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The Safe Side | Issue 52
30/11/2023
This month’s issue of the Safe Side illustrates how wide the coverage of health and safety legislation is. We have articles on prosecutions that arose from failures to keep New Zealand workers safe around moving plant and electricity. We also cover the outcome of an investigation into a fire that was caused by hot works in Victoria, Australia. In addition, we update you on the horrific bouncy castle incident that killed six children in Tasmania in 2021 and report on the imprisonment of a manager after another child died while playing on a bouncy castle in the UK. Finally, we alert you to recent amendments to the law covering health and safety representatives and committees.
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The Safe Side | Issue 51
31/10/2023
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
29/09/2023
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 The third prosecution was withdrawn when a Northland dive operator had an enforceable undertaking accepted by WorkSafe.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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