Verification that safety-critical elements are suitable and effective at a major hazard facility or...
Source: Worksafe New Zealand
18 December 2020
This technical bulletin provides guidance about the verification of safety-critical elements required under the Health and Safety at Work...
MPI sentenced after workers exposed to hazardous chemicals
Source: Worksafe New Zealand
11 February 2021
Communication is vital when multiple businesses come together to carry out work, says WorkSafe.
The Ministry for Primary Industries was...
Worker’s leg amputated after being crushed in unguarded machinery
Source: Worksafe New Zealand
18 November 2020
An Auckland based steel company’s failure to guard machinery resulted in a worker having his left leg amputated.
In a...
Quad bikes must be regularly serviced
Source: Worksafe New Zealand
16 August 2021
WorkSafe New Zealand is once again reminding businesses that regular servicing and proper maintenance of quad bikes can save...
Fractal burning
Source: Worksafe New Zealand
14 December 2020
This safety alert highlights the serious health and safety risks involved with the practice of fractal or ‘Lichtenberg’ burning...
All work involving gas must be done by the book
Source: Worksafe New Zealand
15 December 2020
A gas explosion in Christchurch which left six people seriously injured and several properties uninhabitable serves as a warning...
Diving with underwater powered tools
Source: Worksafe New Zealand
31 May 2020
This technical bulletin clarifies whether the use of SSBA* or SCUBA* are suitable systems when using underwater powered tools.
What...
Failing to learn from previous death results in death of residential care user
Source: Worksafe New Zealand
26 July 2021
It is crucial to ensuring the health and safety of vulnerable service users in residential care, that the risk...
Factual correction
Source: Worksafe New Zealand
24 November 2020
Media coverage of Law Society considering complaint about Withdrawal of Charges Against Pike River CEO Peter Whittall
A number of...
Risky work requires effective and current risk management
Source: Worksafe New Zealand
24 May 2021
WorkSafe is warning businesses that relying on worker competency to manage risky work is no substitute for current and...
Breathing oxygen and enriched mixtures while diving
Source: Worksafe New Zealand
31 May 2020
This technical bulletin clarifies whether the use of oxygen enriched mixtures and elevated partial pressures of oxygen (PPO2) are...
13 parties charged by WorkSafe New Zealand over Whakaari/White Island tragedy
Source: Worksafe New Zealand
30 November 2020
WorkSafe New Zealand today filed charges against 13 parties in relation to the Whakaari/White Island eruption in December last...
