How to notify us over the holiday period.
Notifications
If someone has been seriously injured, become seriously ill, or died as a result of work – phone us on 0800 030 040 straight away. We have staff available to respond to these 24/7.
If you’re not sure what a notifiable event is, including your obligation to hold a scene, visit What events need to be notified?
Notifications made through our online form won't be monitored between 12pm on Tuesday 24 December 2024 and 8.30am on Monday 6 January 2025.
If you’re not sure if you need to notify us, use our online notification system and we’ll respond to you after 6 January 2025.
Health and safety concerns
If you have a health and safety concern that isn’t urgent, use our online form and we’ll respond to you after 6 January 2025.
Raise a health or safety concern
General enquiries
General enquiries made by phone or email after 12pm on Tuesday 24 December will be responded to from Monday 6 January 2025. This does not apply to notifications made by phone on 0800 030 040.
We wish you a safe and relaxing holiday.
Worksafe New Zealand is consulting on proposed changes to Workplace Exposure Standards (WESs) for the following substance:
Proposed changes to Workplace Exposure Standards (WESs)
We are consulting on proposed changes to Workplace Exposure Standards (WESs) for the following substance:
- Ethanedinitrile (aka EDN, cyanogen, oxalonitrile) - CAS number 460-19-5
A review has been completed to recommend a proposed new WES value. The review document, which provides the rationale behind the proposed change is available below, along with the response form.
If you wish to provide feedback please download and complete the response form and return to us by email.
We encourage you to advise interested parties about this process, to help ensure that the consultation process is available to as many individuals and stakeholders as possible. We would encourage industry associations to share the information with their member organisations, and feedback is welcomed from individuals, businesses and industry associations.
The deadline for response is 11th April 2018.
Where to send your response:
Email:
technicall@worksafe.govt.nz. Subject line: Consultation on EDN WES
Deadline for feedback:
Feedback must be received 11th April 2018.
Official Information Act:
We are subject to the Official Information Act 1982, which means that your submission may be made available to those seeking information under that Act.
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