This Asbestos Awareness Week (November 18–24 2024) we remind tradies and businesses that there are no excuses for not protecting workers from the risk of asbestos exposure.
Asbestos exposure is New Zealand’s number one workplace killer. Despite the serious health risks of asbestos exposure being widely known for 80+ years, around 220 people die each year from asbestos-related disease.
Resources
We have a number of resources for you to learn about how to manage the risks associated with asbestos exposure.
- Asbestos management plan example and template
- Register of licensed removalists and assessors
- Recently updated guidance on asbestos in New Zealand, asbestos in the home, asbestos in your building or workplace, and protective clothing and equipment when working with asbestos
- List of landfill sites that take asbestos waste(external link)
Explore other information and resources on asbestos
Stakeholder campaign pack
To assist with raising awareness, stakeholders can download a pack which provides a range of Asbestos Awareness Week assets for organisations and individuals to use.
Where possible, tag our social media accounts and direct your audiences to www.worksafe.govt.nz/asbestos for more information.
The pack includes:
- email header (pictured)
- social images for Facebook and Instagram
- fact sheet
- poster
- website banners and tiles.
![[image] Asbestos Awareness Week 2024 – email header](/assets/Topic/Asbestos/Asbestos-Awareness-Week/asbestos-awareness-week-2024-email-header.png)
More information
If you have any questions about using the assets or want to know more about asbestos, email asbestos@worksafe.govt.nz
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