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Charges over schoolboy’s caving death
WorkSafe has charged the Whangārei Boys High School Board of Trustees for health and safety failures related to the death of a student a year ago.
Media release
Energy Safety Business Update – April 2024
Read our April 2024 energy safety business update.
Newsletter
Further action on Serene bathroom heaters
Energy Safety has extended its clampdown on Serene wall mounted bathroom heaters, which don’t meet New Zealand's safety standards. This now involves the following Serene models: S2068, S207T, and S2069.
Article
Mercury commits to $1.15m safety spend
A self-drive vehicle to enhance worker safety will be trialled by one of the country’s largest electricity providers, as part of a new agreement with WorkSafe New Zealand.
Media release
Interim WorkSafe Chief Executive to leave mid-year
WorkSafe New Zealand Chief Executive Steve Haszard will step aside from his interim role in mid-2024, when the priority tasks he was brought in by the Board to undertake will largely be completed.
Media release
Safety alert: Accelerated silicosis – 2024
This safety alert highlights the serious health and safety risks of exposure to high levels of respirable crystalline silica (RCS) for those who work in the stone benchtop industry.
Safety alert
Clarification on construction requirements of flammable liquid cabinets designed to comply with AS 1940
This technical bulletin is aimed at persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) who design, manufacture, supply or use cabinets constructed to meet the requirements of AS 1940, and compliance certifiers who encounter these cabinets in the course of their duties.
Bulletin
Statement on sentencing of Whakaari defendants
Statement from Steve Haszard, Chief Executive of WorkSafe New Zealand.
Media release
Amputation follows forklift trauma at Trade Depot
Businesses that contend with on-site traffic must learn from a collision that cost a woman her lower leg, WorkSafe New Zealand says.
Media release