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Weekly NZ Health & Safety News 20 July 2025
- WorkSafe’s trailer‑safety guidance
11 July 2025 – New best‑practice guidelines for securing heavy machinery on transport trailers, reducing rollover and load‑shift risk.
Read more - Conveyor‑belt fatality fines
9 July 2025 – NZ courts have imposed over NZ$800,000 in penalties for manufacturing conveyor‑belt deaths since March, reinforcing the need for proper guarding.
Read more - Landfill toxic‑gas collapse
4 July 2025 – Two workers at an Auckland landfill were hospitalised after hydrogen sulphide exposure due to missing gas monitors and failed risk assessments.
Read more - Timaru conveyor crushing ruling
7 July 2025 – Point Lumber Ltd and its director fined NZ$450K after a worker was fatally crushed by an unguarded conveyor roller.
Read more - KiwiRail’s fatigue‑drug ban
15 July 2025 – KiwiRail bans melatonin and zopiclone for 2,500 shift‑workers, citing impaired alertness on safety‑critical duties.
Read more - Nurses strike over staffing
11 July 2025 – Nurses voted for a 24‑hour strike, claiming chronic understaffing endangers both patient care and worker safety.
Read more - Security‑guard role risks
10 July 2025 – Rural hospital guards performing cleaning duties delayed response to security threats, prompting PSPLA warnings on dual‑role hazards.
Read more - WorkSafe advisory pivot
Early July 2025 – WorkSafe shifts to an early‑advice model, rewriting 50+ guidance docs and launching a road‑cone hotline to support businesses.
Read more - AI hazard detection pilot
28 April 2025 – An AI‑powered system for timber mills begins real‑time hazard scanning to reduce serious injuries in forestry and manufacturing.
Read more - NZISM calls for systemic reform
3 June 2025 – NZISM warns that incremental tweaks won’t cut NZ’s high workplace fatality rate (1.6× Australia, 6.4× UK) and urges bold overhaul.
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