Author Curreen

Injury
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The importance of vehicle maintenance and driver training have been laid bare at the court sentencing for a deadly bus crash 11-year-old Hannah Francis was killed and several others seriously injured when the bus, owned and operated by Ruapehu Alpine Lifts Limited (RAL), crashed while descending the Ohakune Mountain Road on 28 July 2018. Continue →
Management
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The Accredited Employer Programme (AEP) can be appealing and cost-effective for large employers seeking to lower costs and self-manage injury claims within their workforce, Gallagher Bassett Chief Client Officer Steven Walsh says Facilitated by the Accident Compensation Corporate (ACC), this scheme allows large organisations to take control of their ACC levies, actively manage their Health and Safety environment and the total cost of when employees injure themselves at work, often resulting in better outcomes for their injured employees. Continue →
Fire Protection
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Five workers were badly burned at a Central Auckland workplace after one of them ignited their lighter despite smelling gas In August last year, a barbeque gas bottle was mistakenly left running overnight in a shipping container on a Wynyard Quarter construction site. Continue →
Health
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Removing facemask requirements in healthcare facilities and lifting the Covid-19 mandatory seven-day isolation period will put the health system and those with health issues at risk as a new sub-variant emerges, experts fear New Zealanders must hold onto the values of keeping others safe, even when Government policy is no longer aligned with those values, University of Otago Associate Professor Amanda Kvalsvig says. Continue →
Hazardous Materials & Substances
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Following the 2021 sentencing of Aimex Limited whose apprentice suffered serious brain injury, it was discovered a similar incident nearly occurred a week prior but had been covered up The New Zealand Police charged William Mansfield Trevor Sullivan for making a false statement and Steven Patrick John Sullivan for perverting the course of justice. Continue →
Management
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Safety technology can tackle cognitive and confirmation biases, uncovering often overlooked workplace risks and foster a proactive approach to ensuring a safer work environment, writes Soter Analytics APAC Account Manager Ashleigh Hourigan Cognitive bias, specifically confirmation bias, can severely impact workplace safety by leading organizations to focus on the wrong areas of risk. Continue →
Management
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A two-tier regime is being designed that will require anyone providing professional engineering services to be registered to ensure a base level of professionalism Cabinet has agreed to proposals to improve the occupational regulation of engineers. Continue →
Access
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The proposed and delayed Plant, Structures, and Hazardous Work regulations would leave an ever-smaller pool of Mobile Elevated Work Platform (MEWP) inspectors to maintain an increasing number of machines, says Elevating Work Platform Association Chief Executive Rodney Grant There are approximately 18,000 mobile elevating work platforms operating throughout New Zealand, all of which require two inspections per year. Continue →
Access
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WorkSafe inspectors have noticed an increasing number of mobile work platforms that have been self made or modified, many of which are badly designed and/or poorly constructed Some have been fixed to tractors and vehicles, some made for towing, and some are modified from existing mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs). Continue →
Injury
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Poor risk management and a lack of worker engagement have been identified as factors in the death of an East Coast freezing worker, who was crushed by a falling steel frame full of offal cartons Alfred Edwards was attempting to free a jammed carton in a blast freezer at AFFCO’s Wairoa plant in February 2020, when a frame fell and fatally crushed him. Continue →
Management
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Civil Contractors New Zealand is seeking input from construction professionals on industry issues, workforce and technology in its annual Construction Industry Survey Now in its seventh year, this joint research project with Teletrac Navman aims to provide actionable insights to assist construction companies in overcoming challenges and capitalising on opportunities. Continue →
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