RONNY TEDESTEDT’s dissertation at Uppsala University compared some aspects of the OHS systems in Sweden and New Zealand. He summarises a few of his findings.

We spend so much of our working lives sitting down that our health is being undermined. GRANT SCHOFIELD presents the evidence and calls for a standing desk revolution.

Persistence has paid off for the designer of an award-winning suspended scaffolding system. JACKIE BROWN-HAYSOM reports.

PETER BATEMAN trawls through our recent survey of OHS incomes and highlights some points of interest.

What does a Cantabrian do when offered the chance to contribute to the post-quake rebuild? PETER BATEMAN reports on the job of a lifetime.

Safeguard editor PETER BATEMAN decided to create an online health, safety and wellbeing climate survey. Then he persuaded three organisations to test it. This is what happened.

JACKIE BROWN-HAYSOM reports on a cereal company’s award-winning wellness programme that benefits both its workers and their community.

A number of private prosecutions under the HSE Act have been signalled or completed in recent months. Based on his own experience TIM MACKENZIE outlines the issues – and the hurdles.

How to make near miss reporting easier? And how to extract the most value from the resulting data? KARL BRIDGES keeps things simple, with a twist.

ACC has created a new role – chief customer officer – as part of its programme to put customers at the heart of everything it does.

IAN SHAW fears for the health of Christchurch demolition workers exposed to silica-bearing concrete dust, which he says could be the new asbestos.

JOHN TULLOCH on the development of the regulator’s first major branding exercise in a decade.

EMMA BROOKES on how Fonterra’s multinational staff survey gave insights into how safety messages could be tailored to people in different countries.

SAMANTHA TURNER goes to India and has an encounter with Michael Jackson. (Not that Michael Jackson).