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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 >>
Subcontractors Are Entitled To Health And Safety Too
Monday, 28 November 2022, 10:25 am | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe New Zealand says workers deserve better than to continue dying on the job in falls from height. A Canterbury business, Dan’s Renovations, has been sentenced for health and safety failings over the death of a subcontractor in February 2021. ... More >>
More Must Be Done To Manage Asbestos Risks
Friday, 25 November 2022, 1:38 pm | WorkSafe NZ
Three organisations dedicated to reducing and eliminating asbestos exposure are calling on businesses and tradies to do better and keep themselves, their workers and others safe as Asbestos Awareness Week ends. WorkSafe, the New Zealand Demolition ... More >>
Modified Machine Created Risk That Killed Worker
Monday, 14 November 2022, 1:34 pm | WorkSafe NZ
A Manawatū factory worker’s death underscores the importance of carrying out a dedicated risk assessment before modifying machinery in a workplace. 47-year-old Dwayne Summers died after being trapped and crushed, while using a meal bagging machine ... More >>
“Use Common Sense” A Poor Approach To Health And Safety
Tuesday, 8 November 2022, 7:19 pm | WorkSafe NZ
Two agricultural companies in Taranaki have been taken to task over ineffective workplace traffic safety, after their worker was knocked unconscious by a moving vehicle. In August 2020 the worker was hit from behind and collected by the bucket ... More >>
Sentencing Sends A Message To Installers
Thursday, 3 November 2022, 2:53 pm | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe New Zealand has prosecuted a business for failing to play its part before a worker suffered significant injuries on the job in a fall from height. The 54-year-old worker was replacing a roof at Auckland’s Glenfield Intermediate School in mid-January ... More >>
Enforceable Undertaking Aims To Improve Site Safety
Tuesday, 1 November 2022, 6:08 am | WorkSafe NZ
1 November 2022 WorkSafe New Zealand has accepted an enforceable undertaking in response to an avoidable death at a Waikato landfill site. 60-year-old truck driver Gratten Layne was standing at the rear of his truck, when he was struck and killed ... More >>
Fertiliser “white Out” Death A Cautionary Tale For Agriculture Sector
Wednesday, 7 September 2022, 4:41 pm | WorkSafe NZ
A Bay of Plenty company has been sentenced for its role in sending a dense cloud of lime dust across a motorway, causing a multi-vehicle crash which killed a driver. Wealleans Bay of Plenty Limited was spreading the lime at a dairy farm next to the ... More >>
