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Electrical fitting safety warning
Don’t cut corners when caring for disabled people
Diving around public wharves, marinas and boat ramps
Covid and diver safety
Businesses must assess capabilities of their workers in safe and controlled environment
Most businesses doing right thing under Covid requirements
Restaurant penalised for multiple Covid breaches
Business penalised for not meeting vaccination requirements
A “she’ll be right” attitude is not good enough when it comes to health and safety
Dump truck runs over back of mechanics light vehicle
Business fined for failing to protect workers from methyl bromide exposure
WorkSafe New Zealand Welcomes Laurenson Review Recommendations
Company director fined for health and safety failings
Verification that safety-critical elements are suitable and effective
All work involving gas must be done by book
Whakaari/White Island hearing adjourned
Scaffold will only keep workers safe if erected by a competent person
Seatbelt and helmet could have saved life
Ports of Auckland sentenced following 2019 fatality
13 parties charged by WorkSafe New Zealand over Whakaari/White Island tragedy
Worker’s leg amputated after being crushed in unguarded machinery
Quit removing machine guarding, says WorkSafe
Asbestos must be removed by a licensed removalist, says WorkSafe
Carpentry students take part in WorkSafe pilot programme
New Zealand Mining Board of Examiners new members appointed
WorkSafe to showcase side-by-side VR simulator at AgFest
Worker suffers chemical burns at metal galvanising plant
Meerkats in charge of sharing national safety message
Raes Junction incident
Failure to effectively identify risk leads to forestry fatality
Always use right machinery for job
Machine guarding separates people from machinery
Farmers warned to check fuel tanks after driver seriously injured
Work-related health update
Farm fatality in Ōpōtiki
Don’t let your standards for operating machinery slip
Don’t be scared of WorkSafe
Businesses must ensure machines are guarded to highest standard
Christchurch worker left paralysed after fall from unsafe platform
Ports of Auckland fatality
Notifying a rupture disk activation when classified as
Heater adaptor banned
Remote working: looking after mental wellbeing of your team
WorkSafe accepts Enforceable Undertaking from two South Island companies
Quick links and resources for Health, Safety, and Wellbeing Reps in Aotearoa
Risk posed by powerlines must be considered
Working on slopes needs astute risk management
Worker has fingers amputated after incident involving a machine used to make pet food