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Following the 2021 sentencing of Aimex Limited whose apprentice suffered serious brain injury, it was discovered a similar incident nearly occurred a week prior but had been covered up The New Zealand Police charged William Mansfield Trevor Sullivan for making a false statement and Steven Patrick John Sullivan for perverting the course of justice. Continue →
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Findings from a recent WorkSafe report may shed light on why  cancer and respiratory diseases contribute to 70% of all work-related deaths in New Zealand WorkSafe, in collaboration with the Occupational Integrated Database Exposure Assessment System (OccIDEAS) team and Research New Zealand, conducted the New Zealand Carcinogens Survey to estimate the current exposure to carcinogens among New Zealand workers. Continue →
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The latest independent review into WorkSafe NZ’s ability to carry out its regulatory responsibilities for an increasingly diverse range of workplace health and safety issues finds a growing gap between public expectations and WorkSafe outcomes Responding to WorkSafe NZ seeking additional funding to carry out its role, the just released 2021 WorkSafe Strategic Baseline Review commissioned by MBIE concluded the organisation will never have the resources to effectively undertake the ever-widening range of duties relating to ensuring safe and healthy workplaces. Continue →
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An uncontrolled release or leak of hydrocarbon gas is a health and safety risk which has the potential to cause a serious fire or explosion For businesses who design, manufacture, install, maintain, or repair air-conditioning, heat pump or refrigeration equipment, all equipment that uses hydrocarbon refrigerants must comply with the relevant safety standards and regulations. Continue →
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A Bay of Plenty company has been sentenced for its role in sending a dense cloud of lime dust across a motorway, causing a multi-vehicle crash which killed a driver Wealleans Bay of Plenty Limited was spreading the lime at a dairy farm next to the Tauranga Eastern Link Road on 5 February 2020, when the cloud drifted across the motorway on the wind – reducing visibility to almost nothing. Continue →
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A litany of health and safety failings has been laid bare in the Wellington District Court, where Waste Management has been sentenced to pay over $800,000 for the chemical poisoning of a worker Jim Gideon died in August 2017, after being overcome by hydrogen sulphide gas from a treatment pit at Waste Management’s facility in Seaview, Lower Hutt. Continue →
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Changes could be on the way after a report revealed gaps in how we monitor chemicals in the environment and how we interpret their impact on living things The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Simon Upton, is proposing changes to the way New Zealand manages chemicals to make sure their environmental impacts are not overlooked. Continue →
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