Big construction projects require co-operation between parties in order to keep people safe, and WorkSafe is reminding contracting firms that New Zealand’s health and safety laws actually require it “Building sites can involve hundreds of people coming and going over the course of a build,” says WorkSafe Deputy General Manager, Investigations and Specialist Services, Simon Humphries. Continue →

Fewer tradies are being killed or seriously injured at work, new research has found The government’s Towards 2020 report into New Zealand’s workplace death and injury rates shows the fatality rate in the construction industry has more than halved since 2011 and is now lower than the national rate. Continue →