Five ways to survive the Health and Safety at Work Act
Take a breath and dont worry. If your system is uptodate and running well your largely their. Check your current system against the Act and the new regulations. Update your system to reflect the new...
View ArticleFarmers urged to stay safe during shearing
With sheep shearing accounting for more than $3 million in injury claims to ACC over the past three years, farmers are being urged to take care as pens fill up in wool-sheds across the country. Last...
View ArticleHow does the Health and Safety at Work Act impact on Small Businesses Owners
The attached guide provides useful information on how the Act impacts on your business and what you need to do. If you would like further advice contact Health and Safety East Coast for a chat....
View ArticleWorld Day for Safety and Health at Work
World Day for Safety and Health at Work Thursday April 28 is World Day for Safety and Health at Work (aka ‘Worker’s Memorial Day’). It is a day to remember those who die as a result of work. It also...
View ArticleWorkSafe lays charges following Salters Cartage after workplace death...
20 May 2016 WorkSafe New Zealand has laid 33 charges against Salters Cartage Ltd and its director Ron Salter following the investigation into the death of a worker in an explosion at the plant in Wiri...
View ArticleIntroduction to Health and Safety at Work Act (2015)
If you havent got your head around how the new Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 applies to your business. The attached guide from Worksafe NZ is helpful. Just click here
View ArticleKeep your Farm Safe
Update to the Safer farms website We have listened to your feedback on the Safer farms website and have made some changes which...
View ArticleIf you buy health and safety advice, make sure it’s the right advice
Good health and safety practice is not something you can just buy off the shelf, and farmers need to build health and safety into everyday activity on farm. WorkSafe’s Agriculture Programme Manager, Al...
View ArticleHave your say on Quad Bike Safety Research!
WorkSafe New Zealand is encouraging farmers to get behind a quad bike safety survey from the University of New South Wales (UNSW). This is the first real-world study to look at how riders survive, or...
View ArticleNew Excavation guidelines out from Worksafe NZ
Worksafe NZ have just released new guidelines on excavation including trenchwork. These will set the baseline for those involved in this type of work. WSNZ-Excavation-Safety-GPG.pdf (4,5 MB)
View ArticleAsbestos Management Code of Practice - New
A beautiful rock that can and does kill people See attached information: removal-of-asbestos-acop.pdf (2469963)
View ArticleWorksafe - Best Practice Guidelines for Scaffolding 2016
Worksafe NZ have released new Best Practice Guidelines for scaffolding. Click on this link to see Good Practice Guidelines for Scaffolding.pdf (4148349)
View ArticleHealth Monitoring Requirements?
\What is health monitoring in a workplace? Health monitoring involves testing a person to identify any changes in their health status because of exposure to certain health hazards arising from...
View ArticleControl risks as soon as they are identified
18 April 2017 Fixing or putting in place interim controls for significant risks at the time they are identified would likely have prevented a visitor’s death at South Port New Zealand in November...
View ArticleAsbestos awareness week
Any harm from asbestos is so easy to prevent, we should all be learning to identify asbestos containing materials and the basic steps needed to prevent being exposed to it. Worksafe's Asbestos...
View ArticleClear disregard for the safety of workers and others
Clear disregard for the safety of workers and others 26 April 2017 Sub-optimal demolition work of three residential buildings placed workers and neighbours at significant risk of asbestos exposure and...
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