Tag: Health & Safety
Companies unite on health and safety
Some of New Zealand’s largest construction companies have joined forces to improve workplace health and safety.
Arrow International, Cassidy Construction, Dominion Constructors, Fletcher Construction, Hawkins...
H&S: Just ticking the box without full understanding will have serious consequences
Having a lone worker solution is a good start, but there are many sad, and to us, frustrating stories about lone worker solutions which...
Site Safe launches online learning
Site Safe has launched its first-ever blended online course.
The not-for-profit membership health and safety organisation has designed a new course combining the advantages of...
Workers receiving free site visits
Around 400 Canterbury construction workers are receiving free health advice to help raise awareness about the health risks they face on work sites.
WorkSafe New...
Stay cool, stay safe this summer
Summer is a great time for building and landscaping work, or just relaxing with family and friends, but it can present additional health and...
New Passport options to be launched
Site Safe has designed a new range of courses which are tailored to specific health and safety topics, so trainees will now have even...
It’s time to talk safety
You may not realise it, but one of simplest and most powerful tools for improving workers’ health and safety is free, convenient and easy-to-use...
Initiative delivers independent audits
Site Safe and Wellington Master Builders have partnered up for a series of proactive health and safety audits around Wellington.
The free audits were part...
Focus on alcohol and other drugs in Christchurch’s construction industry
A recent study has shown that 18% of construction workers indicate there are people working hungover or stoned “from time to time or a lot”...
Big H&S changes for vehicle fleet operators
The construction industry is vehicle intensive, whether it’s a sole trader’s van or New Zealand’s largest nationwide fleets.
The construction industry is mobility dependant —...