Playing down workplace incidents doesn’t pay
February 19, 2018
WorkSafe is warning businesses not to play down notifiable events in their workplaces.Trade Depot Ltd appeared in Auckland District Court in December following an incident where more than 200kg of plasterboard fell on a worker in Takanini. The Court has since released its se...
Machines a matter of life and death
February 10, 2018
There are no second chances with heavy machinery says WorkSafe after the sentencing of Easton Agriculture Limited today in Palmerston North District Court.The sentencing follows the death of a worker in August 2016 after he became trapped in a potato harvester on a farm in S...
First sentencing under the Health & Safety at Work Act 2015
September 14, 2017
Below is the details of the first sentencing under the Health & Safety at Work Act 2015. I really thought there would have been more media hype over the first prosecution. It seems that the companies ability to pay the fine was a big factor in the final penalty b...