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      • Electrical safety on construction sites (October 2015)
      • Scaffolding and edge protection (March 2015)
      • Improving health in construction: A focus on dust and noise (March 2015)
      • Improving health and safety in manufacturing (February 2015)
      • Fatigue in construction (July 2014)
      • Excavation safety (May 2014)
      • Mobile plant safety (March 2014)
      • Asbestos Trans-Tasman Forum (December 2013)
      • Preventing falls from heights (August 2013)
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Asbestos - the new regulations (2016)

9 November 2016: Covering the new Asbestos Regulations 2016, these presentations explain what WorkSafe expects, the health risks of working with asbestos, and a case study from Precise Laboratories in Canterbury.

Watch the presentations on our YouTube channel(external link)

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Last updated 23 October 2017
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