Monthly Archives: March 2017

Monthly Archives: March 2017

08/03

Culture and employee engagement biggest health and safety hurdles – survey

Culture and employee engagement biggest health and safety hurdles - survey by Madison Reidy.  Available from <http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/90136632/Culture-and-employee-engagement-biggest-health-and-safety-hurdles-survey> [Last updated 13:18, March 7 2017] Business leaders are giving more attention to workplace health and safety but their employees are not, a new survey suggests. Deloitte's latest health and safety report surveyed 169 chief executives and managing directors of…
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08/03

High tech health check for forestry workers

High tech health check for forestry workers.  Available from <http://gisborneherald.co.nz/localnews/2687620-135/high-tech-health-check-for-forestry> [Published: March 3, 2017 10:51AM] AROUND 40 contractors working with New Zealand’s fourth largest forest owner Ernslaw One, were the first to benefit from Turanga Health’s mobile forestry health checks that began in February. The onsite workplace wellness programmes for forestry staff is making it…
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01/03

App for recording and reporting workplace incidents

App for recording and reporting workplace incidents.  Available from <http://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/15340-app-for-recording-and-reporting-workplace-incidents> [February 26, 2017] The VelocityEHS Mobile App gives every worker the ability to instantly record and report workplace incidents, near misses and hazards as they occur – when the information is most accurate – and to use the device’s camera and voice-to-text features to capture…
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01/03

New campaign to make NSW the safest state to work in Australia launched

New campaign to make NSW the safest state to work in Australia launched Reported by Haydee Available from <http://content.safetyculture.com.au/news/index.php/02/new-campaign-make-nsw-safest-state-work-australia-launched/>  [04:03pm, Tuesday 28 February, 2017 ] A new $3.2 million campaign which aims to make NSW the safest state to work in Australia has been launched. The campaign, “Safety starts with you” was developed as a…
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