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Builders urged to make safety a priority in 2013
Thursday, 17 January 2013, 3:34 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Last year health and safety inspectors issued over 1,000 notices and written warnings to construction companies performing work at height unsafely. More >>
Tractor Safety Crucial Given Recent Deaths
Thursday, 17 January 2013, 11:07 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Two workplace deaths late last year involving tractors has prompted the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment to remind farmers of the importance of keeping themselves safe. More >>
Summer Holiday Workers Reminded of Employment Rights
Thursday, 10 January 2013, 5:14 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
With the number of people employed in temporary work during the summer holidays, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment is reminding employees to be aware of their rights. More >>
Forestry Sector Works To Make Safe Start To The New Year
Tuesday, 8 January 2013, 3:14 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Media release 8 January 2013 Forestry Sector Works To Make Safe Start To The New Year The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment is working with forest owners and workers to introduce the recently released Approved Code of Practice for Safety ... More >>
Ministry Asks Farmers for a Safe Start to 2013
Thursday, 3 January 2013, 11:33 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Farmers are being warned to keep themselves safe this summer – a time when more fatal accidents can occur. Since Christmas Day there has already been one death and two injuries relating to quad bike accidents on farms. More >>
Fine follows wood chipper incident
Friday, 21 December 2012, 3:10 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Timber processing company Carter Holt Harvey Limited has been fined $44,000 and ordered to pay $20,000 in reparation after a contractor lost four fingers in a wood chipper. The Whangarei District Court heard that the man had been working at the company’s ... More >>
Christchurch rebuild fall from height prosecution
Thursday, 20 December 2012, 5:28 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Construction company Fletchers Limited has been fined $45,000 following an investigation into the circumstances of a fall from height accident at the Grand Chancellor Hotel in Christchurch. More >>
Forestry workers urged to stay safe this summer
Thursday, 20 December 2012, 5:11 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
With a number of recent deaths in the forestry sector, workers, contractors and forest owners are being urged to make safety a priority this summer season. More >>
Tourism industry confidence levels at a high
Thursday, 20 December 2012, 1:57 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Media release 20 December 2012 Tourism industry confidence levels at a high The tourism industry’s confidence levels are the highest they’ve been since September 2011 when the end of the Rugby World Cup triggered a slump. The Ministry of Business, ... More >>
Skilled Vacancies Fall In November
Wednesday, 19 December 2012, 11:08 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Online job vacancies decreased in November following a rise in October, according to the latest Jobs Online report from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. More >>
Stay safe on the farm this summer
Wednesday, 19 December 2012, 10:27 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
On average, 850 people each year are injured riding quad bikes on farms. Five die. More >>
Logging firm fined after death of worker
Tuesday, 18 December 2012, 1:36 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Media release 18 December 2012 Logging firm fined after death of worker A logging firm, Blacklaws Logging Limited, has been fined $86,400 and ordered to pay $65,000 in reparation following the death of a worker whilst working in the Awatere Valley ... More >>
Bee keeping business fined after worker loses top of finger
Friday, 7 December 2012, 3:43 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
A beekeeping business in Cambridge has been fined $32,000 and ordered to pay reparation of $10,000 after an employee lost part of his finger on an unguarded table saw. More >>
Business fined after worker traps arm
Friday, 7 December 2012, 1:51 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
A bakery firm has been fined $34,000 and ordered to pay reparation of $4,000 after an employee’s hand was crushed. More >>
Earthquake-prone buildings – consultation on change
Friday, 7 December 2012, 11:13 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is seeking comments from the public and technical experts on proposals to improve the earthquake-prone buildings policy system. More >>
Business fined after worker crushed unloading container
Thursday, 6 December 2012, 6:49 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
A Mangere freight business has been ordered to pay a fine of $50,000 and reparation of $5,000 - in addition to $10,000 that had already been paid - after an 18 year old contractor was crushed unloading a shipping container. More >>
School convicted after fatal accident
Wednesday, 5 December 2012, 4:54 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Motueka High School Board of Trustees were convicted today at Nelson District Court following the death of child on the school grounds earlier this year and ordered to pay reparation of $60,000. More >>
Waimea Sawmillers convicted after fall from heights
Wednesday, 5 December 2012, 3:33 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Waimea Sawmillers Ltd, a sawmilling company based in Nelson, was fined $52,500 today following an accident in which a contractor suffered multiple serious injuries. More >>
New Forest Operations Approved Code of Practice Launched
Wednesday, 5 December 2012, 10:35 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
MP for Rotorua Todd McClay today launched the Approved Code of Practice for Safety and Health in Forest Operations at the Forest Industry Contractors Association ‘Big Day Out’ conference in Rotorua. More >>
Petrobras exploration permit surrender accepted
Tuesday, 4 December 2012, 1:33 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
MBIE has accepted international oil company Petrobras’ application to surrender its exploration permit for the Raukumara Basin. The Brazil-based company gained a permit in June 2010 to explore the basin off the East Coast of the North Island and ... More >>
