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Enforceable Undertaken and technology combine to create real safety improvements
Air conditioning company Airtech has developed a safety app and is making a video in lieu of punishment after two of its workers became seriously ill from carbon monoxide poisoning. Brian Stokes reckons paying for health and safety advice is a “ripoff”. The owner of...
You can’t contract out of H&S duties – where one customer got it wrong
Recently while talking to a customer they said "we don't sign in contractors because the building owners have engaged them." Unfortunately, as a PCBU you're not able to sidestep responsibility for anyone on your premises. WorkSafe New Zealand have just released a new...
Australian work safety law review to recommend new industrial manslaughter laws
An independent review of national workplace safety laws is expected to recommend a new offence of industrial manslaughter to make employers liable for gross negligence of their workers. Marie Boland, former executive director of SafeWork South Australia, who led the...
Health & safety: Top predicted challenges for 2019
January has slipped by already, but many businesses will be revisiting their health and safety controls and reminding workers about how to work safely in all the tasks they are completing. Managers with a strategic focus will also be asking themselves what they can...
WorkSafe boss: Workplace deaths down, but not enough
The number of workplace deaths dropped last year but the government's safety agency says it's still too high. Forty two workers died in accidents in 2018, down from 50 in 2017 and in 2016. The agriculture sector had the highest number with 16 people killed on farms,...
Happy, healthy and safe new year gift for NZ SMEs
ACC will launch a new $22 million injury prevention scheme for small and medium businesses which aims to prevent workplace injuries before they occur. The funding – $4.4 million per year over five years – would come in the form of grants and subsidies which, from...
Mental fatigue becomes major focus in govt’s workplace strategy
The government is changing its approach to health and safety, with a greater focus on mental fatigue in its strategy for the next decade. Workplace Relations Minister Iain Lees-Galloway launched his 10-year strategy this afternoon, which has been consulted on and...
Worksafe launches ‘Be a Safe Guy’ campaign
The latest Worksafe ‘be a safe guy’ campaign is focused on reducing workplace injuries and fatalities for young workers by reminding people that being part of a work whānau means looking out for, and speaking up for each other. Taking the light hearted route, Worksafe...
10 tips for creating health & safety information people actually read
Health and safety is not just about ticking the boxes. If you need to provide information to visitors and contractors it shouldn’t be enough to put it in front of them and get a signature. Follow these simple steps to get people reading, understanding and staying...
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