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Two years after new health and safety legislation came into force a survey shows the scale of the challenge to have worker’s health taken as seriously as their safety. Safeguard […]

11 – 15 June marked Men’s Health Week 2018. This year guys all over the country were encouraged to take the Accuro What’s Your Score? health survey. It’s not too […]

The Charter is proud to be associated with Certified Builders and the Canterbury Men’s Centre and would like to give a big shout out to both organisations. Certified Builders held […]

Winter is fast approaching – check out these tips from the Ministry of Social Development to help keep you and your family healthy through winter: Have the influenza vaccination. For […]

The Safety Charter team – Julie Forde, GM and Libi Carr, Project Officer – recently made a visit to Cornerstone Building to talk manual handling and heavy lifting. The Cornerstone […]

Hearing loss is permanent. Once the damage is done, there’s no cure. Give your ears a battering today and you might not notice any effects tomorrow. But noise-induced hearing loss is caused […]

It is with sadness that we farewell Libi, our Project Officer, from the Charter. Libi has been an integral part of the Charter’s success over the past four years and […]

On Saturday 28 April, we joined many others in commemorating Workers Memorial Day – a time to remember those who have lost their lives at work. We heard from a […]

Asbestos continues to be the biggest cause of workplace fatalities in New Zealand. Almost 50 years after New Zealand businesses working in and around construction were first made aware of […]

It was great to see over 150 of you at our successful mental wellness breakfast event in April. We had positive feedback from members on how engaging the speakers were […]

Following our very successful HSR breakfast event in March, the HSR Leadership Group is full steam ahead delivering on their work programme for 2018. With several of our HSR’s indicating […]

It was a crisp autumn morning when we visited new signatory Southern Lakes Scaffolding to meet their team and introduce them to what being part of the Safety Charter is […]

It was great to see around 80 women from the construction industry at the ‘Hands on at Hirepool’ event recently. Participants got to try their hand at using concrete breakers […]

Asbestos is the number one workplace killer in New Zealand. If you’re a tradie, the asbestos management plan is one of your greatest tools to stay safe when you arrive […]

We are seeking nominations for the Canterbury Safety Charter Board and will be electing three members at the AGM on Wednesday 18 July. A further three members will be nominated […]

Suck it Up Ltd are a hydro excavation business and the team move heavy hoses around and dig holes with shovels so they need good lifting and handling practice to […]