Too many forklift (fork truck / powered industrial truck) operators are heading to the next world early according to news…
Construction Safety
Are you ‘Good for work’? What does Workplace Wellbeing really mean?
Workplace wellbeing has become a key focus in WorkSafe’s Strategic Plan for Work-Related Health 2016 to 2026. This strategic direction…
How Exit Able are your Emergency Exits? Over 64 Dead in Russian Mall Fire
This story made me wild because many deaths were preventable if emergency exits had been accessible and unlocked. National Radio…
When Infrastructure goes wrong: Deadly Bridge Collapse in Miami
If you want to make a civil engineer squirm, ask them about the 1981 Hyatt Regency Collapse. Now, a similar…
Keeping Things Safely Contained: Shipping Container Safety on Construction Sites
I’m a bit of a WorkSafe British Columbia fangirl, and given the number of shipping containers being used on construction…
Positive Construction Safety: ‘I Got Your Back’ Arrow International’s Project Wingman
I heard John Harper-Slade form the Construction Safety Council NZ speak last Monday at our monthly Central Otago HSE Meeting, and…