$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

Risk descriptions: Communicating risk more effectively | IMPAC health and safety

30 April, 2018

By Dan Davis 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

Multiple failures by truck lessor

13 September, 2017

A District Court judge has severely criticised a truck leasing company for what he says was an almost obsessive focus on minimising costs rather than ensuring the safety of its rental fleet, after one of its vehicles was involved in a fatal accident caused by brake failure. Read more

Mystery Weekend Winner Announced

1 July, 2017

We are pleased to announce that Robert Stewart from Hirepool in Auckland has won the Mystery Weekend Competition at the IMPAC stand at the Safeguard Conference. Read more

PF Olsen Wins Safeguard Award

7 June, 2017

IMPAC is proud to announce that PF Olsen was the winner of the 'IMPAC best collaboration between PCBU's ' Award at the NZ Workplace Health and Safety Awards announced at a gala dinner at SKYCITY Convention Centre in Auckland on 31 May. Read more

See you at the Safeguard Conference

26 May, 2017

IMPAC will be attending the Safeguard Conference in Auckland and have a show stand in the Exhibition Room located on level 4 of the Sky City Convention Centre. If you are attending the conference, please come and have a chat with Jody, Monique or Milene, they would love to catch up. Read more