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Critical control checks – where your obligations start and end
Management

Critical control checks – where your obligations start and end

Failing to maintain critical safety controls can leave businesses exposed to prosecution even when workers act recklessly, experts warn.

By Michael Curreen • 5 min read • Sun, 18th Sep 2022
Certainty for trades in an uncertain economic environment
Human Capital Management

Certainty for trades in an uncertain economic environment

Rising costs, labour shortages and patchy demand are forcing trades firms to adapt fast as construction failures mount and projects stay funded.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Tue, 13th Sep 2022
Company deemed responsible for ‘white out’ road fatality
New Zealand law

Company deemed responsible for ‘white out’ road fatality

A Bay of Plenty lime spreader has been fined after dust blown on to a motorway sparked a fatal multi-vehicle crash and killed Susan Walmsley.

By Michael Curreen • 3 min read • Mon, 12th Sep 2022
Underage worker falls through skylight
Health and Safety

Underage worker falls through skylight

A Napier roofing firm has been fined and ordered to pay reparations after a 14-year-old worker fell eight metres through a skylight.

By Michael Curreen • 3 min read • Wed, 7th Sep 2022
Call for better effort at construction safety
Supply Chain

Call for better effort at construction safety

At least two construction workers have died each month since last year, prompting urgent warnings over site safety and enforcement.

By Michael Curreen • 3 min read • Fri, 2nd Sep 2022
How digitisation can support housing construction
Smart Cities

How digitisation can support housing construction

Digital tools could help New Zealand builders deliver homes faster and cheaper as shortages, costs and delays threaten supply.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Mon, 29th Aug 2022
Fine of $350k after string of health & safety failures
New Zealand law

Fine of $350k after string of health & safety failures

Children were left at risk of death or serious injury when an inflatable slide collapsed, prompting a GBP £350,000 fine in Waihi.

By Michael Curreen • 4 min read • Sun, 28th Aug 2022
Spirometry testing advised to resume
Health and Safety

Spirometry testing advised to resume

Businesses may now restart lung checks for welders and silica workers, after WorkSafe said COVID-19 risks have eased enough.

By Michael Curreen • 2 min read • Thu, 25th Aug 2022
Survey input needed for safer construction industry
Digital Transformation

Survey input needed for safer construction industry

Better data on BIM use could help cut New Zealand construction accidents, as the sector seeks input from workers and contractors.

By Michael Curreen • 3 min read • Mon, 8th Aug 2022
Call for a national building products catalogue
Digital Transformation

Call for a national building products catalogue

A central registry could help builders and councils find trusted product data more easily, cutting costly non-compliance in construction.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Fri, 5th Aug 2022
Decoupled trailer fatality results in $50k fine
Northland

Decoupled trailer fatality results in $50k fine

WorkSafe says worn towing gear and expired certification let a trailer decouple on a Northland road, killing a nine-year-old girl.

By Michael Curreen • 3 min read • Mon, 1st Aug 2022
Why over half of construction professionals lack confidence in the future
Supply Chain

Why over half of construction professionals lack confidence in the future

Skills shortages, cost pressures and red tape are leaving New Zealand contractors wary as vital infrastructure projects come under strain.

By Staff Writer • 6 min read • Mon, 1st Aug 2022
Liquidation no escape from health and safety accountability
Small Business

Liquidation no escape from health and safety accountability

WorkSafe says directors remain liable after insolvency, as a painter’s death in Bucklands Beach exposed failures to use edge protection.

By Michael Curreen • 3 min read • Fri, 29th Jul 2022
Listening – a powerful safety tool
Management

Listening – a powerful safety tool

Worker buy-in is often the missing link, with listening helping managers improve reporting, engagement and hazard detection.

By Michael Curreen • 4 min read • Tue, 19th Jul 2022
‘I’m not their mother’ no excuse for lax health and safety
Small Business

‘I’m not their mother’ no excuse for lax health and safety

A Kaikoura fencing sole trader has been ordered to pay NZD $22,500 after a teenage worker lost sight in one eye.

By Michael Curreen • 4 min read • Sun, 17th Jul 2022
Spark delivers 5G Multi Access Edge Compute pilot with EnviroNZ
Unified Communications

Spark delivers 5G Multi Access Edge Compute pilot with EnviroNZ

The pilot of the computer vision system helps solve a key business issue for EnviroNZ at its resource recovery centre identifying health and safety risks.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Fri, 8th Jul 2022
TTM changes – what you need to know
Management

TTM changes – what you need to know

Road contractors face new duties as New Zealand shifts temporary traffic management from compliance rules to risk-based controls.

By Michael Curreen • 9 min read • Thu, 7th Jul 2022
Cleaner’s death a reminder to think around the clock
New Zealand law

Cleaner’s death a reminder to think around the clock

Businesses must account for after-hours contractors, after a Taranaki cleaner died trapped in machinery and two firms were fined GBP £340,000.

By Michael Curreen • 3 min read • Wed, 6th Jul 2022