Calls are growing for New Zealand to follow Australia and ban the material, as experts warn silica dust can cause fatal lung disease.
New Zealand start-up SellWise aims to radically overhaul secondhand trading by addressing frustrations with existing platforms and promising an intuitive, streamlined experience.
The drill exposed gaps in Watercare’s rescue plans and could improve real-world response times at remote sites.
Women still account for only 15% of construction workers, despite the number almost doubling since 2013.
Workers exposed to silica dust face an incurable lung disease that can take years to appear and may later prove fatal.
A lack of traffic controls at Trade Depot's Onehunga site left a customer with an amputated leg, prompting almost USD $500,000 in penalties.
Several fires and overheating incidents have prompted a ban on Serene Classic S2068 bathroom heaters, with consumers urged to stop using them.
Charges against Police have been dropped after WorkSafe accepted a binding safety pledge following a Traffic Camera Operator's critical injury.
New waves of Covid and other viruses are forcing businesses to revive safeguards as hot-desking and caution fatigue raise workplace risks.
Free online counselling and wellbeing support is now available to 6,500 Site Safe member businesses as burnout pressures mount in construction.
University of Queensland researchers say outdated ideas about leaders fuel inequality, narcissism and poor organisational decisions.
As skills shortages bite, New Zealand firms are hiring anthropologists to uncover workplace culture problems and improve retention.
A teenage apprentice’s death has prompted fines and reparations after WorkSafe said two firms failed to manage the risk of heavy framing.
A Nelson court fined Stratford Logging operator Kevin Howard Stratford NZD $56,000 after unsafe felling beside State Highway 60 endangered motorists.
Work-life balance now outranks pay for many employees, with 37% saying they would quit if forced back into the office.
A corrosion-resistant hydraulic block trialled for Sanford’s fleet could cut machine failures and improve safety across Australasia’s heavy industries.
New guidance urges New Zealand employers to redesign workplaces and consult staff, as training alone will not curb harassment risks.
Auckland construction boss Grouting Services has been fined after an improvised beam removal method left a 21-year-old worker dead.
Worksafe has fined R&L Drainage NZD $275,000 after a worker was nearly buried alive in a Te Kuiti trench collapse.
A boy suffered serious injuries after wandering into the path of an underage forklift driver at an orchard that was fined NZD $7,000.
