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WorkSafe Warns Of Spring Fatalities Spike
Friday, 13 August 2021, 12:26 pm | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe is giving farmers a heads up to be mindful of risks on farm this spring. In spring 2020, fatalities spiked to five during the months of August and September. Vehicles continue to be the primary source of harm in on farm fatalities. On Monday ... More >>
Safe Systems Save Lives
Thursday, 12 August 2021, 10:14 am | WorkSafe NZ
A tragic workplace fatality in the Bay of Plenty serves as a reminder for businesses that effective standard operating systems in workplaces are key to making sure employees stay healthy and safe at work. These systems must be documented, implemented, communicated, ... More >>
Worker Poisoned – Basic Health And Safety Obligations Not Met
Thursday, 29 July 2021, 3:48 pm | WorkSafe NZ
A Rolleston-based pest bait manufacturing organisation has been fined $275,000 over an incident in which a worker was poisoned in May 2019 and nearly lost his life. Pest Control Research Limited Partnership (PCR) manufactures pest control products ... More >>
Failing To Learn From Previous Death Results In Death Of Residential Care User
Monday, 26 July 2021, 2:58 pm | WorkSafe NZ
It is crucial to ensuring the health and safety of vulnerable service users in residential care, that the risk of drowning in the bath is identified and assessed, and appropriate controls put in place. It is pointless having a control plan on paper if a business ... More >>
WorkSafe Report Identifies Steps For Improving Transport Safety
Thursday, 22 July 2021, 11:42 am | WorkSafe NZ
A cross-sector project between WorkSafe NZ and industry representatives has been established to help improve health and safety outcomes across the Transport, Postal and Warehousing sectors. WorkSafe data also shows that in Transport, Postal, and ... More >>
Health And Safety Paramount On Forestry Sites
Monday, 19 July 2021, 9:40 am | WorkSafe NZ
A tragic forestry fatality on the East Coast could have been avoided if industry guidance had simply been being followed, says WorkSafe. Businesses are being reminded once again to make sure work is being done correctly, safely and to higher industry ... More >>
Workers Must Be Competent Or Directly Supervised When Operating Cranes
Wednesday, 7 July 2021, 2:02 pm | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe New Zealand is warning businesses that it is unacceptable to allow staff to operate cranes and other machinery without direct supervision or appropriate training. The warning comes after a fatal incident in Christchurch in January 2019. An employee ... More >>
Quad Bike Maintenance A Non-negotiable
Tuesday, 6 July 2021, 9:36 am | WorkSafe NZ
Checking tyre pressure on quad bikes should be a fundamental health and safety process, says WorkSafe New Zealand. Harm resulting from quad bikes continues to be a serious issue in New Zealand. There have been 75 fatalities across the country since 2006. ... More >>
WorkSafe Focus On Talley’s Group Of Companies
Friday, 2 July 2021, 5:30 pm | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe New Zealand is planning to take a close look at how the Talley’s group of companies are meeting their obligations under the Health and Safety at Work Act (HSWA). Chief Executive Phil Parkes says the group has a history of poor health and ... More >>
Exclusion Zones A Must, Says WorkSafe, After Man Gets Shot In The Heart By A Nail
Tuesday, 29 June 2021, 9:39 am | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe is today reminding businesses of the importance of adequate risk assessments and exclusion zones, after a worker was shot in the chest with a nail gun. Sleepwell (NZ) Limited makes mattresses and bed bases at a plant in South Auckland. In September ... More >>
Work With WorkSafe
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 >>
