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Monday, 28 June 2021, 3:11 pm | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe New Zealand are reminding people that they are obligated to comply with WorkSafe inspectors exercising their compliance powers under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015. If people fail to comply with WorkSafe inspectors, they run the ... More >>
Safety Profile - Health And Safety, It’s Not Necessarily Something You Can Call ‘just Common Sense’
Monday, 21 June 2021, 10:20 am | WorkSafe NZ
“Working in a rural role but desk-based has really made me reflect on the very different health and safety challenges of being ‘hands on’ on farm,” says Kieran McCahon. Kieran, Waikato/Bay of Plenty FMG Young Farmer of the Year, grew up on his ... More >>
Safety Profile – The Job's Always Going To Be There – Getting Home Safely Is The Main Thing
Monday, 14 June 2021, 10:53 am | WorkSafe NZ
This profile is part of a seven-part series from WorkSafe New Zealand sharing the health and safety approaches taken by the grand finalists of the 2021 FMG Young Farmer of the Year competition. For the next seven weeks, we will be sharing a profile and ... More >>
Growing Professionalism Driving Awareness Of Health And Safety In Shearing Industry
Tuesday, 8 June 2021, 12:17 pm | WorkSafe NZ
This profile is part of a seven-part series from WorkSafe New Zealand sharing the health and safety approaches taken by the grand finalists of the 2021 FMG Young Farmer of the Year competition. For the next seven weeks, we will be sharing a profile and ... More >>
Safety Profile – Ensure People Are Well Trained For All The Tasks They Need To Do
Monday, 31 May 2021, 11:54 am | WorkSafe NZ
This profile is part of a seven-part series from WorkSafe New Zealand sharing the health and safety approaches taken by the grand finalists of the 2021 FMG Young Farmer of the Year competition. For the next seven weeks we will be sharing a profile and ... More >>
WorkSafe New Zealand Launches Life Shavers Campaign To Reduce Respiratory Harm
Tuesday, 25 May 2021, 12:33 pm | WorkSafe NZ
Shaving your beard could save your life. That’s the premise of a new campaign by WorkSafe New Zealand to help businesses and workers look after their health. WorkSafe’s Life Shavers campaign will raise awareness of the need for workers who wear respiratory ... More >>
Risky Work Requires Effective And Current Risk Management
Friday, 21 May 2021, 3:53 pm | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe is warning businesses that relying on worker competency to manage risky work is no substitute for current and effective risk management plans. It comes as a Hawkes Bay steel plate cutting company was fined following a November 2017 incident ... More >>
Safety Profile – It’s About Having All The Basics Covered And Communicating Well
Monday, 17 May 2021, 3:32 pm | WorkSafe NZ
Roshean Woods. This profile is part of a seven-part series from WorkSafe New Zealand sharing the health and safety approaches taken by the grand finalists of the 2021 FMG Young Farmer of the Year competition. For the next seven weeks we will be sharing ... More >>
Wiri Truck Fatality
Wednesday, 5 May 2021, 4:41 pm | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe is now investigating an incident in Wiri today. We understand a person has been crushed by a tail lift on a truck and died. As the matter is now under investigation we are unable to make any further comment. More >>
Experience No Substitute For Risk Management
Thursday, 29 April 2021, 3:37 pm | WorkSafe NZ
The death of a West Coast flooring company employee has drawn a strong warning from WorkSafe New Zealand to businesses not to rely on the experience of workers in the absence of proper risk identification and management. In March 2019 an employee of ... More >>
There Is No Reason New Zealand Can’t Lead The World On Health And Safety
Wednesday, 28 April 2021, 9:19 am | WorkSafe NZ
Today marks World Day for Safety and Health at Work and International Workers’ Memorial Day. It is a day that WorkSafe Chief Executive Phil Parkes says should not be passed over like any other. More than 500 people have gone to work and not come ... More >>
WorkSafe Investigation Into Fiordland Fatality
Wednesday, 21 April 2021, 2:59 pm | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe has opened an investigation into a workplace fatality in Fiordland yesterday. We understand the worker was undertaking geotechnical work at the time. As an investigation has now been opened we can't provide any further comment. More >>
WorkSafe’s Forklift Roadshow Attracts More Than 1000 Businesses
Wednesday, 7 April 2021, 12:56 pm | WorkSafe NZ
A country wide roadshow which aimed to highlight health and safety risks associated with forklifts reached 1055 businesses across the country. The seminars, hosted by WorkSafe New Zealand, wrapped up in Dunedin last week. Between 2013 and 2018 forklift ... More >>
Edge Protection Must Be Inspected And Maintained
Tuesday, 16 March 2021, 7:51 am | WorkSafe NZ
Edge protection must be inspected, maintained and routinely replaced to ensure it can effectively keep workers safe from a fall from heights. This messaging comes after Car Haulaways Limited was sentenced for failing to do just this, resulting ... More >>
Care For Customers Should Be A Priority When Managing Health And Safety
Thursday, 18 February 2021, 3:28 pm | WorkSafe NZ
The safety of customers and others interacting with a business must be a priority when considering health and safety in the workplace says WorkSafe, and policies in place should be implemented every day. The messages follow the sentencing today of ... More >>
CO2 Cylinders Must Be Tested And Stamped By Reputable Source
Friday, 12 February 2021, 2:10 pm | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe has condemned the actions of a Hutt Valley man after he falsified a safety stamp on a CO2 cylinder and on sold it online. Jarrod Ward collected a second hand CO2 cylinder from a previous place of employment and then sold it on TradeMe in 2019. ... More >>
MPI Sentenced After Workers Exposed To Hazardous Chemicals
Thursday, 11 February 2021, 3:19 pm | WorkSafe NZ
Communication is vital when multiple businesses come together to carry out work, says WorkSafe. The Ministry for Primary Industries was sentenced in Invercargill District Court today for failing to ensure workers were not exposed to hazardous ... More >>
Almost Half Of Vehicle-related Deaths On Farm Could Be Avoided If Seatbelts Were Used
Thursday, 11 February 2021, 8:51 am | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe New Zealand is advising farmers to buckle up after an analysis of vehicle-related fatalities found that nearly half those that occur on farm could have been avoided if a seatbelt was being used. The data analysis, completed by WorkSafe, revealed ... More >>
Two Parties Sentenced Following Haast Fatality
Wednesday, 27 January 2021, 4:09 pm | WorkSafe NZ
The gas water heater used to supply a shower in which a 12-year-old boy died in 2018, should never have been installed inside the bathroom says WorkSafe. The victim was using a shower at his family’s holiday home and died as a result of carbon ... More >>
Seatbelt And Helmet Could Have Saved Life
Thursday, 21 January 2021, 4:28 pm | WorkSafe NZ
If a vehicle’s safety features are compromised, then no one should be driving it. That’s the message from WorkSafe following the death of a woman who was ejected from a Utility Task Vehicle (UTV), commonly referred to as a side by side. The side ... More >>
