Opinion
Comment—Culture: a circular argument?
Add to Session workbookIAN LAIRD argues that the concept of safety culture has been hijacked by H&S practitioners, who have twisted it into a circular definition of little use.
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Aftermath—Neil Bond
Add to Session workbookVeronique Bond, 38, was killed in March 2015 when a truck carrying shingle reversed over her at a road works site near Te Kauwhata. She was riding her motorcycle on her way to class at Manukau Institute of Technology. PETER BATEMAN talked to her husband Neil Bond.
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Add to Session workbookSix hundred people packed into the room for this year’s awards. PETER BATEMAN was there and scribbled these notes on a napkin.
Subscribe to read this articleDoctors in decline?
Add to Session workbookOccupational medicine isn’t as prominent in the H&S system as it used to be. JACKIE BROWN-HAYSOM monitors the health of the profession.
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Add to Session workbookThey say if you want something done you should ask a busy person. JACKIE BROWN-HAYSOM talks to the formidably busy recently departed chair of WorkSafe New Zealand.
Subscribe to read this articleAdaptive automation
Add to Session workbookOur increasingly automated future poses numerous challenges, including in health & safety. JOEL HAIGHT suggests the solution lies in taking an adaptive approach.
Subscribe to read this articleSafety smarter
Add to Session workbookGANESH SELVARAJ and AARON LAVACK on the “big data” analytics techniques that WorkSafe NZ is using to enable more informed decision-making for the regulator and for individual businesses.
Subscribe to read this articleCollaborating with robots
Add to Session workbookWe increasingly need to work alongside robots, in industry and in personal care and service scenarios. OTTO GORNEMANN outlines the safety challenges of collaborative work.
Subscribe to read this articleSome wounds don’t bleed
Add to Session workbookPETER BATEMAN meets Sandra Johnston, who has received a lifetime achievement award for her work in psychological trauma in many workplaces, including after the Canterbury earthquakes.
Subscribe to read this articleRetail: caught in the act
Add to Session workbookJACKIE BROWN-HAYSOM explores a critical work-related safety issue, and finds the HSW Act doesn’t really address it.
Subscribe to read this articleRetail: the union view
Add to Session workbookTALI WILLIAMS says changing two numbers would change the H&S game in retail: wage rates and staffing.
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Add to Session workbookThe retail sector is complex due to the variety of work environments and the high numbers of people exposed to risks, says SCOTT FISHER.
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Add to Session workbookThe 2018 edition of our two-day conference again attracted more than 500 attendees. PETER BATEMAN jotted down some edited highlights.
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From the courts
Add to Session workbookIncident investigation—Container handling
Add to Session workbookIn the spotlight—Jeroen Douwes
Add to Session workbookNZISM perspective—Thinking strategically
Add to Session workbookGREG DEARSLY says the recently released draft H&S strategy offers much to consider in terms of SMEs, procurement, vulnerable workers, and professional qualifications.
Subscribe to read this articleLegal viewpoint—One section to rule them all?
Add to Session workbookWhy have specific duties defined in legislation if the regulator can elect not to use them? GRANT NICHOLSON, OLIVIA WELSH and RICHARD MONIGATTI illustrate this question with a recent case.
Subscribe to read this articleIt’s academic—No ordinary bereavement
Add to Session workbookFamily members of people killed at work have been found to suffer significant mental health issues in the years that follow, reports LYNDA MATTHEWS.
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Add to Session workbookPHILIP ALDRIDGE urges us to be a step ahead in thinking, learning and applying best practice in workplace health and safety.
Subscribe to read this articleTrue confessions—Laughing it off
Add to Session workbookWhen you see someone tackle a task unsafely, asks SHERYL DAWSON, do you stand and laugh at their inventiveness and audacity or do you intervene?
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