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The Safe Side | Issue 65
25/02/2025
Welcome to the first issue of The Safe Side for 2025. We start the year by covering four recent sentencings under the Health and Safety at Work Act (HSWA) after two workers were killed and one seriously injured in three separate incidents. We also look at WorkSafe’s release of new infographics about psychosocial risks in New Zealand workplaces; as well as the latest enforceable undertaking accepted by WorkSafe. Finally, in other statutory liability news, we have an article about a prosecution under the Food Act that followed on from the distribution of 971 tonnes of sugar contaminated with lead.
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The Safe Side | Issue 64
18/12/2024
In this issue, we cover the recent ground-breaking conviction of the former CEO of Ports of Auckland Ltd for failing to comply with his duty as an officer under the Health and Safety at Work Act (HSWA). This is the first time an officer of a large complex organisation has been prosecuted for this offence. In addition, we have articles on three recent convictions that all arose from fatalities. The first resulted after a worker was killed in the forestry sector, the second followed the death of a worker at a steel product supplier and manufacturer in Christchurch, and the last came about when a camper was killed in a caravan park by a falling tree branch in Victoria, Australia.
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The Safe Side | Issue 63
30/11/2024
In this issue, we cover four recent sentencings: two under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HASWA) and two under the Resource Management Act (RMA). The first HASWA sentencing resulted from a fatal road crash involving driver fatigue. The other followed injuries to a worker when they were crushed between a barge and a wharf. The RMA sentencings led to record fines being imposed after the parties involved continued to offend even after having enforcement actions taken against them by councils. We also cover the joint feedback to the government from major business groups, health and safety organisations, and unions expressing their shared view that HASWA is “fundamentally fit for purpose” and change is unlikely to significantly improve outcomes.
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