Issue 114 March/April 2009

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Feature stories

Does only good news travel up?
David Tregoweth puts the case for making safety a governance priority for boards of directors. Company directors David Baldwin and Tony King respond.

Successful training tactics
Need some techniques to ensure effective training? Roydon Gibbs suggests taking a look at consequences, context and content, while Mike Cosman reckons a recession can be just the time to invest in training. Also, John Sumner on getting to grips with e-learning, and Miriam Bell talks to a man who is living proof that workplace training is a good investment.

Assaults in healthcare
Violence in the healthcare sector is an issue with no instant solutions, reports Jackie Brown-Haysom, but after years of development a new best practice guide promises a better way forward. Peter Bateman talks to Massey University researchers about their recent study into workplace violence.

Leaders predict culture
Thomas Krause looks at leadership lessons learned from the boardroom to the shop floor to discover what really works.

Follow your nose
Before you spend money on air quality monitoring, says Ian Bartlett, learn all you can with your senses. Richard Steele explains why some air quality standards are up for review, and Janet Connochie reports on how a winning industrial hygiene management system has been implemented. Stuart Chisnall advocates removing airborne contaminants at their source, and Trevor Carson suggests these tough economic times are an opportunity to focus on internal inefficiencies, including in the safety area.

Brief Items

A send-off for de Spa?
The High Court’s decision in three recent HSE Act appeals will have a big impact on health and safety sentencing, says Michael Hargreaves.

Breaking the LTI habit
David Calvert explains why there is no more distorted, abused or false measurement than the LTI.

A healthier tomorrow
Paul Jarvie finds insights in a major UK report worth noting in a New Zealand context.

Strategic review
Craig Armitage flags an upcoming review of the Workplace Health and Safety Strategy.

Better off at work
Dr Sara Souter explains why vocational rehabilitation has never been so important.

Representative Voice
Hayden Smith, KiwiRail, Wellington.

Incident Investigation
Tractor rollover.

Value for the principal
Ralph Maher suggests some good questions to ask potential subcontractors on behalf of the principal.

Work death toll for the year starting July 2008: 33
We list details of the most recent work fatalities investigated by DOL.

Prosecutions

Burgess Crowley Civil Ltd
KB Irrigation Ltd
Europlan Industries Ltd
Callum Molloy Ltd
Bay Pallets Ltd
Ratapu Tangata Daniel
Gibb Holdings (Nelson) Ltd
Compass Group NZ Ltd
Armitage Williams Construction Ltd
Idea Services Ltd
Street Smart Ltd
Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Pursuits Centre of New Zealand

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