Displaying items by tag: Health and Safety
Farmers’ will do their bit
The Health and Safety Reform Bill grabbed many headlines because of farming activities that are deemed high risk, and those that are not.
Safety is paramount
The design of an effluent system must ensure the safety of those operating and maintaining it.
Watch your back this spring
Sheep farmers busy with tailing/docking of lambs are being urged to take extra care of their backs.
New H&S rules not so scary...
While the Health and Safety legislation debate raged in Parliament, inspectors from WorkSafe NZ were out talking to farmers. One was Rural News reporter Peter Burke who owns a small ‘life sentence’ block in Horowhenua.
Govt angers Andy
Labour leader Andrew Little says the Government should have sorted out the problems in the new Health and Safety bill during the select committee process and not dropped the changes on Parliament as it did.
Beef + Lamb to beef up H&S efforts
Health and safety and the environment will play a bigger part in Beef + Lamb NZ’s proposed mandate, according to chairman James Parsons.
Worms – not farmers – off the hook
The minister for Workplace Relations and Safety, Michael Woodhouse, says he’s concerned about the ridicule dogging the passage of the Health and Safety Reform Bill.
On the hook
It's a fallacy that the farming community need not worry about health and safety because of changes to the Health and Safety Reform Bill.
Farmers value health and safety
Sheep and beef farmers say they are not trying to dodge their health and safety responsibilities.
Farmers not off the hook
Proposed changes to the Health and Safety Reform Bill will not free the farming community from their health and safety responsibilities, says an expert in the field.
