March 2018

News from recent court cases

13 March - 2018

WorkSafe NZ have taken two Invercargill companies to the court after failing to adequately guard machinery in which both cases resulted in amputations. Niagara Timber were fined $323,437 and $27,160 ...

Client successes

13 March - 2018

JCL Asphalt received the Civil Contractors New Zealand (Canterbury – Westland Branch) 2017 Innovation Award for their work on the “Inland Route” State Highway 7 widening project ...

Asbestos awareness training

13 March - 2018

If you have workers who may be involved in removal work (unregistered work) or asbestos related work then the PCBU has a responsibility to train the worker in identification, handling ...

Health and Safety at Work (Asbestos) Regulations 2016

13 March - 2018

The majority of these regulations came into force on 4 April 2016 however several of transitional provisions do come into force on 4 April 2018. These are summarised below in ...

Signage audits

13 March - 2018

Electronic Imaging Limited (EIL) http://www.electronicimaging.co.nz/ and Safe and Sound Solutions are now offering practical onsite audits of your signage needs and can print all your signage requirements for warehouses and ...

SafePlus and ISO45001

13 March - 2018

SafePlus is a joint initiative between WorkSafe NZ, ACC and MBIE that has established a new voluntary health and safety performance toolkit for NZ business. It defines what good health ...

Facebook

13 March - 2018

Safe and Sound has recently started using Facebook as proactive communication tool with clients. We are posting on a weekly basis about key happens, information and changes in the Health ...

Health and Safety at Work (Hazardous Substances) Regulations 2016

13 March - 2018

These regulations largely came into force late 2017 now require that every workplace maintains a register of hazardous substances. The easiest and most effective method is to use the WorkSafe ...

HASANZ register

13 March - 2018

Not all safety consultants are created equal and from late March 2018 the HASANZ register http://www.hasanz.org.nz/ (Health and Safety Association NZ) will list consultants who are aligned with a professional ...

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