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Auckland construction worker seriously injured by piece of falling clay

A construction worker has been seriously injured after a retaining slope broke on a building site in central Auckland. Icon ...
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Check safety critical equipment regularly

A worker has died after a wire rope being used as a handrail appears to have parted as he leaned ...
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Insights

Insights is a series of conversations with leaders throughout the New Zealand economy about health and safety. Insights is a ...
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January 30, 2018

Use the gear you’ve got

Safety gear is no good when it is sitting in your vehicle – and it needs to be used properly. Read More

January 19, 2018

Start 2018 right

Welcome to 2018! Start the new year back at work by spending some time with your team talking about how you’re all going to make this […]

January 19, 2018

Keep fatigue out of the workplace

It’s a shock to the system going back to work after the holidays, particularly after a couple of weeks off over Christmas. It’s a good time […]

January 19, 2018

“Don’t repeat your mistakes…”

Two similar accidents involving the same plant at AFFCO’s Rangiuru meat processing plant two years apart are a prime example of a company not learning from […]