Industrial Safety News Magazine

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Industrial Safety News

There has never been a more important time than now for Industrial Safety News in print and online.

Most of us in business still have a great deal to learn and apply, so that the people who work for us or alongside us do so secure in the knowledge that we have put all the necessary procedures in place to keep them safe and healthy as well as educate them on how best to keep themselves safe. Industrial Safety News’ mission is to promote workplace health and safety through quality articles that educate readers on just that – what they need to do to keep workers safe and healthy.

Suppliers of health and safety products and services, industry experts and those with regulatory functions help us keep abreast of the latest health and safety developments therefore we always welcome quality editorial that will increase industry knowledge.

To make it easier for readers to hone in on the areas most relevant to them and for advertisers to more effectively target their markets, we have redesigned our content to concentrate on the critical areas of safety.

Industrial Safety News is New Zealand’s leading industrial safety magazine, and is published five times per year to provide readers with the very latest news and information that increases their knowledge of safety products and services, regulations and best practices.

Industrial Safety News (ISN) is published by Media Solutions Ltd.

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IN THIS ISSUE: SUMMER 2017

  • iSNRisk, crisis and change communication advice
  • Changes afoot for Hazardous substances,
  • A momentous year for health and safety
  • Climbing successfully with ropes and ladders 
  • Improvements to asbestos disease diagnosis 
  • One in five employees a victim of workplace bullying 
  • Resilience key to enjoying jobs and life
  • H&S systems key to staying in business 
  • When your hearing is gone it’s gone forever 

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Compliance
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Health and safety enforcement measures a live wire

When the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA) came into force in April 2016, there was much discussion about the new enforcement measures introduced to ensure duty holders complied with their obligations, Graeme Tanner and Joseph Williams note The HSWA signalled a clear legislative intent to ensure duty holders under the HSWA were held accountable where acts or omissions in a workplace caused, or created an undue risk of, harm. Continue →
Environment
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Kicking the pesticide can down the road

The government is seeking to increase the use of pesticides which scientists claim are causing overwhelming negative effects on hundreds of species of microbes, fungi, plants, insects, fish, birds and mammals that they are not intended to harm. Continue →

 

 

Hazardous Materials & Substances
Health
Injury
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Agriculture sector ‘needs to up its game’

Ahead of Fieldays kicking off in Hamilton, a farm manager has been sentenced for health and safety failures resulting in the death of his farmhand A quad bike rollover which cost a Tararua farmhand his life could have been avoided if the farm manager had kept the bike in good working order, WorkSafe New Zealand says. Continue →
Management
PPE
Training & Recruitment
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New Zealand introduces its first Fluid Power Engineering Certification

For the first time, New Zealand has a dedicated certification for fluid power engineering, providing new training and career path options to those in the hydraulics and pneumatics industries The Certificate in Fluid Power Engineering Fundamentals (Level 3) approved by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) is the result of sustained effort by several key people in the industry and of a newly formed New Zealand Fluid Power Association. Continue →