Displaying items by tag: Health and Safety

While quad fatalities keep fuelling a media frenzy, it’s time to look at the broader picture and try to understand what makes our farms such dangerous places.

Complying with the new workplace health and safety requirements is not rocket science and "there is nothing you need to be afraid of", a recent workshop heard.

Farmers interested in learning to reduce the risk of accidents with machinery are encouraged to visit the WorkSafe team at Mystery Creek.

The new workplace health and safety legislation is trying to engender in farming a safety culture.

Cellphone black spots and a lack of internet broadband is putting lives at risk in rural communities, claims a rural health advocate.

Farmer demand for help on health and safety has tested Beef + Lamb NZ's capacity to deliver.

Duck shooters and landholders are being assured the new workplace safety laws will not mess with the shooting season that opens next week.

This month marks the launch of new health and safety laws making all of us doing a job more responsible for creating safe working environments.

He was an imposing force on the rugby field and now ex-All Black great and rugby icon Richard Loe wants farmers to stand up and take notice about safety.

The new Health and Safety at Work Act has put the spotlight on employers and organisations.