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Construction firm fined for fall from height risk
Friday, 18 September 2015, 3:29 pm | WorkSafe NZ
Taylor Construction 2011 Limited has been fined $36,750 following a guilty plea entered under sections 6 and 50 of the Health and Safety in Employment Act. They failed to keep their workers safe by exposing them to the risk of a fall from height while ... More >>
Quarry operator fined after employee falls
Friday, 18 September 2015, 12:28 pm | WorkSafe NZ
A South Island quarry operator has been fined $36,000 and ordered to pay $21,118 in reparations and costs related to the injuries suffered after an employee fell from an elevated work platform on a hammer mill machine, sustaining a fractured skull, ... More >>
KiwiRail ordered to pay $110K
Friday, 18 September 2015, 11:11 am | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe New Zealand says last year’s incident where a digger was struck by a train in the central North Island leaving a contractor with serious life-long injuries was entirely preventable. More >>
Kids graduate to farm safety
Tuesday, 15 September 2015, 12:52 pm | WorkSafe NZ
Hundreds of rural kiwi kids are coming top of the class in farm safety. More than 1,500 school children in Waikato are taking part in a pilot initiative to help them and their families stay safe on farms and thousands more are set to take part as ... More >>
Paul Burr case
Monday, 14 September 2015, 4:17 pm | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe New Zealand understands that comments made outside the court following the Paul Burr trial in the Palmerston North High Court suggested that WorkSafe had laid the manslaughter charge. More >>
Watch your back this spring
Thursday, 10 September 2015, 10:29 am | WorkSafe NZ
Sheep farmers busy with tailing/docking of lambs are being urged to take extra care of their backs. More >>
Hutt company fined after worker loses four fingers
Thursday, 3 September 2015, 12:33 pm | WorkSafe NZ
3 September 2015 Hutt company fined after worker loses four fingers Petone importer and manufacturer European Profile Company Limited has been fined $24,375 and ordered to pay reparation of $17,500 after a worker had four fingers amputated by a wood ... More >>
Contractor fined $8,607 for potential asbestos exposure
Wednesday, 19 August 2015, 5:08 pm | WorkSafe NZ
Yakka Contracting Limited has been fined $8,607 after an employee broke up large sheets of cladding, with asbestos in it, at Bayfield Primary School in Herne Bay. The demolition and earth moving contracting company was sentenced in the Auckland ... More >>
Aluminium company to pay 48K after employee burnt at work
Tuesday, 18 August 2015, 5:25 pm | WorkSafe NZ
McKechnie Aluminium Solutions Limited has been fined $33,000 and ordered to pay $15,000 in reparation after an explosion caused serious burns to an employee’s foot, and superficial burns to his left hand, arm, chest and head. More >>
Lyttelton Port Company ordered to pay $138,000 over death
Thursday, 6 August 2015, 4:26 pm | WorkSafe NZ
The family of port worker Bradley Fletcher will receive $75,000 in court-ordered reparation from the Lyttelton Port Company, which has today also been fined $63,000 over his death. More >>
August a peak period for farm injuries
Monday, 3 August 2015, 10:19 am | WorkSafe NZ
Farmers are being reminded of the risks posed by livestock and vehicles during calving as historically the number of injuries on dairy farms rocket up in August. More >>
Petroleum services company fined
Tuesday, 21 July 2015, 2:11 pm | WorkSafe NZ
Petroleum services company fined for their part in Turoa ski field diesel leak Petroleum Services (2001) Limited has been fined $34,500 and ordered to pay costs to WorkSafe of $20,000 after a stationary container system at Turoa ski field on Mt Ruapehu failed, ... More >>
Company to pay $66,799.50 after employee shot by nail gun
Wednesday, 15 July 2015, 3:57 pm | WorkSafe NZ
VIP Frames & Trusses Limited has been ordered by the Court to pay $66,799.50 after an employee was seriously injured when a nail shot from a nail gun hit him in the chest. The nail punctured his pericardium and lung, and narrowly missed his ... More >>
Spray painting company fined for breaching prohibition
Thursday, 2 July 2015, 11:10 am | WorkSafe NZ
Nelson-based panel beating and spray painting business L&L Marriott Holdings Limited has been fined $15,000 for breaching a WorkSafe prohibition notice. More >>
Tertiary provider sentenced after forestry accident
Monday, 29 June 2015, 3:13 pm | WorkSafe NZ
Waiariki Institute of Technology was sentenced today and ordered to pay reparation of $40,000 after a tutor was seriously injured during a forest operations course. More >>
Company fined after worker loses leg
Monday, 29 June 2015, 11:04 am | WorkSafe NZ
Company fined after worker loses leg Tree Scape Limited has been fined $24,750 and ordered to pay reparation of $35,000 after an employee had his right leg amputated after it got pulled into a wood chipper machine. Tree maintenance company Tree Scape ... More >>
Workers not as safe as they think they are
Friday, 26 June 2015, 10:47 am | WorkSafe NZ
There is a ‘it won’t happen to me’ attitude among workers and employers operating in New Zealand’s highest-risk industries. More >>
Director fined $25,000 for ignoring prohibition notice
Thursday, 25 June 2015, 10:51 am | WorkSafe NZ
Ranjit Singh, the sole Director of Nihal Homes (NZ) Limited, was convicted and fined $25,000 on Tuesday at the Auckland District Court under section 43 of the Health and Safety in Employment Act. Mr Singh ignored a prohibition notice issued after ... More >>
Adequate machine guarding is a must
Wednesday, 10 June 2015, 2:08 pm | WorkSafe NZ
Nelson Pine Industries Limited has been fined $45,000 and ordered to pay reparation of $10,000 after one of its workers was injured while trying to clear a log jam on a conveyor belt by hand. The worker was trying to clear a log jam in August 2014 ... More >>
Orchardist fined after employee dies using home-made buggy
Thursday, 4 June 2015, 4:35 pm | WorkSafe NZ
4 JUNE 2015 Orchardist fined after employee dies while using home-made buggy at work More >>
