Updated leptospirosis guidance now available
Leptospirosis is the most common work-related infectious disease in New Zealand. See our updated guidance for practical suggestions to manage the risks to protect people from getting sick.
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Leptospirosis is the most common work-related infectious disease in New Zealand. See our updated guidance for practical suggestions to manage the risks to protect people from getting sick.
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Including an update from the Chief Inspector, recent electric shock incidents, and a new resource for warehouses.
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This Asbestos Awareness Week we sat down with Garrett Davidson, the Operations Manager at The Floor Store Commercial, to talk about how they tackle asbestos.
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WorkSafe is again urging the forestry sector to reflect on what more it can do to improve safety, as the details of yet another worker death emerge from a court prosecution.
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Read our November 2024 work-related health newsletter
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Nine tonnes of badly loaded steel fell and killed a Christchurch man, in what WorkSafe New Zealand says is a stark warning to any business that uses storage racks or shelving as part of its operations.
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A WorkSafe investigation is underway into a trench collapse in the Auckland suburb of Meadowbank this afternoon.
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WorkSafe New Zealand, Mahi Haumaru Aotearoa, will open consultation for kaimahi on its organisational change proposal on 23 October.
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WorkSafe has uncovered multiple failures that contributed to a teenager’s death on a school caving trip in Northland last year.
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We have updated our guidance on the requirements for vetting workers at limited-attendance child-care centres.
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Read our September 2024 work-related health newsletter.
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The September issue of Kanohi Kitea, our health and safety representatives (HSR) e-newsletter.
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WorkSafe has published priority plans, which will bring to life its new strategy over the next two years. WorkSafe will deliver enforcement, engagement, and permitting activities across these priority areas to maximise our influence and achieve better, more equitable outcomes.
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Our September hazardous substances update.
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WorkSafe is recommending the dairy industry reassess its use of slide pulsators, following a recent death in a Waikato milking shed.
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Photovoltaic (PV) solar systems are a rapidly growing industry in New Zealand, with the installation of both grid-connected and stand-alone systems.
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Read our August 2024 energy safety business update.
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Guidance making it easier to safely manage and work with asbestos has been published by WorkSafe New Zealand.
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In accordance with clause 1(a) of Schedule 2 of the Legislation Act 2019, I, Kane Patena, Interim Chief Executive, WorkSafe New Zealand (WorkSafe), give notice of a proposal to incorporate the standards listed in the public notice below into a proposed safe work instrument for the purposes of Regulation 17.67(5)(j) of the Health and Safety at Work (Hazardous Substances) Regulations 2017.
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A substandard roller door installation has caught up with an Auckland business, in what WorkSafe says is a tragic consequence of poor workmanship.
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Our electrical and gas accidents annual report for 2023 is now available. It analyses trends and highlights risks from electrical and gas accidents.
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A traumatic brain injury suffered by a Taranaki worker has led to the first sentencing of a consultancy under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015.
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WorkSafe is urging rural New Zealand to refocus on the risk of quad bike roll-overs, which have tragically killed four farmers across the country in the past three weeks.
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Read our August 2024 work-related health update.
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Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke Van Velden announced three new appointments to the Board of WorkSafe New Zealand.
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Starting 1 July 2024, Maritime NZ will become the primary regulator for the country’s 13 major ports.
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WorkSafe New Zealand Board Chair Jennifer Kerr has announced the appointment of Sharon Thompson as WorkSafe’s new Chief Executive.
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A motorcyclist is lucky to be alive after getting caught in bungy ropes strung across a public road on the West Coast, in what a Judge has called “an extremely obvious hazard”.
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Guidance on what must be done to make sure imported buildings are electrically safe before they are connected to an electricity supply in New Zealand.
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AI technology to sense pedestrians around forklifts is the centrepiece of a new safety commitment WorkSafe has accepted from a major player in the kiwifruit industry.
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Join us for an online Q&A session with our Chief Executive Steve Haszard to discuss our refreshed strategy and to answer your questions.
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Keeping people safe by paying better attention to vehicle maintenance would have saved a worker from a serious forklift injury, WorkSafe New Zealand says.
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WorkSafe has launched its new strategy, with a focus on making a measurable difference to the most serious harm in New Zealand workplaces.
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Courts have imposed more than half a million dollars in penalties since mid-March, in cases where workers have lost fingers on machinery that wasn’t kept safe by businesses.
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WorkSafe New Zealand says urgent action is needed by the trades to take better care of apprentices, after the second court sentencing this year for a trainee killed on the job.
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WorkSafe has charged the Whangārei Boys High School Board for health and safety failures related to the death of a student a year ago.
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Read our April 2024 energy safety business update.
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