Opinion
Comment—A Swedish perspective
Add to Session workbookRONNY 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.
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Don’t just sit there!
Add to Session workbookWe 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.
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Add to Session workbookPersistence has paid off for the designer of an award-winning suspended scaffolding system. JACKIE BROWN-HAYSOM reports.
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Add to Session workbookPETER BATEMAN trawls through our recent survey of OHS incomes and highlights some points of interest.
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Add to Session workbookWhat does a Cantabrian do when offered the chance to contribute to the post-quake rebuild? PETER BATEMAN reports on the job of a lifetime.
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Add to Session workbookSafeguard 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.
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Add to Session workbookJACKIE BROWN-HAYSOM reports on a cereal company’s award-winning wellness programme that benefits both its workers and their community.
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Legal viewpoint—Going private
Add to Session workbookA 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.
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Add to Session workbookLook & learn—Spotting the patterns
Add to Session workbookHow 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.
Subscribe to read this articleSpeaking of safety—Focus on customers
Add to Session workbookACC has created a new role – chief customer officer – as part of its programme to put customers at the heart of everything it does.
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Add to Session workbookIncident investigation—Unmanned tractor
Add to Session workbookHealth matters—The new asbestos?
Add to Session workbookIAN SHAW fears for the health of Christchurch demolition workers exposed to silica-bearing concrete dust, which he says could be the new asbestos.
Read this articleRegulator report—Developing the brand
Add to Session workbookJOHN TULLOCH on the development of the regulator’s first major branding exercise in a decade.
Subscribe to read this articleIt’s academic—Tailoring the message
Add to Session workbookEMMA BROOKES on how Fonterra’s multinational staff survey gave insights into how safety messages could be tailored to people in different countries.
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Add to Session workbookSAMANTHA TURNER goes to India and has an encounter with Michael Jackson. (Not that Michael Jackson).
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