1 May 2014 Cyclone Ita, which ravaged the West Coast recently, caused very few injuries and no fatalities. WorkSafe New Zealand says that it is essential the clean-up doesn’t add to the injury list through the use of unsafe practices. WorkSafe’s Assessment Manager for Canterbury and the West Coast, Dave Hulston, says that his team […]
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Occ health experts advise WorkSafe NZ
7 May 2014 A group of the country’s leading experts on occupational health have been assembled to advise WorkSafe New Zealand about how to help protect people from work-related illness and disease. An estimated 600-900 New Zealanders die prematurely each year due to work-related illness and disease. That toll is over and above the number […]
NZ rebuild workers put safety first
12 May 2014 More than 350 Canterbury rebuild construction workers are spending the early hours of this morning learning about how to keep themselves and others from being seriously injured or killed while working around excavations. Excavations are a major component of the rebuild work and are one of WorkSafe’s top priority areas in Canterbury. […]
Waikato company fined over worker’s death
9 April 2014 Waikato company Wealleans Groundspread Limited has been fined $33,750 and ordered to pay reparation of $70,000 over the death of a worker in June 2013. Tyler Old was operating a specially adapted truck, which spread fertiliser from a hopper via a chain conveyor, on a dairy farm in Okauia, Matamata. Nobody saw […]
Demolition increase highlights safety risk
16 April 2014 With residential demolitions in Christchurch set to increase between now and December, WorkSafe New Zealand is increasing its site inspections to ensure safety is a top priority. WorkSafe’s Canterbury Rebuild Health and Safety Programme Director, Kathryn Heiler, said today that she is concerned at the high hazard risk associated with demolition work. […]
Piping contractor fined over Onehunga explosion
9 April 2014 Piping contractor, Canadian Pacific Limited, has today been fined $55,250 over a 2011 explosion in an Onehunga water pipe that killed one worker and left another a double amputee. Philomen Gulland died on June 4 2011 and Ian Winson lost both his legs from above the knee in a gas explosion which […]
Yara Pilbara chief calls for industry-wide safety training
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16 April 2014 Yara Pilbara chief executive Mark Loquan has called for industry standardised safety training for mine site workers in Western Australia. Mr Loquan raised the idea at the Chamber of Minerals and Energy health and safety conference in Perth on Monday morning. He told delegates that the onshore sector is lagging behind the […]
Citigroup: Worker safety a focus for investors
16 April 2014 A recent article in the Canberra Times states ‘Mining companies need to maintain the highest safety standards for their employees or risk a potential shareholder backlash, according to one of the country’s largest investment research firms. As the Austar Coal Mine in the Hunter Valley investigates the death of two miners due […]
WorkSafe investigated death of worker at Jurien Bay
Friday, 4 April 2014 WorkSafe is investigating the work-related death of a man at a worksite in Jurien Bay this morning. Inspectors have travelled to the site and will investigate the circumstances. The incident happened at around 9am, 5km west of Brand Highway on Jurien East Road. WorkSafe thoroughly investigates serious work-related injuries and deaths […]
Two miners killed at NSW Mine
Issue Date: 16 April 2014 Tragedy has struck at the Austar Coal Mine at Paxton in New South Wales, with two men killed in an underground collapse. A statement by mine owner Yancoal has said a team of seven Austar Coal Mine employees were working underground on the afternoon/evening shift when a wall collapsed. It was […]