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Are you eligible for ACC’s workplace injury prevention subsidy?
Small Business

Are you eligible for ACC’s workplace injury prevention subsidy?

Manufacturers with 6 to 99 staff can now tap ACC funding for safety advice as workplace injuries remain a major risk in New Zealand.

By Michael Curreen • 3 min read • Wed, 27th Nov 2019
How Fonterra stopped workplace fatigue
Fonterra

How Fonterra stopped workplace fatigue

The dairy co-operative cut rollover risks by fostering open reporting and a fatigue-management programme for tanker drivers.

By Michael Curreen • 6 min read • Mon, 18th Nov 2019
Health and safety boost for retail and supply chain sector
Supply Chain

Health and safety boost for retail and supply chain sector

A three-year industry-backed push aims to cut serious injuries and deaths in New Zealand retail and supply chains through common safety standards.

By Michael Curreen • 4 min read • Fri, 15th Nov 2019
What businesses need to know before Christmas shutdown
Management

What businesses need to know before Christmas shutdown

Employers face penalties if they miss the Holidays Act notice rules before sending staff on festive closedown or leave.

By Michael Curreen • 4 min read • Sun, 10th Nov 2019
Unprecedented triple tie at NZ safety awards
Disaster Recovery

Unprecedented triple tie at NZ safety awards

More than 400 guests applauded as mental health and wellbeing took centre stage, with three winners sharing one award for the first time.

By Michael Curreen • 6 min read • Fri, 8th Nov 2019
Tackling shiftwork fatigue
Labour

Tackling shiftwork fatigue

Night workers may stay more alert and productive by eating a light snack, UniSA researchers found in a study of 44 volunteers.

By Michael Curreen • 3 min read • Fri, 1st Nov 2019
Firefighters train using virtual reality
Education, Learning & Training

Firefighters train using virtual reality

Fire crews can now practise dangerous bushfire scenarios more safely and cheaply, without toxic foam or live flames, using virtual reality.

By Michael Curreen • 3 min read • Wed, 30th Oct 2019
Six safety responsibilities your staff might not be aware of
Education, Learning & Training

Six safety responsibilities your staff might not be aware of

Poor training and weak workplace procedures can leave employees exposed to avoidable injuries, from unsafe machinery to missed breaks and hazards.

By Michael Curreen • 4 min read • Wed, 30th Oct 2019
Student and teacher injured on falling scaffold
Schools

Student and teacher injured on falling scaffold

Lack of height-safety procedures left a teacher and student unconscious after a scaffold toppled during school lighting setup.

By Michael Curreen • 3 min read • Mon, 28th Oct 2019
The fundamental problem with New Zealand’s water regulation
Māori

The fundamental problem with New Zealand’s water regulation

Without user charges, the new drinking water regulator could still leave New Zealand councils struggling to fund overdue upgrades and growth.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Fri, 25th Oct 2019
Low heights have their own dangers
Health and Safety

Low heights have their own dangers

Falls from just a few metres can still kill, as complacency around ladders, roofs and trucks leaves workers exposed to severe head and neck injuries.

By Michael Curreen • 5 min read • Thu, 17th Oct 2019
How to ace your next safety audit
Risk & Compliance

How to ace your next safety audit

Regular safety audits are helping construction firms lift compliance, with Site Safe warning many still lag on new hazard rules and reporting.

By Michael Curreen • 6 min read • Wed, 9th Oct 2019
Companies sentenced after tree falls on children
Law

Companies sentenced after tree falls on children

Auckland childcare and property firms were fined after a dead tree crushed a playground, injuring four toddlers and a teacher.

By Michael Curreen • 3 min read • Wed, 2nd Oct 2019
How Australia is ending a culture of workplace bullying
Human Capital Management

How Australia is ending a culture of workplace bullying

A new risk-management tool could help employers tackle bullying earlier, as the behaviour costs Australia up to USD $36 billion a year.

By Michael Curreen • 3 min read • Fri, 27th Sep 2019
Worker left paralysed after company failed to train him
New Zealand law

Worker left paralysed after company failed to train him

A North Island firm has been fined and ordered to pay reparation after an untrained worker was left paralysed in a boom lift fall.

By Michael Curreen • 2 min read • Wed, 25th Sep 2019
Look out for your workmate – it could save their life
Hybrid & Remote Work

Look out for your workmate – it could save their life

In New Zealand’s construction sector, a simple check-in from colleagues is being urged as a potentially life-saving response to mounting suicide risks.

By Michael Curreen • 3 min read • Thu, 19th Sep 2019
Another injury after company fails to fix unsafe machine
Health and Safety

Another injury after company fails to fix unsafe machine

A worker suffered severe hand injuries after NZCC Limited kept using a sausage casing machine with known safety faults, WorkSafe says.

By Michael Curreen • 2 min read • Wed, 18th Sep 2019
Subcontractors need to be protected when companies fail
Supply Chain

Subcontractors need to be protected when companies fail

Smaller contractors can be left tens of thousands of dollars out of pocket when builders collapse, prompting calls for stronger protections.

By Michael Curreen • 3 min read • Thu, 12th Sep 2019