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25 Mar

Is contractor prequalification just about compliance to the law or about making a difference? The challenge to this statement was brought home to me a few weeks ago when I meet up with a neighbour who was spitting sparks, and said to me, "I’m in the wrong business - how do...
13:51 / Articles
27 Feb

Did you know that your business can use Hasmate for asset management, but also its vehicles, equipment, employee information, and training, and the same program can also alert you when important checks must be made? Over the past five years, there have been numerous work-site accidents involving vehicles and equipment -...
12:02 / Articles
26 Feb

Health and safety is not a topic that you would usually get emotional about, but one gets to a point when enough is enough. A couple of years ago a friend gave me the book “Tragedy at Pike River Mine: How and Why 29 Men Died” by Rebecca Macfie. He said to...
11:59 / Articles
30 Jan

What is a significant hazard or risk? Where and how does the term significant hazard fit into hazard management and the risk rating of hazards, and is it still relevant? This is a question I was asked recently and there still exists some confusion as to its application,  and is it or...
11:05 / Articles
16 Jan

Why should a business have to do this? Apart from the PCBU's obligations under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, it is a good investment of resources, especially if you: value the skills and expertise that your employees bring to your business, and the shortage of qualified, skilled, experienced...
11:24 / Business Processes
03 Dec

Here are three questions to think about for your business: Do you place value on the wellness and mental fitness of your employees? Is it essential to have a fit and mentally alert workforce to your business? Does your business have a specific plan in place to monitor and to...
12:01 / Hints and Tips
29 Nov

The following is a true story from the New Zealand Dairy industry, and is an example of what can go wrong and that resulted in a very costly mistake. An employee working on a bulk butter-wrapping conveyer line mentioned to the production area engineer that the there was a grumbling noise...
12:57 / Hints and Tips
15 Oct

Spotted - an advert on TVNZ 1 for gardening gloves with a difference - some clever person had come up with idea of attaching moulded claws to one of the gloves for digging in the garden, to assist with planting - how clever! Consider this: How often do we see something...
10:52 / Articles
25 Sep

The prosecution of a Tauranga mussel processing company in 2018 for an industrial accident must certainly make all businesses  - using chemicals in any part of their operations - sit up and take note. When you read the following, the incident could easily have been avoided with a few practical and...
21:00 / Articles
25 Sep

This is a warning to all businesses after a 2018 High Court judgement that has given guidelines to sentence employers who fail to protect the health and safety of workers. The judgement stems from the 2015 Health and Safety at Work Act and gives guidelines to sentencing people found guilty under...
02:46 / Articles