Keep informed with our health and safety updates, insights, and interviews.

See you at Safeguard | IMPAC health and safety

24 May, 2018

We're excited to see everyone at next week's Safeguard conference on 30 and 31 May and at the New Zealand Workplace Health & Safety Awards on the night of the 30th. Read more

Robinson helicopter ban grows | IMPAC health and safety

15 May, 2018

At the end of last year, following several fatal incidents, the Department of Conservation placed a temporary, and then permanent, ban on staff flying in Robinson helicopters. Read more

$1.4m paid after worker death leads to sentencing | IMPAC health and safety

10 May, 2018

Oceana Gold has been sentenced following the 2016 death of a worker. The mining company was charged under the Health and Safety at Work Act (2015) as it was noted that as a PCBU, they failed to ensure, so far as was reasonably practicable, the health and safety of workers. Read more

Government Health and Safety at Work Strategy | IMPAC health and safety

8 May, 2018

The Government’s draft Health and Safety at Work Strategy has been released for public consultation. Read more

WorkSafe: Playing down workplace incidents doesn’t pay | IMPAC health and safety

29 March, 2018

It doesn’t pay to downplay workplace incidents, according to a recent WorkSafe media release. Read more

What’s up with workplace wellbeing? | IMPAC health and safety

14 March, 2018

Workplace wellbeing is something we’re passionate about here at IMPAC. We believe as much emphasis needs to be placed on ‘health’ as ‘safety’. Read more

Health and safety training is needed now more than ever | IMPAC health and safety

9 March, 2018

The recently-released Health and Safety Attitudes and Behaviours Survey found that the number of workers receiving health and safety training has increased across all sectors. Read more