Two similar health and safety failings within three months have cost Rotorua timber company Claymark Limited over $680,000 in fines, reparations and costs.
Read MoreMistakes must be learnt from says WorkSafe after a freight company was sentenced in the Auckland District Court last week.
The UK division of global furniture retailer Ikea has been fined £100,000 after a worker lost part of two fingers during maintenance work on a roof-mounted fan at its Bristol store.
Read MoreRead MoreA worker had to have his eye removed after an incident involving a corrosive cleaning product at a Tauranga mussel processing plant.
An industrial rope access company has been fined $250,000 and its director $30,000 following the death of a worker at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Almost 50 years after New Zealand businesses working in and around construction were first made aware of the risks of asbestos, removal of the cancer causing material is still not being managed effectively says WorkSafe New Zealand.
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