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The Safe Side | Issue 66
31/03/2025
This month, we cover three prosecutions that resulted from health and safety risk management failures. The first came about after a forestry subcontractor was killed while harvesting trees, and lead to the prosecution of two companies further up the contracting chain. The other two occurred overseas and sadly involved children, one of whom died. We also have articles on both the sentencing of the ex-Chief Executive of Ports of Auckland Limited after a groundbreaking health and safety conviction last year and WorkSafe’s SafePlus free self-assessment tool, which is now available for businesses to download. Finally, in other statutory liability news, we cover an MPI animal welfare prosecution that saw an experienced farmer jailed for over two years.
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The Safe Side | Issue 65
25/02/2025
Welcome to the first issue of The Safe Side for 2025. We start the year by covering four recent sentencings under the Health and Safety at Work Act (HSWA) after two workers were killed and one seriously injured in three separate incidents. We also look at WorkSafe’s release of new infographics about psychosocial risks in New Zealand workplaces; as well as the latest enforceable undertaking accepted by WorkSafe. Finally, in other statutory liability news, we have an article about a prosecution under the Food Act that followed on from the distribution of 971 tonnes of sugar contaminated with lead.
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The Safe Side | Issue 64
18/12/2024
In this issue, we cover the recent ground-breaking conviction of the former CEO of Ports of Auckland Ltd for failing to comply with his duty as an officer under the Health and Safety at Work Act (HSWA). This is the first time an officer of a large complex organisation has been prosecuted for this offence. In addition, we have articles on three recent convictions that all arose from fatalities. The first resulted after a worker was killed in the forestry sector, the second followed the death of a worker at a steel product supplier and manufacturer in Christchurch, and the last came about when a camper was killed in a caravan park by a falling tree branch in Victoria, Australia.
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