Media Releases

Media Releases: 2002

These links are to information releases from the Department from 2002

date	subject
20 Dec 2002	Company fined $12,000 after worker suffers serious burns [workplace health & safety]
18 Dec 2002	Company fined $17,500 after worker crushed to death [workplace health & safety]
06 Dec 2002	Company convicted after worker is left paralysed [workplace health & safety]
28 Nov 2002	Hazardous Substances Inquiry [workplace health & safety]
13 Nov 2002	Company fined $15,000 after 16-year-old worker crushed to death [workplace health & safety]
05 Nov 2002	McDonalds to pay $8,000 after worker falls 2.8 metres [workplace health & safety]
01 Nov 2002	Second accident sees company fined a total $6,000 [workplace health & safety]
24 Oct 2002	Company sentenced after worker hit by falling laundry bag [workplace health & safety]
16 Oct 2002	Company fined $15,000 after worker falls to his death [workplace health & safety]
03 Oct 2002	Camp fined $5000 after air rifle accident [workplace health & safety]
02 Sep 2002	National forklift driving competition [workplace health & safety]
30 Aug 2002	The facts on workplace deaths (National Business Review article) [workplace health & safety]
27 Aug 2002	English-Maori health and safety glossary released [workplace health & safety]
29 Aug 2002	Department of Labour's Briefing to the Incoming Minister [labour]
22 Aug 2002	Sawmill to pay $8,000 after worker's thumb amputated [workplace health & safety]
20 Aug 2002	Worker's finger amputated in chocolate machine [workplace health & safety]
15 Aug 2002	Company sentenced after worker crushed to death [workplace health & safety]
15 Aug 2002	Nightclub fined $3,000 after patron set alight [workplace health & safety]
14 Aug 2002	Labour hire company fined after worker falls 5.2 metres [workplace health & safety]
14 Aug 2002	Port Nelson Ltd fined after worker killed [workplace health & safety]
12 Aug 2002	Companies fined after worker suffered serious acid burns [workplace health & safety]
02 Aug 2002	One workplace death is one too many [workplace health & safety]
14 Jun 2002	Company fined $8,300 after worker harmed [workplace health & safety]
21 May 2002	Company fined $15,000 after worker killed [workplace health & safety]
20 May 2002	Charges laid after Fly By Wire Accident [workplace health & safety]
20 May 2002	Work-related bladder cancer problem in New Zealand [workplace health & safety]
16 May 2002	Budget 2002 $11.6m for skills forecasting action plan [labour]
8 May 2002	Company fined $10,000 after worker injured [workplace health & safety]
27 Mar 2002	Company fined $23,500 after worker killed [workplace health & safety]
18 Mar 2002	$60,000 in fines for flouting health and safety law [workplace health & safety]
18 Mar 2002	Tranz Rail Ltd. fined $15,000 after worker injected with grease [workplace health & safety]
18 March 2002	Minimum wage rate goes up today [workplace health & safety]
04 Mar 2002	Queenstown fly by wire gets certificate to open [workplace health & safety]
26 Feb 2002	Company fined $10,000 after man hit on head by crane [workplace health & safety]
26 Feb 2002	Company fined $5,000 after worker poisoned by carbon monoxide [workplace health & safety]
19 Feb 2002	$10,000 fine after worker injured [workplace health & safety]
19 Feb 2002	Companies fined $18,000 after Auckland Gas explosion [workplace health & safety]
31 Jan 2002	Work death toll continues to rise [workplace health & safety]
28 Jan 2002	Company fined $12,000 after worker's toes amputated [workplace health & safety]
15 Jan 2002	Logging trucks losing it in Northland [workplace health & safety]
11 Jan 2002	Occupational deafness real problem for New Zealand workers [workplace health & safety]
09 Jan 2002	Young New Zealand workers injured and killed at work [workplace health & safety]
03 Jan 2002	OSH urges communities to be safe over the summer [workplace health & safety]

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Media Releases: 2002