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Despite the slide being operated by another party, a council has been sentenced for its part in failing to keep people safe when it collapsed Thames Coromandel District Council authorised JTK Trustee Limited to operate the giant inflatable slide at the Whangamatā Summer Festival in December 2020. Continue →
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A business which didn’t properly safeguard its machinery has been sentenced over two incidents, six months apart, in which workers had their hands disfigured West Auckland bakery Bakeworks Limited, which makes gluten-free products, was sentenced in Waitakere District Court for health and safety failures related to both incidents. Continue →
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A Bay of Plenty business with an undocumented and ineffective health and safety process has been sentenced after a raised skip bin fell on a worker and inflicted a severe brain injury The victim, now 52 years old, was emptying the skip bin when it fell on his head and shoulders in March 2021. Continue →
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Inadequate training and supervision contributed to the death of a forestry technician in northern Hawke’s Bay, WorkSafe finds The technician was repairing a mechanical attachment, known as a harvester head, when the device was activated by being manually spun. Continue →
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WorkSafe is again urging vigilance on the risks of exposed machinery, in light of a steel fabrication worker suffering a significant injury on the job in Northland The employer, Donovan Group NZ Limited, has been sentenced in the Whangārei District Court for its health and safety failings in June last year. Continue →
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A Manawatū factory worker’s death underscores the importance of carrying out a dedicated risk assessment before modifying machinery in a workplace Dwayne Summers died after being trapped and crushed, while using a meal bagging machine at Kakariki Proteins Limited in April 2021. Continue →
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A business has been prosecuted for failing to play its part before a worker suffered significant injuries on the job in a fall from height The 54-year-old worker was replacing a roof at Auckland’s Glenfield Intermediate School in mid-January 2020. Continue →
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WorkSafe New Zealand is underscoring the dangers of skylights, after a 14-year-old roofer was seriously injured The teenager fell eight metres through a skylight and directly onto a concrete floor while working for Ironhide Roofing Limited, which has today been sentenced in the Napier District Court. Continue →
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Since the start of last year, at least two workers have died in construction every month and just over one worker per day has been seriously injured WorkSafe NZ, Construction Health and Safety NZ (CHASNZ) and the Council of Trade Unions (CTU) are calling for a renewed focus on construction health and safety after a number of serious incidents recently. Continue →
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The death of a nine-year-old girl in a Northland traffic crash has been traced back to a badly worn down towball and coupling on a trailer used by a local trucking business The trailer’s safety chain failed, disconnecting it from the truck towing it in October 2020. Continue →
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Two serious incidents occurred within a month of each other when the electrical workers involved performed the test improperly The first incident occurred when a live polarity test was used to test the connection of a newly installed mains cable and mains entry box. Continue →
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You may have very competent staff and thorough procedures onsite in daylight hours, but many businesses have cleaners or other contractors coming in after hours for maintenance, WorkSafe area investigation manager Paul West says The early morning death of a Taranaki cleaner is a lesson in 24-hour health and safety. Continue →
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Two companies have avoided prosecution after traffic management health and safety failures caused the death of a cyclist, but have committed to an enforceable undertaking to ensure it does not happen again On 30 October 2019 Fyfa Campbell Dawson was cycling to work with her route taking her past a construction site on a temporary section of Springs Road associated with work on the new Christchurch Southern Motorway extension. Continue →
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Health and safety practices at ports will be investigated as part of range of actions being taken in response to two deaths in the sector in the space of a week Recently we have seen a disproportionate number of injuries and fatalities in the port industry, Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety Michael Wood says. Continue →
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