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NZ business allocates $323k for safety upgrades after employee sustains eye injuries(Post)
WorkSafe New Zealand has adopted a new safety commitment from a renowned household brand, which is primarily focused on AI technology that offers real-time hazard alerts.This follows an incident in M ...
West Auckland bakery fined after workers' hands injured by machinery(Post)A West Auckland bakery has been fined $36,000 after two workers suffered serious hand injuries in two separate incidents.In January 2021, a worker lost four fingers after her hand got stuck in a mach ...
Safety alert issued after NT worker falls from forklift(Post)The Northern Territory’s workplace health and safety watchdog has issued a safety alert after a worker fell over three meters from a forklift.The worker sustained fractured ribs and multiple bruises ...
New fact sheet provides guidance on OHS duties in a contractual chain(Post)A new fact sheet for PCBU and people who are working as part of a contractual chain has been developed by Safe Work Australia."A contractual chain refers to the situation where, in relation to the sa ...
New Zealand meat companies fined for worker’s fatal injury(Post)A New Zealand court has ordered two companies to pay $340,000 following the death of a 74-year-old man who died while cleaning a machine. The man had climbed into a bin lifter to clean it when he bec ...
Monday 15th March 2021(Post)Alcoa investigates potentially toxic leak at their Wagerup refinery. An investigation is underway at Alcoa's Wagerup refinery after an incident occurred last Tuesday, causing seven million lit ...
Transport company sentenced over truckie death at Yarraville depot(Post)A transport company has been fined $320,000 for workplace health and safety offences after a truck driver was killed by a B-double nearly three years ago.The truck driver was standing on a pile of wo ...
Queenslanders urged to stay alert around powerlines(Post)Two electricity companies have recently teamed up to remind people in Queensland to be cautious around poles and wires due to a high number of incidents occurring this year.Ergon Energy Network and E ...
Company fined after New Zealand worker loses arm in conveyor belt incident(Post)A New Zealand cement company has been sentenced for breaching health and safety regulations after a worker lost his arm in a conveyor belt incident.The company was fined $297,000 and ordered to pay r ...
New Zealand meatworks fined $280,000 for workplace safety violations (Post)A Hawke’s Bay meat processing company has been fined for safety failures after a young man suffered a serious hand injury in a workplace incident.WorkSafe said the man, who was just weeks into the jo ...
NHVR releases 2022 Safety Survey report(Post)The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) has released the results of the 2022 Heavy Vehicle Industry Safety Survey.The survey of nearly 6000 respondents revealed that nearly two-thirds (65%) of bu ...
