Author Curreen

Training & Recruitment
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As New Zealand’s Baby Boomer generation gradually retires from the workforce, their exit poses a knowledge and experience vacuum that is expected to contribute significantly to skills shortages across the country New Zealand’s population is steadily ageing, with the number of people aged 65 and over expected to increase by 77% to over 1.2 million by 2036. Continue →
Management
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Over the past 25 years, I have helped thousands of small to medium business owners learn how to hire smarter and more efficiently, and if I am being completely honest here, it took me another ten years before that to learn the ins and outs of finding and hiring qualified team members, says Inc columnist David Finkel   The biggest mistake that I did early on, and I see other business owners do it all the time, has to do with starting off the hiring process by creating a generic job description. Continue →
Injury
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Companies cannot be complacent about working from heights, says WorkSafe, after a worker died as a result of injuries sustained in a fall at CentrePort in Wellington CentrePort Limited was sentenced and fined $506,048 at the Wellington District Court today following the January 2017 incident at the company’s container assessment and repair facility. Continue →
Injury
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Machine guarding failures in the meat processing industry are continuing to cause life-changing injuries to workers How it should be done The Alliance Group Limited was fined $332,000 and paid reparations late last year after an incident where an inexperienced worker’s hand was amputated in a piece of machinery in March 2017. Continue →
Injury
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A South Island construction company has been ordered to pay fines, reparation and costs of more than $500,000 after an unlicensed worker was crushed and killed when the truck he was driving rolled down a bank In a decision released by the Blenheim District Court, Crafar Crouch Construction (Picton) Limited was ordered to pay a fine of $351,563 and reparations of $177,735 following a fatal incident in June 2017. Continue →
Training & Recruitment
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Equipment operators have a huge influence on total cost of ownership and proper operator training can make all the difference According to equipment manufacturer Volvo, customers that invest in their people will reap enormous financial rewards in the long term as they help them to bring out the best in their machines. Continue →
Injury
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An employer has been fined and sentenced to 60 hours community work for failing to keep a worker safe after he was seriously injured while trimming tree branches next to a powerline In October 2016 a casual worker hired by Bradford John Dibble was trimming branches with an electric saw when a branch fell onto a powerline. Continue →
Injury
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Two companies have been heavily fined after a worker suffered a significant hand injury while operating a machine used to cut firewood Davies Tree Service Limited employed the worker and MMD Engineering Limited manufactured the machine and both were sentenced at the Christchurch District Court following the June 2017 incident. Continue →
Access
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A scaffolding company has been fined $150,000 after a poorly designed scaffold collapsed while seven people were working on it Affordable Scaffolding (2010) Limited was sentenced at the Auckland District Court last month following the February 2017 incident involving a scaffold erected under the Panmure Bridge in Auckland. Continue →
Injury
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A truck driver was left with a skull fracture and significant head injuries after a farmer’s stock loading ramp fell on him when its winch system failed, something an automatic brake winch system would have prevented WorkSafe says the incident is a reminder that all stock loading ramps should be fitted with an automatic brake winch system to prevent unwinding. Continue →
Management
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Evidence-based decision making is needed to bring down New Zealand’s increasing road toll, says Stephen Selwood CEO of Infrastructure NZ While discussion around how best New Zealand can improve its comparatively poor road safety performance is needed, it is essential that policy changes address the principal drivers of declining performance if we are to have any hope of turning the road toll around. Continue →
Injury
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After a worker’s arm was crushed while removing a decommissioned x-ray machine at Dunedin Hospital, Southern District Health Board and Fire and Mech Contracting Limited were fined heavily for failing to provide  the manufacturer’s instructions The incident occurred in May 2017 when Fire and Mech Contracting Limited asked a worker assisting with removal of the x-ray to help cut a wire rope to clear away the machine. Continue →
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