Displaying items by tag: Health and Safety

WorkSafe is recommending the dairy industry reassess its use of slide pulsators, following a recent death in a Waikato milking shed.

Farmers are hoping for a respite from complex national health and safety laws, under review by the Coalition Government.

NZW is assisting Horticulture New Zealand with an ACC funded project looking at ways to improve health and safety across horticulture and viticulture.

A Kaikoura employer who didn’t provide appropriate eye protection has been sentenced for failings that cost a young worker his vision in one eye.

According to numbers published by ACC, more than 60 farm-related injuries are reported every day, leaving much room for improvement.

Health and safety is an important part of any business – it’s the right thing to do by your workers, and you also have obligations under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA).

Getting employers on board for a "really robust health and safety journey", has seen Constellation Brands transform its injury outcomes over the past four years.

Taranaki/Manawatu 2021 FMG Young Farmer of the Year Jake Jarman sees real value in good health and safety practices.

The recent period has been dominated by a major health and safety concern – the Covid- 19 pandemic.

Light vehicles – two wheelers, quads, and LUVs or side by sides – are essential tools on New Zealand farms. Unfortunately they also account for up to half the deaths on farms every year.