Health & Safety Chat
Our workplace safety blog highlights the importance of health and safety at work, with up to date safety advice, facts, tips and opinions.
Preventing Workplace Injuries: The Financial Benefits
According to the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), accidents in the New Zealand workplace cost them upwards of $968,565,574 in claims in 2022. This figure indicates the enormous cost of workplace injuries - both financially and socially in New Zealand...
Creating a Safety Mindset: How to Shift Your Company’s Thinking
Did you know that creating a safe and healthy work environment in any workplace is of paramount importance? With the help of health and safety consulting services, you can ensure that your workplace is equipped with the right systems and processes to prevent accidents...
How to Develop an Effective Safety Culture: The Key to Preventing Workplace Incidents
As a business owner, you want to ensure the safety of your workers and prevent incidents from happening in the workplace. Creating the right culture of safety in your organisation is the key to achieving this goal. In this blog post, we will discuss the importance of...
The Importance of Regular Health and Safety Training for Employees
Keeping your employees safe and healthy at work is a priority for any good employer. After all, a healthy and happy workforce is the backbone of any successful business! One of the best ways to look after your workers is by providing regular health and safety...
Playing it safe with Health and Safety
Spring has arrived, and with it a number of changes that may affect your workers. In a recent case by WorkSafe NZ, the Thames District Council was sentenced to a fine of $10,000 for its part in an inflatable slide collapse in December 2020. This clearly signals...
Spring Toolbox Talk
Spring has arrived, and with it a number of changes that may affect your workers.
What does health and safety mean for small business?
According to the Ministry of Business of innovation and employment 97% of business in New Zealand employee less than 20 staff (Ministry of Business, 2016). If you dig a little further, of that 97%, 72% of these have no employees at all! How does the act apply to small companies or those that are one man bands? A large proportion of these businesses are run from home
Contractor Pre-Qualification what is it?
So you’re a contractor that has been tendering for jobs and working away for years with no problems at all. You’ve never had an accident (well only minor incidents that no one else knew about anyway!)
Susan becomes an EMA consultant
Smart Safety Solutions become EMA consultants.
It is the simple things that make the difference
The Judge found that the company’s health and safety compliance was “lax” at best and “pointless”. This callous disregard for safety was found to have directly contributed to the incident.