The WorkSafe website will be unavailable on Tuesday 16 September from 12pm–5pm due to planned maintenance.
Our other online services, including the online services portal(external link) and Energy Safety portal(external link), will remain available.
To notify us of an injury, illness or incident at work, visit our online services portal(external link). For urgent notifications, please call us on 0800 030 040. For general or non-urgent enquiries, email us at info@worksafe.govt.nz.
Our September work-related health update.
Updates in this edition include:
- our roadshows to support businesses to reduce workers’ exposure to carcinogens and airborne risks
- a new policy on how we set workplace exposure standards and biological exposure indices
- the approved safe work instruments for the fumigant ethanedinitrile
- our newest guidance on:
- keeping healthy and safe while working on or near roads
- using industrial vacuums and portable extractors
- preventing harm from hydrogen sulphide
- and WorkSafe’s prosecution of Waste Management Ltd.
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