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  • The Safe Side | Issue 51

    New Zealand is still lagging significantly behind Australia and the UK when it comes to health and safety performance. This month we cover a sobering report just released by the Business Leaders’ Health and Safety Forum on the cost of this “work toll.” We also have articles on three recent WorkSafe prosecutions. Two arose after the tragic deaths of members of the public – one while driving on the road and one while skiing. The other prosecution resulted when a worker lost his arm in a horrific incident on a conveyor. Finally, we cover the change in leadership at WorkSafe as the regulator begins a new organisational change process to reduce staff and cut costs.

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  • The Safe Side | Issue 50

    This month, we cover three prosecutions of tourism companies arising from serious incidents involving their customers. Sadly, two of the incidents resulted in a fatality. One victim was an 11-year-old girl who was killed when a bus crashed while descending from the Tūroa ski field in 2018. The other victim was a tourist who was killed in front of his family while sandboarding at Te Paki. The third prosecution was withdrawn when a Northland dive operator had an enforceable undertaking accepted by WorkSafe. It followed an incident where two children were trapped in a cave at the Poor Knights Islands. In addition, we also have an article about an unusual Australian prosecution taken after two soldiers were attacked by a crocodile in North Queensland.

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  • The Safe Side | Issue 49

    This month, we cover two cases where the actions taken during a WorkSafe investigation appear to have led to vastly different outcomes. In the first case, two company officers had terms of imprisonment imposed after they deliberately misled WorkSafe investigators. In the second case, WorkSafe announced it will not prosecute after five workers were badly burned, and acknowledged the cooperation of the company during the investigation and the improvements made after the incident. We also have an article on a machine guarding prosecution that again highlights the importance of getting expert advice when a machine is modified.

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