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First Aid at Work
First aid is an important part of a safe and healthy work environment. This safety talk looks at what you need to consider when deciding...
Feb 12, 20244 min read
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AED Should you Take Notice?
AED or Automated External Defibrillators is a tool that can assist with heart attacks or sudden cardiac arrest. Heart Attacks and Sudden...
Mar 20, 20233 min read
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4 Focus Areas of a Workplace Inspection
Work area inspections are an important task to ensure safe work conditions are continuing to be present. Over time a work area changes...
Mar 7, 20232 min read
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Possibility of Incidents Increasing
With many construction and other high-risk companies reporting large numbers of people off sick or isolating with Covid, what impact...
Mar 16, 20221 min read
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Driving Near Miss
Traffic on our roads is beginning increase again and there is a lot of people in our community suffering from stress and fatigue. These...
Nov 23, 20213 min read
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Presenteeism
Presenteeism is a global phenomenon and is increasing becoming recognised in organisations around the world. If it was not for the...
Sep 20, 20213 min read
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Employee Burnout
In 2019 World Health Organisation (WHO) officially recognised employee burnout as a occupational chronic stress illness resulting from...
Aug 16, 20212 min read
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Protecting Against Burns
Workers who are constantly exposed to heat, either from flames, steam, or hot materials / equipment are at risk from burns. Burns can be...
Jun 28, 20213 min read
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PPE Compliance
Is your PPE compliant to AS/NZ Standards? No one can miss the bright orange glow of hi-viz being worn on the worksite but did you know...
Jun 16, 20212 min read
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Overlapping Duties
Working with Other Businesses Whenever there are multiple businesses working together on one site, it can be a bit confusing about who is...
Jun 16, 20212 min read
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Near Miss
A Near Miss is an unplanned event or incident that did not result in an injury or loss of any kind, but could have easily done so....
Jun 16, 20211 min read
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Mental Health Awareness
Mental health problems are common, with nearly one in two New Zealanders likely to meet the criteria for a mental illness at some time...
Jun 16, 20211 min read
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Eye Protection
WARNING: There are disturbing eye injury photos in this safety talk. Eye injuries are a common injury in the workplace. Safety glasses...
Jun 16, 20212 min read
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RPE Protection
RPE, respiratory protective equipment, is a type of PPE, which helps to protect people from breathing in substances that are hazardous to...
Jun 15, 20213 min read
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Office Dangers
A job where most of the work tasks are completed whist sitting in a chair in an office would seem less fraught with danger. However, a...
Jun 15, 20212 min read
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Manual Handling
Manual handling injuries are amongst the most common injuries. ACC receives over 50,000 work-related claims for lifting, carrying and...
Jun 15, 20213 min read
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Ladder Safety
Falls are one of the most common incidents in a workplace and at home. The cause of these is mainly from use of incorrect equipment or...
Jun 15, 20212 min read
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Incident Investigation
Notifiable Incident & Investigation and what happens when it goes wrong? Our mission is to help you through the unknown by providing...
Jun 15, 20213 min read
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Health Monitoring
We have all heard of health monitoring, but what exactly is it? and when do we go about conducting health monitoring? What is Health...
Jun 15, 20213 min read
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Hand Protection
Hands are one of the most injured part of the body in the workplace. Many of these hand injuries are preventable. By identifying hazards...
Jun 15, 20213 min read
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