Today for Workshop Wednesday we have found some really helpful applications for your phone around first aid which might just help you in an emergency situation. When an emergency happens we can easily forget things, these apps can help us refresh our minds and remember what to do. Find out more...
Read MoreWanting to sort your health and safety for good? Never want to worry about it again? Well have we got the answer for you! Introducing Mildred the Health and Safety Unicorn, she cries tears of compliance and has a direct line to Worksafe NZ. Mildred will look after all your safety requirements with a bit of glitter and rainbows. Find out how you can get Mildred...
Read MoreIt's New Zealand Road Safety Week. This year the focus is on our most vulnerable road users - children. It's called "Look out for kids" as a reminder to take extra care around schools and other areas kids would be. So we decided for Workshop Wednesday we would put together some advice for drivers...
Read MoreFollowing on from the last two weeks where we have been talking about "The Stupids," we have had quite a few people ask us, well how do we tell them they are being stupid? How do we tell them they are an unsafe dickhead? So we decided to make a hashtag and make this weeks Workshop Wednesday about it...
Read MoreLast week we asked you to send in your craziest, funniest, and stupidest stories that you have heard around being safe or unsafe at work. Here are a 5 of the best stories. 1. Using a drill to cut a cable tie. 2. Using nail guns for tag. 3. Being told off for exiting the closest fire exit. 4. Letting people know about an upcoming evacuation drill. 5. Click on the link to find out...
Read MoreWe want to hear from you! Tell us in the comments some of the stupid stuff you've seen people at work do.
The craziest stories will feature on next weeks blog and you could win some wicked prizes...
Often we see businesses making Health and Safety a big deal and any idea or decision is put through a committee then a sub committee then a working group. By the end of it the idea no longer works and you end up with a really silly policy. Health and Safety should not be like this at all, so here is why not to make a big deal about health and safety...
Read MoreIts the 1st of April and a new law has come into place, if you are in a work vehicle you must be wearing a helmet. The law around wearing helmets on Quad bikes has worked so well that parliament has voted in that you now have to wear helmets when in or using all work vehicles. Zane and Alice are here to tell you more...
Read MoreThis week we revisit a Workshop Wednesday fan favourite on 3 ways to fix your big risks because some people still get scared into thinking that managing your risks is this big complicated and confusing task, involving a lot of time and paper work, and a pain in the a***! That's why we've boiled it down to 3 easy steps, because it doesn't have to be complicated...
Read MoreSo this week on Workshop Wednesday we are talking about how a Nikon camera nearly crashed a Jet. But first we have a bit of a story for you about why to always wear a seatbelt. Or something like that. Somehow it teaches us a bit about risk management and being aware that doing something really simple that doesn't seem dangerous, can cause something quite serious...
Read MoreRecently Zane's son, after trying to suck up 2 litres of milk with vacuum cleaner, told him that he's changed his middle name to Danger. What we are talking about is teaching kids how to manage risks, not wrap them in cotton wool. How much do we keep them safe? How much do we let them figure out? And does keeping them safe now, make them unsafe at a later age?...
Read MoreThis week on Workshop Wednesday, we're talking about recent Worksafe prosecutions. Sounds boring but its important to be aware companies are getting prosecuted for doing stupid stuff. And you know what? We don't want you to get prosecuted because it's not good for business or for your staff getting hurt and injured. So here are some things you should start thinking about in your business...
Read MoreWe are talking about the elephant in the room, Health and Safety Policies. We have found that a lot of businesses will get a policy made because its a requirement for a certain job, or they want people to think they are safe. But what happens is people do nothing with the policy, and that's where the problem is. Heres how to start making a easy to follow and practical Health and Safety Policy...
Read MoreSome companies want to get all their safety 'sorted' before they start using safety software. We call that the 'All or Nothing' approach and we think that's quite ridiculous! This approach means that safety becomes separated from the work we do and we just end up with doing nothing. Thats why a crawl, walk, run approach is way better. Find out why...
Read MoreSafety is NOT Rocket Science. Often we find 'safety people' putting policies and procedures in place which are so confusing and make it seem like rocket science. They write big manuals on how to report something minor. While it should be reported, the process doesn't need to be so complicated. That's why it should be about common sense...
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