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High Harm In Construction Needs Renewed Focus
Friday, 2 September 2022, 6:29 am | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe NZ, Construction Health and Safety NZ (CHASNZ) and the Council of Trade Unions (CTU) are calling for a renewed focus on construction health and safety after a number of serious incidents recently. “Despite sustained effort to reduce harm ... More >>
Mammoth Slide Operator Fails To Learn From Past Mistakes
Monday, 29 August 2022, 3:26 pm | WorkSafe NZ
Children have again been put in extreme danger by the operators of an inflatable slide who showed little regard for health and safety. JTK Trustee Limited (trading as Fun Solutions) allowed its mammoth slide to become overloaded and collapse at ... More >>
Child’s Death Prompts Tow Gear Warning To Businesses
Monday, 1 August 2022, 10:41 am | WorkSafe NZ
The death of a nine-year-old girl in a Northland traffic crash has been traced back to a badly worn down towball and coupling on a trailer used by a local trucking business. The trailer’s safety chain failed, disconnecting it from the truck towing it in ... More >>
Liquidation No Escape From Health And Safety Accountability
Thursday, 28 July 2022, 1:49 pm | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe New Zealand has held an Auckland businessman liable for failures that led to the death of a subcontractor, who fell from the roof of a house while spray painting. Hon Sang Cheuk was the sole director of DMJ Painters Limited, which hired the painter ... More >>
“I’m Not Their Mother” No Excuse For Lax Health And Safety
Monday, 18 July 2022, 10:46 am | WorkSafe NZ
A Kaikoura employer who didn’t provide appropriate eye protection has been sentenced for failings that cost a young worker his vision in one eye. Daniel Anderson, an agricultural fencing sole trader, had a 17-year-old worker who was chiselling when ... More >>
Taranaki Meatworks Death A Lesson In 24-hour Health And Safety
Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 11:03 am | WorkSafe NZ
The early morning death of a Taranaki cleaner has prompted a WorkSafe New Zealand reminder for businesses to think around the clock when it comes to worker safety. 74-year-old Robin Killeen died doing cleaning work in December 2019 at ... More >>
Gross Negligence Caused Toxic Gas Death
Wednesday, 1 June 2022, 10:16 am | WorkSafe NZ
A litany of health and safety failings has been laid bare in the Wellington District Court, where Waste Management has been sentenced for the chemical poisoning of a worker. Jim Gideon died in August 2017, after being overcome by hydrogen sulphide ... More >>
Enforceable Undertakings Aim To Improve Cycling Safety
Friday, 27 May 2022, 6:10 pm | WorkSafe NZ
Two companies whose alleged inadequate health and safety processes resulted in the death of a Christchurch cyclist in 2019 have committed to an enforceable undertaking to ensure it doesn’t happen again. On 30 October 2019 Fyfa Campbell Dawson was ... More >>
Egg Company Fined After Worker Severs Thumb
Monday, 23 May 2022, 4:18 pm | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe New Zealand is reminding businesses and organisations to consider the full extent of their operations and all people who might be harmed as a result. Mainland Poultry Limited was sentenced today in the Papakura District Court, after a worker’s ... More >>
Charter Company Sentenced Over Whakaari/White Island Failings
Friday, 1 April 2022, 9:36 am | WorkSafe NZ
A charter company has been sentenced for health and safety failings in relation to the Whakaari/White Island eruption. WorkSafe New Zealand carried out its largest ever investigation into the circumstances of tourists and workers being on the island ... More >>
Don’t Cut Corners When Caring For Disabled People – WorkSafe NZ
Friday, 25 February 2022, 3:07 pm | WorkSafe NZ
Disability care providers do not need to sacrifice the dignity of those they care for to manage health and safety, WorkSafe New Zealand says. Last year the service arm of the IHC New Zealand Incorporated, IDEA Services Limited, was sentenced after ... More >>
Businesses Must Assess The Capabilities Of Their Workers In A Safe And Controlled Environment
Friday, 11 February 2022, 10:19 am | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe New Zealand is reminding businesses they must assess the capabilities of their workers in a safe and controlled environment after those responsible for a life-altering incident which left a teenage girl paraplegic were sentenced in the ... More >>
Most Businesses Doing The Right Thing Under COVID-19
Thursday, 27 January 2022, 4:29 pm | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe New Zealand is thanking businesses who are doing the right thing as we reach eight weeks under the COVID-19 Protection Framework. “To the businesses who have looked at the rules and made sure they are doing what’s needed to keep New ... More >>
Most Businesses Doing The Right Thing Under COVID-19 Requirements
Thursday, 27 January 2022, 4:26 pm | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe New Zealand is thanking businesses who are doing the right thing as we reach eight weeks under the COVID-19 Protection Framework. “To the businesses who have looked at the rules and made sure they are doing what’s needed to keep New ... More >>
Business Penalised For Not Meeting Vaccination Requirements
Thursday, 23 December 2021, 2:11 pm | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe New Zealand has issued an infringement notice to a business for failing to comply with its responsibilities under the COVID-19 Protection Framework. Oliver MMA, a martial arts and fitness centre in Auckland, has knowingly allowed unvaccinated ... More >>
Keep Tamariki Safe When Hiring Or Using Bouncy Castles
Friday, 17 December 2021, 4:58 pm | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe NZ is aware of the tragic events in Tasmania and knows parents and caregivers here will be thinking about how to keep tamariki safe when hiring or using bouncy castles. These devices are widely available but consumers may not know the standards ... More >>
Business Fined For Failing To Protect Workers From Methyl Bromide Exposure
Thursday, 9 December 2021, 3:31 pm | WorkSafe NZ
A failure to prevent workers being exposed to methyl bromide has seen a business fined $250,000 after a WorkSafe New Zealand investigation. The investigation began after workers at Flick Anticimex Limited, a pest control fumigation service, suffered ... More >>
WorkSafe New Zealand Welcomes Laurenson Review Recommendations
Friday, 22 October 2021, 12:41 pm | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe New Zealand has today welcomed the recommendations in the Review of WorkSafe New Zealand’s Performance of its Regulatory Functions in Relation to Activities on Whakaari White Island . This review was commissioned by the Minister for Workplace ... More >>
WorkSafe Activity Since August Level 4 Lockdown Announced
Friday, 3 September 2021, 4:25 pm | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe New Zealand has received almost 600 reports of alleged COVID-19 breaches about businesses since the Level 4 lockdown came into effect on 18 August 2021. By the morning of Friday 3 September WorkSafe had triaged 582 reports alleging COVID ... More >>
Quad bikes must be regularly serviced
Monday, 16 August 2021, 11:41 am | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe New Zealand is once again reminding businesses that regular servicing and proper maintenance of quad bikes can save lives. The reminder comes after the sentencing of two businesses in Timaru District Court on August 5. Dairy Holdings Limited and ... More >>
