011, 10:15 am | Department Of Labour
With less than three weeks until Easter, the Department of Labour is reminding retailers that they must shut their doors for two and a half days over the holiday period. More >>
Refuse Company Fined After Worker Killed by Collection Truck
Wednesday, 23 March 2011, 12:27 pm | Department Of Labour
Auckland-based Alpha Refuse Collections Limited was today fined $32,400 and ordered to pay reparations of $60,000 following the death of one of its employees in March last year. William Noble Nicholas, 30 from Manukau was not rostered to work on 15 ... More >>
Worker Lucky to Survive Electrical Shock
Friday, 18 February 2011, 9:37 am | Department Of Labour
An employee is lucky to be alive after coming into contact with an 11,000 volt street power line near the front of the property he was working at. Otago Continuous Spouting (2007) Ltd and its contractor Richard Geoffrey Williams were yesterday sentenced ... More >>
Silver Fern Farms In Court After Contract Worker Is Injured
Wednesday, 16 February 2011, 1:06 pm | Department Of Labour
Silver Fern Farms Limited has been fined $40,500 and ordered to pay reparations of $20,000 after a contractor had her hand pulled into a conveyor at its meat processing plant at Waitotara More >>
New Year Call to Improve Forestry Safety
Wednesday, 12 January 2011, 4:24 pm | Department Of Labour
As many forestry companies start up again for 2011 the Department of Labour is asking them to make safety a priority. In the past three years ten people have died and 501 people have been seriously injured while working in the forestry industry in ... More >>
Department Of Labour Investigates Quad Bike Death
Friday, 7 January 2011, 2:17 pm | Department Of Labour
Department Of Labour Investigates Quad Bike Death In Wairoa The Department of Labour has confirmed it is investigating the death of a man in a quad bike accident on Monday on a farm near Wairoa in northern Hawke’s Bay. The Department says it is too early ... More >>
Holiday Plea for Safe Quad Bike Use
Friday, 24 December 2010, 12:05 pm | Department Of Labour
The Department of Labour is urging farmers to take care when riding quad bikes this holiday season, and to follow four safety steps to prevent accidents. Since 1 July this year five people have died and 32 people have been seriously injured from riding ... More >>
Experts To Start Safety Audit Of Underground Coal Mines
Friday, 17 December 2010, 8:58 am | Department Of Labour
Two Australian mining experts have been contracted to undertake a safety audit of the country's underground coal mines. More >>
Worker Falls 10 Metres To His Death
Tuesday, 14 December 2010, 3:02 pm | Department Of Labour
Two Auckland companies have been fined today after a worker was killed when he fell 10 metres through a hole filled with fire mortar (a compound designed to contain fires in multi storey buildings). This highlights the dangers of working from heights ... More >>
New Rules for Employers Shutting Down for Christmas
Tuesday, 14 December 2010, 1:47 pm | Department Of Labour
With the Christmas holiday period less than a fortnight away the Department of Labour is reminding employers about a new provision affecting businesses who close their doors over this time More >>
Worker Breaks Leg in Power Pole Fall
Monday, 13 December 2010, 4:23 pm | Department Of Labour
Working at heights is dangerous and the Department of Labour is reminding employers to ensure their employees are safe while they’re at work. More >>
Worker Loses Fingers at Fletcher Steel Plant
Thursday, 9 December 2010, 11:57 am | Department Of Labour
Fletcher Steel Limited has today been fined $55,500 following an accident on 10 March this year where an employee was seriously injured. The accident occurred at the Fletcher’s Diamond division in Waiwhakaiho, New Plymouth. The employee was working with a colleague ... More >>
Company Fined for Underpaying Shortland Street Extra
Wednesday, 8 December 2010, 1:58 pm | Department Of Labour
An Auckland company has been fined $10,000 for paying less than the minimum wage to an employee who worked as an extra on the television programme Shortland Street. The Department of Labour took the case against August Models and Talent Limited which ... More >>
