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Starting the working year safely
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Vacancies: Health and safety inspector trainees
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Farmers encouraged to keep children safe this summer
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Health and Safety isn’t the Christmas Grinch
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Improving safety for participants on community work
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Ministry of Social Development Prosecution
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WorkSafe leads the way in “Future Directors” Programme
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Decision/s on review and stay of Pike River improvement notices
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New online health and safety tool to help SMEs manage risks
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WorkSafe advises care when entering workplaces following earthquakes
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Avoiding fatigue, alcohol and drugs – impairment campaign rolls out
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Certificates of Competence Renewal Applications - Dates
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Scuba cylinders manufactured from aluminium alloy 6351
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Safety when moving bitumen products between tanks
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Sheep shearing legend urges farmers to look out for spring shearing risks
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Lessons to be learned from workplace fatality
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Farmers warned not to overload quads
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Experienced farmers figure high in vehicle-related farm death toll
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Retail fireworks: who is responsible?
20
WorkSafe to visit trampoline parks
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Workplace programme tackling airborne contaminants shifts into next phase
22
Asbestos guide a first for New Zealand
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WorkSafe New Zealand CE pays tribute to Helen Kelly
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Design, manufacture, installation, operation, maintenance, inspection and structural or major modification of trampolines
25
Working in Lift Shafts - Technical bulletin
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Pathways Awarua – Workplace health and safety literacy and numeracy programme
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Hamilton City Council sentenced after zookeeper killed by tiger
28
New Chief Executive – WorkSafe New Zealand
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Timaru construction firm fined after worker injured in 2.9m fall
30
East Coast earthquakes – WorkSafe advises care when entering workplaces
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Forestry industry must remain vigilant about health and safety
32
3-Tonne 'Titan' brand chain block - Technical bulletin
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Hamilton flooring company fined after employee suffers serious burns
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Plan launched to reduce health risks at work
35
Taiwanese tourist’s family to receive $70,000 after scuba dive death
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Nominations for New Zealand Mining Board of Examiners
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Systematic attention to machinery management urged
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The New Zealand Mining Board of Examiners: What is a fit and proper person?
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Guide to help farmers and pilots stay safe from wire strike
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Winter gas safety campaign launches as cold snap hits
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Working together for a safer, healthier New Zealand
42
Extractives’ Certificate of Competence Work Experience Logbook Guidance
43
Spike in leptospirosis notifications prompts warning to farmers
44
Extractives’ Certificates of Competence gained under Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Agreement (TTRMA) clarification
45
If you buy health and safety advice, make sure it’s the right advice
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Slaughter house crushing victim awarded $68,250
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Silver Fern Farms fined for burns to worker
48
Plan properly before farm burn-offs
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Fire risks must be managed
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“Litany of failures” leads to quarry worker death – company and director fined
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Updated tool-kit to help farmers improve health and safety
52
Fertilizer spreading company ordered to pay $150K after contractor fatally injured on the job
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Taranaki employer fined for worker's death
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Companies ordered to pay over $120K after contractor seriously injured by fish de-heading machine
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Delta Utility Services fined after worker injured while working on a live power line
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Builder ordered to pay over $63K after employee injured in ladder fall
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Fonterra Co-operative wins major health and safety award
58
Quarry operator ordered to pay over $150K after employee crushed to death
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WorkSafe lays charges following Salters Cartage workplace death investigation
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First day on the job death leads to $180k fine/reparation
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AFFCO worker impaled on meat hook awarded $25K
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Company fined after nine tonne truck hoist crushes mechanic
63
New Chief Executive for WorkSafe New Zealand being sought
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Farmers urged to stay safe during shearing
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No charges over Waikari quarry death
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Forestry death – a tragedy
67
Recycling collection firm to pay over $151K after employee fatally crushed in bin lift incident
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Company director given home detention after worker buried in trench collapse
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Keep Calm and Keep Safe
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Charges laid over Hamilton zookeeper death
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Early autumn a peak period for horticulture injuries
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Fruit and veg processor to pay over $250,000 for finger amputations
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Tradies and small businesses focus of free occupational health sessions
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Te Awamutu club ordered to pay over $84K after patron injured in fall from height
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Worker poisoned by carbon monoxide awarded $7,000
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Construction firm fined over failure to manage asbestos on demolition site
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WorkSafe appoints new Chief Inspector Extractives
78
Food and beverage wholesaler ordered to pay over $128K after employee fatally injured in forklift incident
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Fine after fall during high ropes course
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No excuse for not knowing rules around asbestos
81
Farmers urged to keep children safe this summer
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Farm manager awarded $50,000 after quad bike incident
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Fine after teen worker injured
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$115,000 fine for obstructing WorkSafe investigation
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Machine guards prevent injuries
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No excuse for inadequate machine guards
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Our Performance Story 2015
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Company fined after worker falls from roof
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Fine over effluent sump drowning
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Company ordered to pay $116,000 over crane death
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Taradale Primary School investigation complete
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Construction company fined after employee struck by chain
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Hefty fine and reparation over Speights Brewery elevator death
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Fireworks company fined after spectators injured at All Blacks match
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Timber company fined after worker loses fingers and thumb
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Supermarket operator ordered to pay $77,300 after worker injured in gate collapse
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Construction firm fined for fall from height risk
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Quarry operator fined after employee falls from work platform
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KiwiRail ordered to pay $110K after contractor struck by train
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Kids graduate to farm safety
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Watch your back this spring
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Hutt company fined after worker loses four fingers
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Contractor fined $8,607 for potential asbestos exposure at school
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Aluminium company to pay 48K after employee burnt at work
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New HASANZ Chair Appointed
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Lyttelton Port Company ordered to pay $138,000 over worker’s death
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August a peak period for farm injuries
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Petroleum services company fined for their part in Turoa ski field diesel leak
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New research now shows Christchurch construction workers exposed to high levels of silica dust
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Company to pay $66,799.50 after employee shot by nail gun
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Spray painting company fined for breaching prohibition notice
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Tertiary provider sentenced after tutor seriously injured in forestry class
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Company fined after worker loses leg
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More than 600 rebuild workers to receive free mini health checks on site
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Workers not as safe as they think they are
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Director fined $25,000 for ignoring prohibition notice
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Adequate machine guarding is a must
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Orchardist fined after employee dies while using home-made buggy at work
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CentrePort to pay $75,691 after worker fatality
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WorkSafe welcomes new forest safety council
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Metal recycler fined after explosion reveals health and safety failings
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Company to pay contractor $80,000 after tree trunk fractures skull
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Always identify workplace hazards
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Hastings District Council to pay $94,500 for child’s death in park
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World Day for Safety and Health at Work
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Sort your hazards so staff stay safe
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Seasonal changes pose risks for farmers
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Stay safe on quads
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Safety alert - Extractives - Quarry Operations
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Forestry-related death notified to WorkSafe
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Harcourts fined for rental property safety failings
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Residential care tragedy a wakeup call
133
Hundreds of rebuild workers to get free work health checks
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Work and Income Ashburton shooting – WorkSafe charge
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Don’t be blasé about toxic fumes and confined spaces
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Safety alert - Infrastucture and tunnel operations
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Company director sentenced to home detention for safety failings
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Best practice guidance becomes "good practice" guidance
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Orchard company to pay $134,500 over worker death
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Machine guards are there for a reason
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Manage your hazards – no matter how big the job
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Safety alert - Agriculture sector
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Wear helmets on quad bikes – they’re part of the job
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Fine for failing to test for asbestos
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Fine over needless forklift death
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Waihi team wins inaugural Mines Rescue Competition
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Keep it safe when sourcing replacement parts
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Ignore prohibition notices at your peril
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Take time to plan hazardous work
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Fine and reparation of $152,000 ordered over fatal crushing incident
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Biscuit maker fined for mutilating injury
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Hardware store fined after employee loses fingers
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Student gets $30,000 after 10 metre fall
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Ski field operator fined $60,000 over diesel leak
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WorkSafe supports forestry review findings
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Asbestos investigation completed
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Meat works employee maimed by hoof machine
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Controlled burn-offs
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Grace period announced for adventure activities operators that are dedicated to safety
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Instructions and training could have prevented amputation
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GrabOne fined over dangerous bubble machine
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New Zealand Mining Board of Examiners Appointed
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Timber processor fined for crush injury
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Safety gear no good if it is not used
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$120,000 fine over quad bike tour death
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Worker’s death results in hefty fine
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No excuse for failing to reduce risk of falls
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Coroner’s report into death of a 9 year old
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Productive meeting with Lyttelton Port company
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WorkSafe NZ to meet Lyttelton Port management
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Fertiliser company fined after worker loses finger
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Fine after worker hurt by inadequately guarded machine
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Hefty fines over forklift accident
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Contractor ‘de-gloves’ wedding ring finger
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Forestry death an avoidable tragedy
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$80,000 fine for selling dangerous travel plug adaptors
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Two models of bathroom heater prohibited
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Rebuild companies to focus on worker fatigue
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Inadequate scaffolding leads to fine
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Company fined over rock crusher accident
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Landlord sentenced to home detention after gas fire death
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Progress on forestry safety action
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Weiss heat transfer units – Prohibition on sale and use of some models now active
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WorkSafe NZ lays charges over forestry death
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Forestry company fined after worker hit by log
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Racetech fire investigation
187
Quad bike rider fined for not using helmet
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Hundreds of rebuild workers to put safety first
189
Occupational health experts to advise WorkSafe NZ
190
Safe clean-up the focus of WorkSafe inspectors’ Coast visit
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Workers’ Memorial Day (April 28)
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WorkSafe NZ urges Coasters to take care clearing fallen trees
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Extractives Industry Advisory Group appointed
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Demolition increase highlights safety risk
195
Piping contractor fined over Onehunga explosion
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Waikato company fined over worker’s death
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Farm company fined over tractor death
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Hefty fine and reparations order after toxic gas leaves workers unconscious
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Workers fined over scaffolding accident
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Snowplanet fined after worker injured
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New WorkSafe NZ Chief Executive
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Fine over quad bike death
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Health & Safety Reform Bill introduced
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Dangerous Christmas lights result in $25.5K fine
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Agriculture sector asked for input on health and safety
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Next phase in WorkSafe NZ forestry safety work starts
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Tree Adventures fined over customer’s death
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WorkSafe New Zealand releases guidelines for managing workplace bullying
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Forestry firm fined over death of new worker
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Taking Forestry concerns from the ‘bush to the board room’
211
Company fined after worker falls from roof
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Riverlands Eltham fined for workplace injury
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Forestry death and injury
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Significant lessons for forestry industry in worker’s death
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Kapiti model railway back in action
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Model railway “a potential danger”
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WorkSafe New Zealand inspectors at forestry fatality site
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Store convicted for selling dangerous Christmas lights
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WorkSafe New Zealand launched
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Charges against former Pike River CEO Peter Whittall not proceeding
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Charges proven against Canadian Pacific Limited over Onehunga pipeline explosion
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Chief Executive for WorkSafe New Zealand announced
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Coronial report on quad bike deaths – industry forum to be convened
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Authorities concerned at asbestos management in Canterbury rebuild
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Two Dunedin companies fined for workplace accidents
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Forestry death leads to fines for contractor
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Four senior appointments for WorkSafe New Zealand announced
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TOPEC sentenced for Paritutu rock deaths
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Company fined after climbing fall
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Injury to tourist leads to fines
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Asbestos trade breakfast attracts hundreds of rebuild workers
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Take care clearing fallen trees
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Fines for incident at geothermal project site
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Australian health and safety inspectors to join rebuild team
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Inspectors visiting farms to check on quad bike safety
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Fines a warning for fireworks importers
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Grain silo operator fined for worker injury
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Roof fall costs house moving company
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Worker loses fingertip in preventable accident
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Carter Holt Harvey Porirua fined after worker injured in fall
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Safety trade breakfast attracts more than 300 rebuild workers
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Workplace health and safety reform
243
MBIE comment on NZDF judgment
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Steel company fined
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Acting Chief Executive-Designate for WorkSafe New Zealand announced
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Solid Energy fined over miner’s serious injury
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Defence Force convicted over death of soldier
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Carterton wood products manufacturer fined
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Forestry industry must improve safety commitment
250
Scaffolding company fined for safety failures
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Silver Fern Farms Limited fined – worker’s fingers partially amputated
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Pike River Coal Limited (In Receivership) sentencing
253
Administrative call for parties charged over Pike River explosion
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MBIE confirms health and safety oversight of NZ Defence Force
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Implementing recommendations of the Royal Commission on the Pike River Coal Mine Tragedy
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Guidelines for company directors on their health and safety responsibilities
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Company fined after worker seriously injured in 5-metre fall
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Vineyard fined for worker’s quad bike injury
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Convictions entered against Pike River Coal Ltd (in receivership)
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Independent investigation report released
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Fence post company fined after workplace accident
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Companies fined after window cleaner falls 15 metres
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New workplace health and safety agency to be established
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Pulpmill fined after fall left worker in wheelchair
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Marine company fined after boat explosion
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Worker’s fall costs company $62,750
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Charges laid over Paritutu Rock deaths
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Positive changes reducing harm on farms
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Employers urged to remember sun safety responsibilities
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Put farm safety first this summer
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Tractor safety crucial given recent deaths
272
Builders urged to make safety a priority in 2013
273
Forestry sector works to make safe start to the New Year
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Ministry asks farmers for a safe start to 2013
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Fine follows wood chipper incident
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Christchurch rebuild fall from height prosecution: ‘make it the last one’ says Ministry
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Fine follows wood chipper incident
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Businesses urged to focus on machine guarding basics
279
Stay safe on the farm this summer
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Logging firm fined after death of worker
281
Meat processor fined after serious injury
282
School convicted after fatal accident
283
Business fined after worker traps hand
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Bee keeping business fined after worker loses top of finger
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Business fined after worker crushed unloading container
286
Waimea Sawmillers convicted after fall from heights
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New forest operations approved code of practice launched in Rotorua
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General Distributors convicted after hand injury
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Independent investigation process: Terms of reference
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MBIE independent investigation process
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Ministry taking tough stance on unsafe construction sites
292
Manurewa recycling company fined after employee loses arm
293
Pike River prosecutions 25/26 October 2012 Greymouth District Court
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Restaurant fined after employee seriously injured in pasta machine
295
Preventable fall from height leaves worker seriously injured
296
Tragic accident highlights importance of safety on quads
297
Company fined for failing to prevent fall from height
298
Taskforce Health and Safety Taskforce Consultation Document Released
299
Spring reminder for quad safety
300
Winstone Pulp fined $29,000 for unguarded saw
301
'Small Falls' can still destroy lives
302
Employee suffers critical burns from power lines
303
Winstone Pulp fined $55,500 for failing to keep worker safe
304
Company and director fined for failing to report accident that left worker paralysed
305
Worker hospitalised after respiratory equipment fails
306
Keeping employees safe in areas of volcanic ash fall
307
Kerikeri conveyor accident highlights importance of machine guarding
308
Project management company prosecuted for failing to ensure safety on worksite
309
Pike River Coal Ltd – one health and safety charge withdrawn
310
Adventure Activities Regulations: Interim list of approved safety auditors released
311
Arm amputation accident highlights importance of machine guarding
312
Company prosecuted for using unsafe demolition practices
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Tragic forklift accident highlights importance of putting safety first
314
Preventable fall from height leaves worker seriously injured
315
High Hazards Unit shuts down development areas at Solid Energy’s Spring Creek Mine
316
Preventing falls project enters proactive enforcement stage
317
Company fined $64k for failing to protect employee from injury
318
Worker seriously injured after falling from unsafe scaffolding
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Sawmill company fined $20,000 after worker trapped in unguarded machine
320
Taranaki company fined $60,000 after employee seriously injured by sawmill
321
Company gets big wake-up call after failing to report serious workplace accidents
322
Department of Labour appeals Safe Air Limited sentence
323
Lucky escape for worker injured by poorly guarded machinery
324
Update: Change to Terms of Prohibition - Huntly East Mine
325
Delivery driver’s serious injury highlights need for workplace safety zones
326
Guidelines for Working on Roofs Launched at National Conference
327
Lifetime achievement award for Department of Labour expert
328
Company fined $56,250 following preventable death at work
329
Company fined for failing to prevent fall from height
330
High Hazards Unit closes Broken Hills gold mine in Coromandel
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New industrial guidelines released
332
Workplace injury highlights importance of machine guarding
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Company fined after employee loses sight
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Update on implementation of Adventure Activities Regulations
335
Risky demolition practices results in fine
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Update on Department of Labour prosecution: Watercare Services Ltd and Canadian Pacific Ltd
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Company fined for unsafely storing hazardous substance
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Department of Labour advocates closer regulation of underground coal mining
339
Feedback sought on draft hazardous substances policy
340
Fonterra to pay $62,500 for finger amputation
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Employee's fingers amputated in machine accident
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Company fined after employee falls five metres
343
Solid Energy Spring Creek Mine prohibition notice - update
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Prohibition notice issued for Solid Energy's Spring Creek mine
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Coromandel mine closed
346
Chief Inspector Petroleum and Geothermal appointed
347
Work resumes at Hotel Grand Chancellor site
348
Forestry worker injured in 3.5 metre fall
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Employee loses part of finger on unguarded auger
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Pike River hearing - Greymouth District Court
351
One third of workplace fatalities in agriculture in 2011
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Worker crushed by 2.5 tonne concrete panel
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Workplace deaths down in 2011 but too many dying on the job
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Quad bike safety reminder after high summer accident rate
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No room for complacency on construction sites
356
Workers and employers urged to keep safe during summer
357
Administrative call for parties charged over Pike River explosion
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Parties charged named
359
Charges laid
360
Department of Labour seeks time extension
361
Immigration New Zealand works with affected Pike River migrant workers
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Experts to start safety audit of underground coal mines
363
Investigation into Pike River coal explosion