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.
Use the New Zealand manual handling assessment charts (NZMAC) to help identify high-risk lifting, carrying, and team handling tasks.
It will help you understand the level of risk for the most common risk factors associated with these tasks. It will also help to identify where control measures could be put in place to eliminate or minimise the risks of discomfort, pain, or injury.
Originally developed by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in the United Kingdom, WorkSafe New Zealand has adapted the tool for use in Aotearoa New Zealand. To reflect these changes and to differentiate from the original HSE version, we have called our document The New Zealand manual handling assessment charts (NZMAC). The risk factor categories, descriptions, and scoring system remain largely unchanged from the original tool.
The NZMAC is currently only available in PDF format.
Alternatively, you could use the HSE’s online UK MAC tool(external link)
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