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Fine after worker hurt by inadequately guarded machine

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Waikato based Industrial Tube Manufacturing Company Limited has been fined $39,375 and ordered to pay reparations of $15,000 over an accident involving a modified machine for shaping steel tubing. Read more

Forestry death an avoidable tragedy

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A logging company director, Major Nelson, has been fined $35,000 and ordered to pay $15,000 in reparation over the death of a worker who was killed by a falling tree. Read more

Achieving powerful change

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A series of "watershed incidents" in which workers died forced UK energy company Scottish Power to "radically shake up" its health and safety operations, the company's director Doug Wilson told the Electricity Engineers' Association conference in Auckland last month. Read more

Building healthy organisations

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"Creating a healthy workplace is more likely to have spinoffs for safety than creating a safe workplace will have spinoffs for health," Canadian consultant Graham Lowe told the OHSIG conference in Auckland last month. Read more

Model Act: the good, the bad and the ugly

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Under the new health and safety legislation workplaces can expect an enforcement regime that focuses not on incidents, but on failures to assess and manage risks, according to an Australian expert in OHS law. Read more

PF Olsen Wins Safeguard Award

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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

Mystery Weekend Winner Announced

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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

Multiple failures by truck lessor

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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

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

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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

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

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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