Take immediate action to manage known risks
Businesses must immediately take action to manage their known risks – identifying and listing them is not enough, says WorkSafe New Zealand. Continue →
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Safety first, always
Keeping workers safe and healthy must be every business’ first priority according to WorkSafe New Zealand. Continue →
Expect trains between Blenheim and Christchurch
The NZ Transport Agency and KiwiRail want to remind people living, working or travelling in the area between Blenheim and Christchurch that there is increased activity on the Main North Line with work trains operating day and night. Continue →
Employers urged to manage risks
Employers must actively manage risks to ensure workers go home healthy and safe, WorkSafe New Zealand insists. Continue →
Working near water is a high-risk activity
Two fatal accidents and several serious incident investigations by WorkSafe’s High Hazard Unit provide valuable lessons to prevent mobile plant unintentionally entering water. Continue →
Home is where the work is…
Improvements in technology mean that working from home is more manageable than ever before, note Kirsty McDonald and Joseph Williams. Continue →
New toolkit to boost health and safety
Site Safe has welcomed the announcement of a new toolkit designed to help businesses improve health and safety. Continue →
Focus on forklifts, regulator urges
WorkSafe NZ is concerned that there have been seven workplace fatalities involving moving machinery such as forklifts since the start of May. Continue →
Certified asbestos safety management system essential
Licensed asbestos removal businesses must have a certified safety management system (SMS) by 4 April 2018 as part of the new asbestos regulations. Continue →
Asbestos training providers receiving accreditation
Several training providers are going through the process of becoming accredited by NZQA to deliver asbestos unit standards training, WorkSafe advises. Continue →
Lack of systems at the heart of worker’s death
WorkSafe New Zealand says businesses must actively identify and control risks that could kill or maim their workers
Sullivan Packaging Ltd was fined a total of $52,000 in the Christchurch District Court and ordered to pay $20,000 reparations after a worker was trapped unconscious in a machine on which he was carrying out maintenance when an unlocked metal plate collapsed on him. Continue →
Asbestos removal standards set to change
New unit standards are being introduced to support the asbestos regulation changes that take effect 4 April 2018. Continue →
Cutting corners costs cropping company
Disregard for employee health and safety left a worker a tetraplegic and resulted in a total of $386,300 in fines and reparation for a horticultural company and its director
Wai Shing Ltd and its director Franklin Wai Shing were each charged in the Pukekohe District Court under section 6 of the Health and Safety in Employment Act (1992) for failing to take all practicable steps to ensure the safety of its employee while at work. Continue →
Taking aim at better farm safety
Duck shooting season is an ideal time to remind farmers of their duties with regard to events and visitors under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, WorkSafe believes
The health and safety regulator wants to remind farmers that the law insists they ensure that work areas on the farm are safe, and don’t pose a risk to the health and safety of any person. Continue →
New licensing system for asbestos removal
The recent asbestos regulation changes mean a move from certificate of competency to a licencing system, WorkSafe advises. Continue →
Safety in numbers – sharing HSWA duties
The new Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA) is based on the underlying assumption that those who create or work with occupational risks, or can influence or direct them, are best placed to identify and manage those risks, note Sherridan Cook and Mere King. Continue →
Hosting drinks? Be sure to think
The introduction of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA) is provoking a range of reactions – from the ridiculous to the sublime, and mostly somewhere in between – Lorraine Hercus and Hamish Kynaston note. Continue →
Fatal Australian court case holds valuable lessons
The legal ruling is a timely reminder of officers’ responsibilities under the Health and Safety At Work Act 2015, warn Buddle Findlay Partner Susan Rowe and Solicitor Philippa Moran. Continue →
Risks rise when tradies turn houses into workplaces
Health and safety risks are just as prevalent in the home as they are in many workplaces – if not more so – according to Buddle Findlay Partner Sherridan Cook and Senior Solicitor Alexandra Wallace. Continue →
Mining board concerned about applicant competence
The New Zealand Mining Board of Examiners is concerned about the number of certificate of competence (CoC) applicants that are being failed because they are unable to demonstrate they have the ability and knowledge required to maintain a safe work environment
The board examines applicants’ competence in four key areas:
operating and safety systems
legislation
leadership and,
emergency management. Continue →