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  • The Safe Side | Issue 71

    We sometimes report on the prosecution of forestry companies for health and safety offences, but the sector’s potential statutory liability exposures do not end there. In this issue, we look at several recent prosecutions by the Waikato Regional Council for environmental failures by forest harvesting companies. We also cover the updated guidance on managing the risks of leptospirosis infection from WorkSafe; and an appeal that was dismissed in the High Court, confirming the earlier conviction of a health and safety consultancy company for failing to provide a traffic management plan that it had undertaken to supply. Finally, we have an article about an eye-watering £3 million fine handed down to British Airways after two workers fell from height while unloading baggage from aircraft at Heathrow Airport.

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  • The Safe Side | Issue 70

    In this issue, we look at the second sentencing this year following the death of a worker in a running conveyor belt. In this case, both the company and its director were charged and convicted. We also cover the filing of new charges against KiwiRail – this time for the grounding of the Interislander ferry Aratere just north of Picton last year. In addition, we have an article about two workers who were overcome by hydrogen sulphide gas when working at a West Coast construction and demolition waste facility. Finally, we look at an Australian prosecution that came about after the tragic death of an electrical apprentice who was electrocuted while working in his father’s company.

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  • The Safe Side | Issue 69

    This month saw the launch of WorkSafe’s digital hotline for reporting concerns about the overuse of road cones. We look at the pilot scheme and the role temporary traffic management and road cones have in keeping the public and workers safe. In addition, we cover the new WorkSafe guidance on managing psychosocial risks and three Australian prosecutions for bullying and harassment of workers. In other statutory liability news, we also have an article about three recent Resource Management Act prosecutions of dairy farmers for the unlawful discharge of diary and other effluent.

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