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The Safe Side | Issue 45
30/04/2023
In this issue, we cover three prosecutions involving Councils. Two District Councils were sentenced for breaches of the Health and Safety at Work Act (HASWA) last month - one after the tragic death of a child; the other after a giant inflatable slide collapsed with a dozen people on it. On the other side of the coin, the Waikato Regional Council prosecuted a farming company for the unlawful discharge of dairy effluent under the Resource Management Act. In addition, we look at yet another WorkSafe prosecution for failing to manage machinery hazards and a UK case that resulted in a substantial £1 million fine after a worker was killed by malfunctioning equipment. Finally, we have an article on the new port sector health and safety plan that resulted from a novel collaboration between unions, ports and stevedoring companies.
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The Safe Side | Issue 44
30/03/2023
This month, we cover the third successful Court Ordered Enforceable Undertaking (COEU) imposed under the Health and Safety at Work Act. The COEU was proposed by the defendant as an alternative to paying a fine. We also look at a case where the failure to ensure workers wear eye protection has landed a company with a conviction and significant reparation orders. This follows a very similar prosecution of a fencing company last year. In addition, we have articles about a prosecution that arose from an incident where a new worker was struck on the head and shoulders by a skip bin, an eyewatering AU$1.5 million fine handed to an Australian energy company after the death of a worker at a power station and how two companies ended up paying $28,000 because neither one of them notified Maritime NZ that a worker had suffered minor burns.
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The Safe Side | Issue 43
28/02/2023
Welcome to the first issue of The Safe Side for 2023! We start 2023 by reporting on a school trip to the Poor Knights Islands that almost ended in tragedy and remind schools about the importance of assessing and controlling on-water risks when students undertake activities outside the classroom. We also look at the sentencings of three companies after recent health and safety prosecutions. Two Australian companies were given substantial fines following the deaths of workers while unloading stone slabs from containers, while a New Zealand forestry servicing company was ordered to pay over $500,000 after a remote field worker died when working on a logging harvesting machine.
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