Displaying items by tag: Health and Safety

NZW is assisting Horticulture New Zealand with an ACC funded project looking at ways to improve health and safety across horticulture and viticulture.

A Kaikoura employer who didn’t provide appropriate eye protection has been sentenced for failings that cost a young worker his vision in one eye.

According to numbers published by ACC, more than 60 farm-related injuries are reported every day, leaving much room for improvement.

Health and safety is an important part of any business – it’s the right thing to do by your workers, and you also have obligations under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA).

Getting employers on board for a "really robust health and safety journey", has seen Constellation Brands transform its injury outcomes over the past four years.

Taranaki/Manawatu 2021 FMG Young Farmer of the Year Jake Jarman sees real value in good health and safety practices.

The recent period has been dominated by a major health and safety concern – the Covid- 19 pandemic.

Light vehicles – two wheelers, quads, and LUVs or side by sides – are essential tools on New Zealand farms. Unfortunately they also account for up to half the deaths on farms every year.

The Covid crisis has helped sharpen focus on employee wellbeing, says a wine industry health and safety consultant.

Farmers are being warned to check their fuel tanks following a fuel tanker driver being seriously injured on a farm.