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Steve Ellis has been appointed to the New Zealand Mining Board of Examiners.

Workplace bullying and harassment (including sexual harassment) is a serious issue for New Zealand. Studies suggest that up to one in three workers report experiencing some form of bullying or harassment each year.

New competency requirements for safety-critical roles in mining and quarrying came into force on 1 August 2018.

We have accepted an enforceable undertaking from glass supply and glazing company Woods Glass (New Zealand) Limited, following an incident in January 2017 when a worker's leg was crushed in machinery.

New Zealand’s first national, online register of verified workplace health and safety professionals launched.

A searchable national catalogue of mine plans is now available to the public after the culmination of a three-year project by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and WorkSafe New Zealand.

This safety alert highlights serious health and safety risks posed by automated gates. It applies to gates not fitted with safety devices to guard against injury as the gate opens and closes, and follows a serious incident in which a child was injured.

We have accepted enforceable undertakings from Plunket Electrical Oamaru Limited and McConnell Dowell Constructors Limited.

This technical bulletin is aimed at owners and operators of trucks and plant fitted with Cardan shaft parking brakes.

The June 2018 issue of our Energy Safety Business Update.

Read our Hazardous substances update for July.

It was great to talk with the NZ mining community at the New Zealand Minerals Forum in Queenstown on 28-29 May