Health and Safety stories
Companies across Australasia were recognised for fleet safety measures aimed at cutting crashes involving at-work drivers.
Workplaces could see stronger engagement and a $2.30 return for every dollar spent as new guidance targets staff mental health.
A WorkSafe alert warns that workers can suffocate within minutes unless silos are locked out and confined-space controls are in place.
H&S education is often put on the same 'boring level' as watching paint dry and the deliberations of the NZ election - but now it's in a game.
A major study finds 30 minutes’ activity five days a week could prevent one in 12 deaths worldwide, especially in lower-income countries.
Poorly controlled workplace noise can raise stress and cut productivity, prompting businesses to reduce exposure beyond earmuffs.
Repeated near misses and collisions involving haul trucks and bulldozers are exposing dangerous blind spots at mine dump sites.
Time of day makes little difference to students’ memory-test performance, suggesting afternoon slumps may reflect task fatigue rather than waning self-control.
Daylight saving is a reminder that tired workers are 30 per cent more likely to have accidents, WorkSafe says.
Fleet managers are being urged to tackle drowsy driving, with fatigue linked to 43 fatal crashes and 45 deaths in New Zealand in 2015.
Small Kiwi businesses can now spot workplace hazards in bakeries and collision repair workshops more easily through WorkSafe’s tool.
Work-related illness and injury are stripping 3.9 per cent from global GDP each year, as poor safety measures carry a heavy economic toll.
Small businesses risk fines and claims because frequent workplace law changes leave many owners unclear on their obligations, experts say.
Online insomnia therapy cut depression, anxiety and psychotic-like symptoms in a 3,755-person trial, with sleep gains driving much of the benefit.
Nearly 1,000 workers in Manukau precast concrete plants now have better protection from airborne hazards after a WorkSafe New Zealand drive uncovered gaps.
Construction firms and safety professionals will gather in Auckland on 8 November as Site Safe honours award winners and new graduates.
Safer practices and a health and safety app have cut hazards on Stuart Taylor’s Rangitikei dairy farm, where unsafe work now stops.
A New Zealand fire alarm contractor has been fined GBP £60,000 after a worker was left tetraplegic in a fall from scaffolding.
Computerised controls are making strand-jack lifts safer and more economical for bridges, mines and rigs handling loads of up to 1,400 tons.
Occupational safety teams can now check three field types with one pocket-sized device, cutting the kit needed for EMF inspections.
