How to notify us over the holiday period.
Notifications  
If someone has been seriously injured, become seriously ill, or died as a result of work – phone us on 0800 030 040 straight away. We have staff available to respond to these 24/7.
If you’re not sure what a notifiable event is, including your obligation to hold a scene, visit What events need to be notified?
Notifications made through our online form won't be monitored between 12pm on Tuesday 24 December 2024 and 8.30am on Monday 6 January 2025.
If you’re not sure if you need to notify us, use our online notification system and we’ll respond to you after 6 January 2025.
Health and safety concerns
If you have a health and safety concern that isn’t urgent, use our online form and we’ll respond to you after 6 January 2025.
Raise a health or safety concern
General enquiries
General enquiries made by phone or email after 12pm on Tuesday 24 December will be responded to from Monday 6 January 2025. This does not apply to notifications made by phone on 0800 030 040.
We wish you a safe and relaxing holiday.
These A3 posters show where asbestos can be found in New Zealand industrial buildings and residential houses.
Industrial building
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![[image] potential asbestos locations in a commercial building](/assets/Topic/Asbestos/WKS-2-asbestos-where-it-can-be-found-1.jpg)
Residential house
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![[image] potential asbestos locations in a residential building](/assets/Topic/Asbestos/WKS-2-asbestos-where-it-can-be-found-2.jpg)
These are the items identified in the images above
Buildings constructed or renovated before 2000 are likely to contain asbestos materials. The diagrams show areas where materials containing asbestos were commonly used during construction and renovation. These materials are not dangerous if they are in a good condition and remain undisturbed.
Industrial building
- Roof ventilators
- ‘Super Six’ or ‘Super Eight’ roof sheeting
- Skylight and manhole frames
- Asbestos cement vent pipe and capping
- Fluted ridge capping used on plain roll, fluted saddle ridge, sawtooth ridge capping and ventilating ridge
- Window moulding and louvre blades
- Barge moulding
- Sheeting or ceiling tiles used in the office area, kitchen, toilet walls or mezzanine area
- Compressed sheet flooring
- ‘Super Six’, ‘Super Eight’ or architecturally designed wall cladding
- Wall sheeting or compressed sheeting
- ‘Super Six’ awning
- Vinyl floor tiles or sheet vinyl floor coverings
- Compressed wall sheeting used for toilet partitions
- Moulded telecommunications pit or electrical pit
- Gully trap surrounds
- Textile in the fuse holders
- Backing to the switchboard and internal lining
- Asbestos cement downpipes
- Side flashing
- Window moulding and louvre blades
- Rainwater heads
- Door mouldings
- Gutters
- Woven fencing product
Residential house
- Vinyl flooring
- Cladding, including baseboards
- Wet area lining substrate
- Electrical meter board
- Compressed sheeting
- Soffits
- Roofing panels, eg 'Super Six'
- Exterior window flashing
- Toilet seat and cistern
- Bath panel
- Hotwater cupboard lining
- Water tank
- Ceiling tiles
- Textured ceiling
- Interior window panel
- Gutters and downpipes
- Fireplace surrounding
- Garage cladding
- Fence panels
- Stormwater trap
- Stormwater and sewage piping
- Loose fill insulation
- Partition wall
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