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WorkSafe is reminding business owners that they must work with their inspectors or run the risk of enforcement action.

WorkSafe NZ is calling on farmers and other rural businesses to treat health and safety as more than a compliance issue.

Regardless of whether the accident is work related or not, when a child dies in an accident on farm, it's often an avoidable tragedy.

The Health and Safety Reform Bill got lots of media coverage about what does, and does not, constitute a high-risk industry.

Sheep farmers busy with tailing/docking of lambs are being urged to take extra care of their backs.

Nick Barclay, from WorkSafe NZ says while much media focus is on quads, they are not the only problem. 

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.

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.

Engage don't enrage: that’s the message to WorkSafe NZ from Federated Farmers. National president William Rolleston said this as the new Health and Safety Reform Bill was debated in Parliament last week.

Dairy farm injuries rise during calving and WorkSafe is reminding farmers of the risks posed by livestock and vehicles.