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It is becoming more common for machine operators to work shifts well into the night to meet their clients’ demands, but such 24/7 service puts immense pressure on hydraulic systems, Hydraulink Fluid Connectors Ltd Chief Executive Robin Simpson says Heavier workloads for earthmovers, miners, construction and infrastructure, and transport operators are putting the strain on the hydraulic systems of static and mobile machinery essential to their tasks, including graders, diggers, trucks, forklifts, forest and agricultural harvesters, road and rail maintenance equipment, and fixed and mobile cranes. Continue →
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Four employees who were terminated by the management of a large oil and gas company in Taranaki have been awarded almost $280,000 in lost wages, reimbursements and compensation by the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) In a determination released mid-May, the ERA found the oil and gas company guilty of breaching good faith as an employer, after it made the four employees redundant “out of blue” after it claimed it was in a dire financial position due to falling oil prices and the outbreak of the Covid pandemic in 2020. Continue →
Health
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Despite the end of lockdowns and the easing of Covid-19 restrictions, the construction industry is still in crisis, this year’s MATES in Construction Wellbeing Survey finds Respondents are reporting similar or higher levels of anxiety and suicidal ideation compared to last year and lower levels of resilience when it comes to managing stress. Continue →
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A civil infrastructure company has turned to the Internet of Things (IoT) to help monitor levels of noise, dust and vibration in real time that until recently, required on-site manual testing Construction teams can find it challenging to monitor the levels of noise, dust and vibration produced in real time on worksites. Continue →
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Even where a worker does something ‘stupid’, legislation would still expect the business has identified that ‘act of stupidity’ as a risk and therefore placed suitable controls around it, just as with any other risks identified, Health and Safety Consultant Jason Shepherdson explains Where Critical Risks are concerned, the obligations stay with the Person(s) Conducting a Business or Undertaking (PCBU) that controls the risk. Continue →
Health
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This is great news for many patients who have long sought legal access to both New Zealand-grown and made medicinal cannabis products, says Helius Therapeutics Chief Executive Carmen Doran Her comments follow Helius being the first New Zealand medicinal cannabis company to gain approval for products derived from locally grown cannabis plants, with the Full Spectrum CBD medicines also locally extracted and manufactured. Continue →
Hazardous Materials & Substances
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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 Tauranga Eastern Link Road on 5 February 2020, when the cloud drifted across the motorway on the wind – reducing visibility to almost nothing. Continue →
Injury
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WorkSafe New Zealand is underscoring the dangers of skylights, after a 14-year-old roofer was seriously injured The teenager fell eight metres through a skylight and directly onto a concrete floor while working for Ironhide Roofing Limited, which has today been sentenced in the Napier District Court. Continue →
Injury
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Since the start of last year, at least two workers have died in construction every month and just over one worker per day has been seriously injured 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. Continue →
Health
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WorkSafe believes it is now appropriate to restart spirometry testing for pre-employment checks and exit medicals for workers doing high-risk activities In mid to late 2020 spirometry testing was suspended due to concerns over its potential links to the spread of COVID-19. Continue →
Health
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Currently taking public submissions, the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Bill will limit the way tobacco is accessed and marketed Now with Parliament’s health select committee, the bill limits the number of retailers able to sell smoked tobacco products, prohibits the sale of tobacco products to anyone born in 2009 or after, and aims to make tobacco products less appealing and addictive. Continue →
Training & Recruitment
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Many school leavers are only aware of the ‘usual suspect’ trades they can pursue, but as Ollie Lovell discovered, there are more than 2,000 vocational education and training programmes, including apprenticeships, available in New Zealand – Fire Detection and Alarms (FD&A) being one Lovell discovered the FD&A trade while doing a pre-trade electrician course at the local Polytech. Continue →
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