Health and Safety stories
Hidden corrosion under insulation is costing industry billions, with hundreds of failures each year and major risks to pressured pipes and vessels.
Businesses handling asbestos now face stricter duties, with management plans, training and independent air checks compulsory under new rules.
A worker’s hand injuries have prompted safety changes, after WorkSafe accepted a ninth enforceable undertaking in lieu of prosecution.
A Whangarei engineering firm has been fined after a worker suffered severe burns when a jammed galvanising machine failed above molten zinc.
Hundreds of apprentices will get cheaper health and safety training as Site Safe widens support for Skills Week across 16 providers.
Real-time project data will now flag delays earlier for builders, as Acuite and PlanGrid link dashboards to improve margins and safety.
The upgrades will help preserve specialist skills needed to maintain New Zealand’s high-voltage grid and support local economies.
Property owners are set to get greater assurance after a Hawke’s Bay firm became New Zealand’s first accredited methamphetamine testing provider.
A worker was left with severe arm injuries after an unsafe tortilla oven lacked guarding, training and an emergency plan, WorkSafe found.
Construction firms should face fewer delays as Filipino recruits arrive with Site Safe health and safety training already completed.
Corrosion is costing Australia A$8 billion a year in avoidable bridge and concrete damage, with traffic and salt speeds worsening wear.
New research shows construction’s fatality rate has more than halved since 2011, easing concern for workers and employers alike.
WorkSafe New Zealand says farmers will be targeted over the next three years as research shows vehicles are involved in almost nine in 10 deaths.
Courts are still split on how far tougher health and safety penalties should go, leaving businesses uncertain over likely fines and undertakings.
Colleague support may shape whether returning staff feel fairly treated, with researchers linking it to health, sickness absence and well-being.
Small and medium-sized firms face tougher chemical compliance demands as revised rules leave many still seeking practical guidance.
WorkSafe says inadequate guarding still exposes workers to life-changing injuries, after two Southland firms were fined for amputations.
A shift away from paperwork-heavy compliance is driving talks on smarter safety practice and chemical risk at Safety 360 in Auckland.
Fleet managers are being urged to tackle poor driver vision, as Brake says untested eyesight raises collision risk for at-work drivers.
WorkSafe says its push on critical risks, leadership and worker engagement is helping New Zealand edge towards a 25% injury cut by 2020.
