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The recent rupture to the 168km pipeline from Whangarei to Auckland has certainly put the “fox in the chook house” when it comes to culpability, blame and the cost to the New Zealand economy. It has been estimated that the cost could be up to $15 million dollars, but I...

The purpose of this article is to provide you with a quick list of actions to use in the case of an incident or accident occurring in your workplace.   What accidents to you have to notify WorkSafe NZ about? These are accidents that are described as notifiable incidents - as described in...

One of the key changes to the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 was the requirement that businesses must involve their employees in health and safety. I have made the comment before, but it is an indictment on New Zealand businesses when legislation must be enacted that requires employers to...

Are you chasing the great white whale? If you are a contractor or a self-employed tradesman, and your business is a one-man band or small to medium business (SME), this parallel to business is something to think about. In Herman Melville's fictional novel Moby Dick, Captain Ahab, the monomaniacal captain, was obsessed...

Have you read about the Opua dog swimming races? Is this just another case of red tape, blue-tape or bureaucracy gone raving mad? I contacted the principal of Opua School and gave him a few health and safety pointers - but what was interesting was his comments about leaving the UK, to...

Institutional knowledge is defined as 'the knowledge that is known or held within an organisation by individuals, groups or as described in policies, procedures and other documents that are accessible to the people involved'. The purpose of this article is to raise an alert as to the dangers and the potential...

How often do you or your management team challenge the status quo to see if there is a better and smarter way to improve your work methods, to improve quality, safety, and to increase your profit? There is an adage that states “If you look after the pennies, the pounds will...

It's a new year already, and there is 11 months to go before Santa comes calling again. (Hopefully) he'll be using this time to check over his sledge and accessories, as well as the general maintenance of supporting equipment! This may sound a light-hearted introduction to the topic of plant maintenance,...

How effective, known and uncluttered are your emergency fire exits? Perhaps this is a common-sense question, but over the years, we have seen some interesting situations whereby if there had been a real emergency evacuation, several people would have perished. We recently visited a company to meet with the CEOs whose office...

Workplace bullying is a subject that is a real employment issue that is becoming recognised and spoken about. It has been estimated that 400,000 New Zealanders are being bullied every working day. Has it become more prevalent in the workplace or is it that it is something that is not to...