Working safely with chainsaws
We’ve recently had an incident where someone was seriously injured while operating a chainsaw. Reporting near misses and injuries is important to identify trends and increase awareness of hazards.
We’ve recently had an incident where someone was seriously injured while operating a chainsaw. Reporting near misses and injuries is important to identify trends and increase awareness of hazards.
A Fire and Emergency Type 1 Iveco appliance won an award at the Wellington Truck and Transport Show in February.
Work on our new five Aerial appliances is progressing well.
Members of our USAR team recently had a chance to check out some new equipment used for recovering disabled aircraft.
The 150th anniversary of firefighting in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland is being celebrated at a public open day, Sunday 17 March, at The Cloud on Queens Wharf, Auckland between 10am and 3pm.
Following the deaths of Dave van Zwanenberg and Craig Stevens last February, WorkSafe investigated this tragedy under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015.
The Women’s Development team will be piloting a mentorship programme with wāhine career recruits.
The National Tunnel Reference Group (NTRG) provides advice on planning and responding to incidents in tunnels, including tunnels under construction.
Vegetation incident stats for 7 days from 22 Jan to 28 Jan 2024.
Over the past two years, there have been 86 near miss events in Safe@Work that have recorded the presence of the critical risk ‘working in and around fire and explosive materials’. Identifying what we can learn from “near miss” events is important.