Health and Safety stories
Complacency over scissors and box cutters is helping drive preventable cuts and lacerations, even in offices and other low-risk workplaces.
Free scholarships are open to workers from member and non-member firms, with five categories covering under-25s, Māori, Pasifika and women.
Chris Alderson will take over as Chief Executive Officer in mid-September as the new body seeks to lift construction site safety culture.
Harvard-backed research links toxic colleagues to customer loss, lower morale and rising absenteeism, costing firms dearly.
The two-hour workshop is aimed at small and medium-sized construction firms, helping leaders lift compliance and tackle safety gaps.
The guide is aimed at councils and engineers needing clearer steps to assess and secure damaged buildings after an emergency.
Consumers are being misled by confusing plastic labels, as experts call for clearer standards and tougher government oversight.
Safety technology is becoming a higher priority for New Zealand transport firms as the road toll rises and crashes prompt action.
A six-year-old survived severe leg injuries after falling from a quad bike on his grandparents’ farm, prompting a WorkSafe warning.
A New Zealand freight firm has been fined NZD $506,300 after a worker was crushed by falling pallets during forklift unloading in Auckland.
Accreditation standards are needed to prevent faulty drug tests from putting workers at risk and costing them jobs or income.
Customers could cut forklift downtime to minutes as hydrogen fuel-cell models promise cleaner operations and quicker refuelling at Australian sites.
Worker safety reforms will be funded after a fibreboard maker’s undertaking over a machine injury that left an employee with three fractures.
When fitting a home or business with smoke detectors, you might want to steer clear of ionisation alarms and stick with photoelectric.
Welders face a higher burn risk when employers issue lace-up footwear that can trap hot sparks, Safe Work Australia says.
Factories could cut wiring by up to 38% as a new Rockwell Automation safety system gives operators clearer diagnostics and faster fault-finding.
Users can now access instructions and certificates on the hoist via an NFC tag, while maintenance is easier and runtime has doubled.
Ports are missing basic checks and labels, leaving workers exposed to toxic fumigants inside freight containers, EU-OSHA warns.
WorkSafe has warned that faulty or misconfigured remotes can send mobile plant moving unexpectedly, risking serious injuries at mines and quarries.
More than 85 containers are helping keep the NZD $790 million Westfield Newmarket rebuild efficient, despite tight inner-city space constraints.
