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With hot weather, longer days and work pressure, it can feel like there aren’t enough hours in the working day. In these busy times, fatigue can be a real hazard, so watch for signs and keep everyone safe.
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With hot weather, longer days and work pressure, it can feel like there aren’t enough hours in the working day. In these busy times, fatigue can be a real hazard, so watch for signs and keep everyone safe.
Figures released by the Coroner show over 685 New Zealanders died by suicide last year, the highest number on record. With rates in the construction industry high, action is being taken to bring change.
Contributors to a new safety in design guide from Site Safe emphasised the urgent need for a document that considers design as part of the whole life of a project and designers’ legal responsibilities.
A best-practice guidelines publication on working safely with prefabricated timber framing should help prevent site accidents such as an event 3 years ago that left a worker permanently disabled.
Worker engagement and participation is key to improving health and safety and a key component of the law. It’s about having meaningful discussions with your team. Here’s how.
With summer and its long, hot days just around the corner, get smart about drinking plenty of water and staying away from sugary drinks.
Cargo barriers on tradies’ vehicles are a good way of preventing an already bad situation from getting much worse.
Messaging phone apps are the latest tool on site. Hawkins Construction finds WhatsApp smooths communications across and between sites and is using it widely, from finding resources to sending safety updates.