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CentrePort to pay $75,691 after worker fatality
Thursday, 4 June 2015, 3:32 pm | WorkSafe NZ
CentrePort Limited has been ordered to pay reparation of $15,000 and fined $60,691 over the death of employee Mark Samoa on 20 January 2013. More >>
Metal recycler fined after explosion
Thursday, 21 May 2015, 3:55 pm | WorkSafe NZ
Metal recycler National Steel Limited has been fined $23,500 after an explosion on 17 July 2013 at their Hobill Avenue plant in Wiri revealed a catalogue of health and safety failings. National Steel Limited was fined on Tuesday in the Manukau District ... More >>
Company to pay contractor $80,000 after tree trunk fractures
Wednesday, 6 May 2015, 11:06 am | WorkSafe NZ
Gardening business Hao & Liu Union Limited has been ordered to pay reparation of $80,000 after a contractor suffered a severe brain injury and a depressed skull fracture when a tree trunk struck him on the head and back. He underwent two surgeries ... More >>
Employer to pay employee $80,000
Tuesday, 5 May 2015, 4:28 pm | WorkSafe NZ
Gardening business Hao & Liu Union Limited has been ordered to pay reparation of $80,000 after an employee suffered a severe brain injury and a depressed skull fracture when a tree trunk struck him on the head and back. He underwent two surgeries ... More >>
Always identify workplace hazards
Tuesday, 5 May 2015, 3:04 pm | WorkSafe NZ
The Hawera District Court has ordered two companies to pay fines and reparation totalling $70,000 after a worker fell into a cellar at a mothballed oil and gas facility in Taranaki. More >>
Council to pay $94,500 for child’s death in park
Thursday, 30 April 2015, 3:25 pm | WorkSafe NZ
Hastings District Council has been fined $29,500 and ordered to pay reparation of $65,000 (on top of $12,356.70 already paid) after a tractor mower, operated by one of their employees at a public park, struck a child and killed him. More >>
Sort your hazards so staff stay safe
Friday, 17 April 2015, 9:11 am | WorkSafe NZ
Logistics company Hall’s Direct Limited has been fined $50,500 and ordered to pay reparation of $25,000 after one of their trucks reversed into an employee, Peter Lepou, pinning him against a loading bay. Mr Lepou fractured his ribs and spine, ... More >>
Seasonal changes pose risks for farmers
Thursday, 16 April 2015, 10:43 am | WorkSafe NZ
The recent cold snap is a timely reminder for farmers that we are heading into a high-risk period for vehicle and machinery-related injuries. More >>
Stay safe on quads
Thursday, 9 April 2015, 1:33 pm | WorkSafe NZ
Farmers are being urged to take special care on quad-bikes after two fatalities this week. A farmer died on his Wairarapa farm on Tuesday, while a 17-year-old died today on a farm in Kaikohe. More >>
Forestry-related death notified to WorkSafe NZ
Thursday, 26 March 2015, 11:33 am | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe NZ has been notified this morning of a forestry-related death at Te Wera in Taranaki. More >>
Harcourts fined for rental property safety failings
Friday, 20 March 2015, 9:54 am | WorkSafe NZ
Harcourts Timaru was fined $55,000 and required to pay $12,500 reparation for failing to take all practicable steps to ensure the safety of gas appliances and fittings when leasing out a property and for engaging a person who was not authorised to do ... More >>
Residential care tragedy a wakeup call
Tuesday, 10 March 2015, 2:41 pm | WorkSafe NZ
Residential care tragedy a wakeup call IHC’s service delivery arm, Idea Services, has been ordered to pay reparation of $90,000 and fined $63,500 over the death of a 15-year-old with multiple disabilities who drowned in the bath at a respite care ... More >>
Helping Auckland Businesses Comply with Health and Safety
Monday, 9 March 2015, 10:42 am | WorkSafe NZ
Keeping track of and implementing workplace safety legislation can be complicated and time consuming. But the risk of a fine or imprisonment for a health and safety violation makes it vital for a business to ensure they are conforming to regulatory ... More >>
Work and Income Ashburton shooting – WorkSafe charge
Monday, 2 March 2015, 5:31 pm | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe NZ has laid one charge against the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) in relation to the shooting at the MSD Ashburton office on 1 September 2014 in which two Work and Income staff were killed and another was injured. More >>
Don’t be blasé about toxic fumes and confined spaces
Monday, 16 February 2015, 3:14 pm | WorkSafe NZ
Waterproofing company Gunac Hawke’s Bay Limited has been fined $33,750 and ordered to pay reparation of $2,500 after one of its employees was overcome by toxic fumes. More >>
Company director sentenced to home detention
Thursday, 12 February 2015, 4:34 pm | WorkSafe NZ
The Director of a house-moving company has been sentenced to four months home detention, and his company fined $60,000, after a house he was transporting brought down a power line. The power line was left live on the side of the road, killing six lambs, five ... More >>
Orchard company to pay $134,500 over worker death
Wednesday, 21 January 2015, 4:42 pm | WorkSafe NZ
AB Wood Holdings Limited has been fined $49,500 and ordered to pay $85,000 in reparation after an employee died when the tractor he was using to mow grass rolled down an embankment, pinning him underneath it and fatally injuring him. More >>
Machine guards are there for a reason
Wednesday, 21 January 2015, 1:58 pm | WorkSafe NZ
Commercial laundry company Alsco NZ has been fined $38,250 and been ordered to pay $7,500 in reparation after a worker had their hand crushed in the rollers of an unguarded folder machine. More >>
Manage your hazards – no matter how big the job
Tuesday, 20 January 2015, 9:32 am | WorkSafe NZ
Logging company Mangorei Sawmill Limited (MSL) has been fined $20,000 and ordered to pay reparation of $10,000 after a digger lost traction and rolled down an embankment – with an employee, Mark Chapman, still inside. More >>
Wear helmets on quad bikes – they’re part of the job
Tuesday, 16 December 2014, 3:52 pm | WorkSafe NZ
A farming couple from Canvastown near Blenheim have been fined $20,000 each for offences involving the use of quad bikes on the farm where they have a share-milking partnership. More >>
