There’s been steady progress on site safety, but there’s a heap more to do, according to WorkSafe’s new Chief Inspector Extractives. HUGH DE LACY explains.
LIKE THE TWO people who preceded him at WorkSafe’s High Hazards Unit (HHU), Paul Hunt feels he has his work cut out for him to accelerate the uptake and embedding of the...
When it comes to health and safety in the quarry industry it can be confusing working out the regulatory agencies and representative associations, so we have created a quick H&S directory.
THE LAW: Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA) came into effect on April 4 and repealed the Health and Safety in Employment Act...
A simple, passing acknowledgement of the contribution Tony Forster has made to the extractive industries’ workplace health and safety has touched the man himself right to the core. HUGH DE LACY explains.
“You’ve given us our pride back,” a prominent Canterbury quarry operator told the departing chief inspector of extractives,...
