Worker Safety In The Face Of Anger
We don’t like to think of New Zealand as being an angry county. Maybe it’s better to say it is a frustrated one, with tensions
27 October 2021
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We don’t like to think of New Zealand as being an angry county. Maybe it’s better to say it is a frustrated one, with tensions
Raising an SOS from wherever you are, and the guarantee of being found fast is 100% achievable and practicable.
The GRWM Regulations, part 2, Guideline 3.1 deal with risks associated with remote or isolated work. It is a PCBU’s responsibility to manage the risk. I think the HSWA guidelines are fairly prescriptive, but as we all know… all the guidelines are fairly open to interpretation, but two things are very clear;
This safety alert highlights the serious health and safety risks that poorly maintained tripod tanks pose for fuel users.
Due to the unauthorised SMS messaging act filtering out SMS messages from provider servers some lone worker SOS messages are not reaching their destination.
This fatal incident highlights not only the importance of training users in safety equipment and processes for use, but also for us, highlights how a man down alarm in situations where workers are out of line of sight of each other would instantly alert others to an incident.