Business Processes

Reporting notifiable accidents

What are your obligations to report notifiable accidents? Firstly, understand what constitutes a reportable Notification Event (for a condensed version of Notifiable Events, contact Hasmate to discuss). Your responsibility is to report all Notifiable Events to WorkSafe NZ - phone 0800 030 040 as soon as you become aware of...

Is It Fit For Purpose?

What does fit for purpose mean to a business? A dictionary definition - something that is fit for purpose is good enough to do the job it was designed to do. European law dictates that goods must be fit for purpose when sold. A layman's definition: If you are prepared to pay...

PPE Use and Chemical Fumes

Emphysema, or silicosis, are both debilitating diseases of the lungs, which take no prisoners and are fatal. I've watched a close friend slowly die for eighteen months from this debilitating disease and it was not a pleasant time for all those close to him. From a man who roamed the...

Contractor Prequalification

(Originally written in 2016 - but still very appropriate now!) If you are thinking contractor prequalification is just another management buzzword that has a number of compliance fish hooks, you are 75% right but on the other side of the ledger, it can have a number of advantages. What is contractor prequalification? In...

Delegating Health & Safety Responsibilities

If you were like me after watching the All Blacks winning the World Cup, you would have been proud to be a Kiwi! The All Blacks certainly displayed a high degree of skill, discipline and professionalism that truly made them champions and great ambassadors for NZ and for the sport. The...