A self-drive vehicle to enhance worker safety will be trialled by one of the country’s largest electricity providers, as part of a new agreement with WorkSafe New Zealand.

WorkSafe New Zealand Chief Executive Steve Haszard will step aside from his interim role in mid-2024, when the priority tasks he was brought in by the Board to undertake will largely be completed.

This safety alert highlights the serious health and safety risks of exposure to high levels of respirable crystalline silica (RCS) for those who work in the stone benchtop industry.

This technical bulletin is aimed at persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) who design, manufacture, supply or use cabinets constructed to meet the requirements of AS 1940, and compliance certifiers who encounter these cabinets in the course of their duties.

Statement from Steve Haszard, Chief Executive of WorkSafe New Zealand.

Businesses that contend with on-site traffic must learn from a collision that cost a woman her lower leg, WorkSafe New Zealand says.

We have published a prohibition for the sale (including an offer to sell), and use (including installation) of the Serene Classic S2068 wall mounted bathroom heaters, pursuant to Regulation 87 of the Electricity (Safety) Regulations 2010.

WorkSafe has accepted a binding commitment from the New Zealand Police to improve safety for speed camera operators, after one was critically injured in a high-speed collision on Auckland’s North Shore.

Five experienced industry figures have been selected to join the New Zealand Mining Board of Examiners.

Read our February 2024 work-related health update.