Research

Segmentation and insights programme: Employers and workers

WorkSafe commissioned two pieces of research on workers and employers, and consumers and energy safety last year.

Health and safety representatives in New Zealand survey 2019

We have recently completed a survey of Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs) across industries in New Zealand.

New Zealand Psychosocial Survey

The New Zealand Psychosocial Survey aims to improve understanding of the psychosocial working environment in New Zealand.

Risk factors in the road freight transport industry

Work-related vehicle crashes are a major cause of work-related fatalities, injuries, and risk to the safety and health of workers (and the public) both in New Zealand and internationally.

Segmentation and insights programme: Consumers and energy safety

The consumers and energy safety report examines consumers' awareness of the risks associated with electricity and gas usage in the home and their attitudes and behaviours in relation to keeping themselves and others safe.

Health and safety in the agency work industry

WorkSafe commissioned MartinJenkins to conduct research on health and safety in the agency work industry (also called labour hire). This is the first time WorkSafe has sought research specifically on the health and safety of agency workers.

Dusty work and use of controls among construction workers

This study reports the results of a survey of construction workers in Waikato, who were asked about their use of dust control practices and their consideration of the risks from construction dusts.

Psychosocial hazards in work environments and effective approaches for managing them

This report defines psychosocial health in the workplace context, identifies psychosocial health risks in the workplace and is intended to inform our approach to reducing psychosocial harm to New Zealand’s workers.

Health and safety regulators in a superdiverse context

WorkSafe, with support from MBIE, commissioned this research to uncover challenges and lessons from other regulators in superdiverse countries in improving health and safety outcomes in a culturally and linguistically diverse context.

Evaluation of the Puataunofo Programme

The Puataunofo programme is a workplace health and safety education initiative focused on delivering key health and safety messages to Pacific workers.

Worker Exposure Survey

The purpose of this survey was to gather information across all industry groups and occupations in the NZ workforce to establish the prevalence of a wide range of occupational risk factors.

Worker engagement, participation and representation literature review

This analytical review summarises the academic literature on ways of improving worker engagement, participation and representation (WEPR) in New Zealand.

The Maruiti Marae Based Learning Pilot Process Evaluation

In response to Māori workplace fatality and injury rates WorkSafe, Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) and Ngāti Porou embarked on a tripartite initiative called the Te Ao Maruiti: Health and Safety Learning Pilot.

Attitudes and Behaviours survey 2017

Results from our latest survey of worker and employer health and safety attitudes and behaviours.

2016 forestry research

In 2016, WorkSafe undertook research to look at the forestry sector and examine changes in practice since 2013. The research produced seven substantive reports and one summary.

Towards 2020

The Towards 2020 report sets out progress towards New Zealand’s work-related injury reduction target and provides detailed work-related injury data and analysis.

Workplace safety and the future of work in New Zealand

This report from New Zealand Work Research Institute (NZWRI) examines the relationship between future-of-work trends and work-related safety outcomes, using information on work-related injury claims.

Managing vehicle-related risks from supply chain pressures

WorkSafe New Zealand have commissioned a report from Mackie Research. The report makes a series of recommendations for the wider transport system into how to actively manage supply chain pressures to minimise vehicle-related risks.

Literature review of fatigue interventions

Fatigued workers are more likely to be injured at work than non-fatigued workers there is also evidence that workplace fatigue is associated with poorer long-term health outcomes. Fatigue has been associated with several catastrophic accidents such as the Three Mile Island and Chernobyl meltdowns and the Exxon Valdez tanker disaster.

Risk factors in the hospitality sector

This report provides an overview of the literature on the harm profile and occupational health and safety risk factors in the hospitality sector, with a particular focus on the accommodation and food and beverage services subsectors.

Health care and social assistance report

Workers in the health care and social assistance sector can experience poor physical and psychosocial health outcomes. This document provides an overview of the literature on occupational harms and risk factors in the sector.

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders literature overview

This review summarises the New Zealand and international literature on the risk factors for work-related musculoskeletal disorders and the interventions to reduce harm from them.

New Zealand Carcinogens Survey 2021

WorkSafe, in collaboration with the Occupational Integrated Database Exposure Assessment System (OccIDEAS) team and Research New Zealand, conducted the New Zealand Carcinogens Survey to estimate the current exposure to carcinogens among New Zealand workers.