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Health and Safety Leadership

24/5/2014

 
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The Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment has just released the Health and safety leadership guide.

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Can we have safer cranes?

17/12/2013

 
Yes, say McLeod Cranes. And they’re writing national guidelines to make sure of it. When something goes wrong with a crane, it tends to go very wrong, very quickly. Simply, the margin between a near miss and a major accident is vanishingly brief. Suddenly, what seems a normal procedure can turn into a serious accident.

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Why’s he waving his arms? What’s he saying?

10/12/2013

 

Know Your Crane Signals.

If you are working with or around cranes its important to know your crane signals. The most important being STOP. 

The STOP signal can be given by anyone on site. In a crane operation safety is always of the highest priority. Crane operators are trained to accept a STOP signal from anyone whether they are part of the operation or not.

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Duty Holders

26/11/2013

 

You’re Called A Duty-Holder?
When There’s A H&S Incident, What Should You Do?

First, who exactly is a duty-holder? It’s a role specified under the current Health & Safety in Employment Act 1992 (HSE Act) and Hazardous Substances and New Organism Act 1996 (HSNO Act). A duty-holder can be an employer, a principal, a person who controls places of work, self-employed, an employee, a person in charge, or a person selling or supplying plant for use on a place of work.

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Health and safety responsibilities

19/11/2013

 

Company Director? Know Your Health And Safety Responsibilities? 

You need to. An important resource for company directors (following the recommendations of the Royal Commission on the Pike River Coal Mine Tragedy, is now available.

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Ten steps to safer working.

12/11/2013

 

That’s The Canterbury Rebuild Safety Charter.

It’s A Blueprint For The Region, And A Blueprint For Safer Working Anywhere…
They are undertaking the largest, most demanding rebuild anywhere. At the same time they are building a new, inclusive safety culture with the Canterbury Rebuild Safety Charter. As they phrase it in their vision statement, ‘The earthquakes reminded us that the most important thing is people. The Canterbury Rebuild Safety Charter puts people first. By demonstrating leadership and working together, we will rebuild Canterbury safely and create a legacy to be proud of’.

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Workplace Health & Safety Reforms

5/11/2013

 

They’re Big And They’re Coming Soon. Are You Up On The Play?

In August, the Government announced the largest changes to NZ’s workplace health & safety regime in 20 years. ‘Working Safer: a blueprint for health and safety at work’ is the Government’s response to the recommendations of the Independent Taskforce on Workplace Health and Safety set up last year - partially in response to the Pike River coal mine disaster. The reforms aim to reduce NZ’s workplace injury and death toll by 25% by 2020.The new law and key supporting regulations are expected to start coming into force in 2014. 

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