Displaying items by tag: WORKSAFE

WorkSafe has appointed Steve Haszard as the organisation's next chief executive.

WorkSafe New Zealand is reviewing operations, looking for savings.

A teenage worker needed three fingers partially amputated when his summer holiday job went horribly wrong in a workplace incident with a leading stone fruit producer in Central Otago.

A Manawatu factory worker’s death underscores the importance of carrying out a dedicated risk assessment before modifying machinery in a workplace, says WorkSafe.

A Bay of Plenty company has been sentenced after a dense cloud of lime dust across a motorway caused a multi-vehicle crash which killed a driver.

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.

WorkSafe New Zealand is reminding businesses that regularly servicing and maintenance quad bikes can save lives.

Checking tyre pressure on quad bikes should be a fundamental health and safety process, says WorkSafe New Zealand.

Recent media releases from Worksafe and ACC, picked up by media outlets, focused on workplace incidents on farms from the use of quad bikes – or All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs).

OPINION: Your old mate notes that MPI was recently sued by WorkSafe in relation to the health and safety of its contractors.