This section contains all the downloadable documents that are available on the website.
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Asbestos removal: Good practice guidelines for licensed and unlicensed asbestos removalists (PDF 4.9 MB)
TYPE: ConsultationTOPIC: Asbestos
Enforceable undertaking – Claymark Group Limited Partnership (PDF 4.5 MB)
TYPE: Enforceable undertakingTOPIC: Cuts and lacerations, Health and safety at work, Machinery
Add a supervisor to a current asbestos removal licence (PDF 194 KB)
TYPE: FormTOPIC: Asbestos
Use this form to add an additional supervisor a current asbestos removal licence.
Cylinder manufacturers' marks (XLSX 2.5 MB)
TYPE: RegisterTOPIC: Compressed air, Hazardous substances
Managing psychosocial risks at work (PDF 2.6 MB)
TYPE: Good practice guideTOPIC: Bullying, Fatigue, Health and safety at work, Stress, Violence, Work-related health
Psychosocial risks at work can harm a worker’s physical and mental health. These guidelines provide advice on how to manage these risks.
How we apply our discretion in designating major hazard facilities (PDF 294 KB)
TYPE: PolicyTOPIC: Corporate, Hazardous substances
Extractives quarterly report – Q2 October to December 2024 (PDF 5.6 MB)
TYPE: Quarterly reportTOPIC: Excavations
Renewal application for a certificate of competence (PDF 346 KB)
This application form is for certificate of competence (CoC) holders who are renewing their certificate under the Health and Safety at Work (Mining Operations and Quarrying Operations) Regulations 2016 (the Regulations).
Record of gas cylinders (XLSX 500 KB)
TYPE: RegisterTOPIC: Compressed air, Gas, Hazardous substances
Check this record for gas cylinder designs approved for use, filling, and testing in New Zealand.
Stationary container system design and fabricator record (XLSX 303 KB)
TYPE: RegisterTOPIC: Hazardous substances
The stationary container system design and fabricator record contains information about stationary tanks, process containers, and fabricators that have been allocated a record number and for which additional conditions may have been imposed by WorkSafe.
Tank wagon record (XLSM 449 KB)
TYPE: RegisterTOPIC: Hazardous substances
The tank wagon record contains information about tank wagons, transportable containers, and tank wagon fabricators that have been allocated a record number.
Methyl bromide fumigations annual monitoring report form (PDF 202 KB)
TYPE: FormTOPIC: Fumigation, Hazardous substances
This form is for the annual monitoring report of methyl bromide. The form must be submitted by 30 June of the subsequent year. A monitoring report is required when greater than 500kg of methyl bromide is used at the workplace (refer to Regulation 14.37).
Duties of importers and suppliers of safety net systems – safety alert (PDF 153 KB)
TYPE: ReportTOPIC: Health and safety at work, Slips trips and falls, Working at height
Amusement device register – April 2025 (PDF 121 KB)
TYPE: RegisterTOPIC: Amusement devices
Find a list of registered amusement devices.
Policy clarification: What we mean by hazardous waste (PDF 307 KB)
TYPE: PolicyTOPIC: Corporate, Hazardous substances, Petroleum
Policy clarification: How we regulate contaminated land (PDF 291 KB)
TYPE: PolicyTOPIC: Corporate
Adventure and outdoor recreation activities – managing risks from natural hazards (PDF 1.8 MB)
TYPE: Good practice guideTOPIC: Emergency procedures, First aid, Health and safety at work
These guidelines provide advice on managing risks from natural hazards that participants, workers and others may be exposed to during an adventure activity or outdoor recreation activity.
Keeping your service station compliant with the hazardous substances regulations (PDF 939 KB)
TYPE: Quick guideTOPIC: Fuel, Hazardous substances, Petroleum
This guide will help you understand how to comply with the regulations for hazardous substances at your service station. This guide will also help you or your staff prepare for your compliance certifier’s visit to issue your site with the necessary compliance certificates.
Musculoskeletal health risk management: WorkSafe 2021–2024 (PDF 678 KB)
TYPE: ReportTOPIC: Ergonomics, Manual handling, Work-related health
Contributing factors for musculoskeletal risks checklist (PDF 516 KB)
TYPE: ReportTOPIC: Ergonomics, Health and safety at work, Manual handling
A checklist to help businesses understand their work-related musculoskeletal risks.
Development of an upper limb screening tool and the New Zealand assessment of repetitive tasks (NZART) (PDF 2.2 MB)
TYPE: ReportTOPIC: Ergonomics, Health and safety at work, Manual handling, Work-related health
Development of the New Zealand risk assessment of pushing and pulling (NZRAPP) (PDF 2.1 MB)
TYPE: ReportTOPIC: Ergonomics, Health and safety at work, Manual handling, Work-related health
Sentencing notes – WorkSafe New Zealand v NP & MA Coogan Partnership (PDF 178 KB)
TYPE: Sentencing notesTOPIC: Electricity, Staying safe on farms, Vehicles
Sentencing notes – WorkSafe New Zealand v Church Bay Services Limited and Joan Carpenters Limited (PDF 180 KB)
TYPE: Sentencing notesTOPIC: Electricity, Working at height - scaffolding
Development of work-related musculoskeletal disorders codes and conditions list (PDF 666 KB)
TYPE: ReportTOPIC: Manual handling, Work-related health
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders codes and conditions list (XLSX 460 KB)
TYPE: ReportTOPIC: Manual handling, Work-related health
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) affect the lives of many New Zealanders and contribute to high numbers of workplace injury claims. There is no internationally recognised classification list and WRMSDs are not easily identified from New Zealand accident compensation data. Developing a New Zealand-based WRMSDs codes and conditions list will enable WorkSafe New Zealand to extract WRMSDs information more accurately and efficiently from such datasets.
Technical bulletin: Occupational divers under training – trainee divers (PDF 164 KB)
TYPE: BulletinTOPIC: Water safety
This technical bulletin provides guidance about the work trainee divers may undertake while under direct supervision during occupational diving operations.
Appendix 1: Example hazard and risk register for unattended refuelling sites (PDF 51 KB)
TOPIC: Chemicals, Fuel, Hazardous substancesUnattended refuelling sites (PDF 2.3 MB)
TYPE: Good practice guideTOPIC: Chemicals, Fuel, Hazardous substances, Health and safety at work, Petroleum
Good practice to help site operators identify and manage the risks associated with dispensing petrol/fuel at unattended refuelling sites.
Public record of special gas cylinders (XLSX 363 KB)
TYPE: RegisterTOPIC: Compressed air, Gas, Hazardous substances
Check this record for approved cylinders that have been given a WorkSafe exemption as a special cylinder.
Restricted entry intervals for pesticides – full list (PDF 255 KB)
TYPE: ReportTOPIC: Air quality, Clean air, Hazardous substances, Hazardous substances - insecticides, Health and safety at work
Decision document - restricted entry intervals - Sivanto Prime (PDF 65 KB)
TYPE: Decision documentTOPIC: Hazardous substances, Hazardous substances - insecticides, Health and safety at work, Staying safe on farms
The New Zealand manual handling assessment charts (NZMAC) (PDF 1.9 MB)
TYPE: ReportTOPIC: Ergonomics, Health and safety at work, Manual handling
MAC has been adapted by WorkSafe New Zealand to reflect New Zealand legislation. This version is known as the New Zealand MAC (NZMAC). The NZMAC can also help you to identify where control measures could be put in place to eliminate or minimise the risk of discomfort, pain, and injury, and prioritise which tasks should be considered first.
NZMAC score sheet (PDF 222 KB)
TYPE: ReportTOPIC: Ergonomics, Health and safety at work, Manual handling
Manual handling-while-seated screening tool (PDF 188 KB)
TYPE: ReportTOPIC: Ergonomics, Health and safety at work, Manual handling
Only use this tool for tasks where workers are seated, and loads are handled using two hands. It will help you to identify if the task is low risk or if you need to complete a more detailed risk assessment.
Pushing and pulling screening tool (PDF 234 KB)
TYPE: ReportTOPIC: Ergonomics, Health and safety at work, Manual handling
This tool can help you to identify when pushing or pulling activities are low risk, or if you need to complete a more detailed risk assessment.
Privacy policy (PDF 248 KB)
TYPE: PolicyThis privacy policy sets out the principles which are used by WorkSafe to collect, store, use, and disclose personal information.