Health and Safety stories
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise partners with Fredon to revolutionise Australia's smart building sector, promising streamlined operations and sustainability enhancements.
A WorkSafe report found work factors were significant in 11.7% of New Zealand suicides reviewed, highlighting a major data gap.
A fatal electric shock could have been avoided if mandatory testing had been done after faulty wiring left a range hood metalwork energised.
A recent QBE Singapore survey has indicated a decline in awareness of cyber threats among Singaporean SMEs, down 10% in a year, while AI's productivity influence is recognised, despite job replacement fears.
Consumers are being urged to stop using Serene bathroom heaters after safety failures linked to fires and overheating widened the recall.
WorkSafe has dropped charges after Mercury NZ pledged NZD $1.15 million to safer plant inspections and geothermal risk controls.
Poorly planned cone layouts can create new hazards for pedestrians, drivers and residents, undermining the aim of safer roadworks.
A long-standing skills gap in hydraulics and pneumatics is easing as the first NZQA-approved fluid power qualification opens new career paths in New Zealand.
Calls are growing for New Zealand to follow Australia and ban the material, as experts warn silica dust can cause fatal lung disease.
The drill exposed gaps in Watercare’s rescue plans and could improve real-world response times at remote sites.
Women still account for only 15% of construction workers, despite the number almost doubling since 2013.
Workers exposed to silica dust face an incurable lung disease that can take years to appear and may later prove fatal.
A lack of traffic controls at Trade Depot's Onehunga site left a customer with an amputated leg, prompting almost USD $500,000 in penalties.
Several fires and overheating incidents have prompted a ban on Serene Classic S2068 bathroom heaters, with consumers urged to stop using them.
Charges against Police have been dropped after WorkSafe accepted a binding safety pledge following a Traffic Camera Operator's critical injury.
New waves of Covid and other viruses are forcing businesses to revive safeguards as hot-desking and caution fatigue raise workplace risks.
Free online counselling and wellbeing support is now available to 6,500 Site Safe member businesses as burnout pressures mount in construction.
A teenage apprentice’s death has prompted fines and reparations after WorkSafe said two firms failed to manage the risk of heavy framing.
A Nelson court fined Stratford Logging operator Kevin Howard Stratford NZD $56,000 after unsafe felling beside State Highway 60 endangered motorists.
A corrosion-resistant hydraulic block trialled for Sanford’s fleet could cut machine failures and improve safety across Australasia’s heavy industries.
