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Sand Boarding Death Puts Sad New Perspective On Customer Care
Tuesday, 22 August 2023, 3:23 pm | WorkSafe NZ
The health and safety of customers must be a priority for businesses, WorkSafe New Zealand says, in light of an horrific sand boarding incident which killed a tourist on a family holiday in the Far North. Jin Chang Oh was boarding the giant sand dunes ... More >>
Workplace Explosion Was No Joke – A Warning To All
Wednesday, 16 August 2023, 1:16 pm | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe New Zealand is urging workplace pranksters to keep health and safety top of mind, following an explosion that badly burned five workers in central Auckland. In August last year, a barbeque gas bottle was mistakenly left running overnight ... More >>
Strong Sentences A Warning – Prevent Harm, Don’t Cover It Up
Friday, 28 July 2023, 7:06 pm | WorkSafe NZ
Two men sentenced to jail for covering up poor health and safety practices show businesses can’t get away with poor practice. The New Zealand Police charged William Mansfield Trevor Sullivan for making a false statement and Steven Patrick John Sullivan ... More >>
Whakaari Helicopter Operators Plead Guilty
Friday, 7 July 2023, 3:10 pm | WorkSafe NZ
Three helicopter tour operators, charged by WorkSafe New Zealand for health and safety failings related to Whakaari, have pleaded guilty to amended charges today. WorkSafe charged Volcanic Air Safaris Limited, Kahu NZ Limited and Aerius Limited ... More >>
Meatworks Death Brings Consequences For AFFCO
Friday, 23 June 2023, 2:46 pm | WorkSafe NZ
Poor risk management and a lack of worker engagement have been identified as factors in the death of an East Coast freezing worker, who was crushed by a falling steel frame full of offal cartons. Alfred Edwards was attempting to free a jammed carton ... More >>
Significant Guilty Pleas In Whakaari Case
Thursday, 15 June 2023, 12:22 pm | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe New Zealand welcomes the guilty pleas from White Island Tours Limited today to charges laid under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, related to their tour operations at Whakaari. “The significance of these pleas can’t be understated. ... More >>
Trapped Arm A Sombre Warning On Imported Machinery
Tuesday, 23 May 2023, 9:34 am | WorkSafe NZ
A multinational company has been sentenced after a worker’s arm got caught in a bark-stripping machine which did not have the appropriate safeguards for New Zealand use. CFGC Forest Managers (NZ) Limited (CFGC) is a forest management and export company. ... More >>
Meatworks’ Oversights Led To Horrific Injury
Friday, 19 May 2023, 11:32 am | WorkSafe NZ
Poor training and supervision contributed to a worker having his hand seriously injured on unsafe machinery at a Hawke’s Bay meatworks, which has now been sentenced. The incident occurred on the lamb brisket cutter at Progressive Meats Limited in ... More >>
Company Failures Leave Builder Seriously Injured
Tuesday, 2 May 2023, 3:26 pm | WorkSafe NZ
Two construction companies have been held accountable for a cavalier attitude toward keeping people safe when working at height. The lack of planning and implementation of safety measures from both companies left a builder with life-changing injuries ... More >>
Keep Doing The Job On Work Health And Safety
Friday, 28 April 2023, 9:58 am | WorkSafe NZ
People are healthier and safer at work today than in the past, says WorkSafe New Zealand, but we all need to remember there’s more to do. Friday 28 April is World Day for Safety and Health at Work and International Workers’ Memorial Day. “This ... More >>
WorkSafe Welcomes Guilty Pleas After Businessmen Misled Investigation
Tuesday, 25 April 2023, 6:06 pm | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe New Zealand is warning businesses that anyone who tries to obstruct, cover up or manipulate evidence or situations will be met with serious consequences. It comes after two men pleaded guilty to misleading an investigation into incidents ... More >>
Inflatable Slide Collapse Gets Court Sequel
Friday, 31 March 2023, 9:50 am | WorkSafe NZ
A council has been sentenced for its part in failing to keep people safe in a giant inflatable slide collapse, despite the slide being operated by another party. Thames Coromandel District Council authorised JTK Trustee Limited to operate the slide at ... More >>
Exposed Machinery A Recipe For Disaster
Thursday, 16 March 2023, 10:56 am | WorkSafe NZ
A West Auckland bakery business which didn’t properly safeguard its machinery has been sentenced over two incidents, six months apart, in which workers had their hands disfigured. Bakeworks Limited, which makes gluten-free products, was sentenced ... More >>
Pond Tragedy Spurs Call To Do Better
Tuesday, 7 March 2023, 9:36 am | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe New Zealand and Water Safety New Zealand are uniting to call for greater care around ponds, dams, and water bores, in light of new figures on drownings. Since 2013, ponds, dams, and water bores have claimed the lives of 16 people across Aotearoa. ... More >>
Worker’s Eye Injury Caused By Avocado Company’s Safety Oversights
Thursday, 2 March 2023, 11:07 am | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe NZ is stressing the requirement for employers to provide and ensure personal protective equipment (PPE) is used after Mapua Avocados Limited was found guilty and sentenced in relation to a casual worker in Northland who suffered a significant ... More >>
Skip Bin Brain Injury At Work Tragic And Needless
Thursday, 23 February 2023, 5:14 am | WorkSafe NZ
23 February 2023 A Bay of Plenty business with an undocumented and ineffective health and safety process has been sentenced after a raised skip bin fell on a worker and inflicted a severe brain injury. The victim, now 52 years old, was emptying the skip ... More >>
Asbestos Flooring Oversight A Dangerous Mishap
Friday, 17 February 2023, 11:23 am | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe is reminding businesses and their customers of the very real risks that can exist when refurbishing, following a case of poorly handled flooring containing asbestos. Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral containing strong fibres invisible ... More >>
Death A Reminder To Keep An Eye On Field Staff
Wednesday, 14 December 2022, 4:25 pm | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe New Zealand has found inadequate training and supervision contributed to the death of a forestry technician in northern Hawke’s Bay two years ago. The man was repairing a mechanical attachment, known as a harvester head, when the device ... More >>
Sea Cave Ordeal Brings Lessons For Schools
Tuesday, 13 December 2022, 6:32 pm | WorkSafe NZ
Better supervision and risk management would have prevented children from being put in danger of drowning on a school trip which went wrong off the Northland coast. The Tauraroa Area School group was on a kayaking and snorkelling trip at Cave Bay ... More >>
Worker’s Hand Injury Prompts Renewed Safety Focus
Friday, 2 December 2022, 2:29 pm | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe New Zealand is again urging vigilance on the risks of exposed machinery, in light of a steel fabrication worker suffering a significant injury on the job in Northland. The employer, Donovan Group NZ Limited, has been sentenced in the Whangārei ... More >>
