Home > News > Media Releases

Media Releases 2001

These links are to information releases from the Department from 2001

date subject
20 Dec 2001 Firestone fined $37,500 after worker’s death
[workplace health & safety]
14 Dec 2001 Go-Kart company fined after passenger seriously injured
[workplace health & safety]
13 Dec 2001 $18,000 fine after worker’s arm severed in machinery
[workplace health & safety]
10 Dec 2001 Company fined $4,000 after worker’s finger amputated
[workplace health & safety]
04 Dec 2001 Company fined $6,600 after worker crushed by 800kg of steel
[workplace health & safety]
28 Nov 2001 Company fined $7,500 after worker scalped
[workplace health & safety]
22 Nov 2001 National forklift driving finals
[workplace health & safety]
19 Nov 2001 Fly-By-Wire accident investigation to continue
[workplace health & safety]
31 Oct 2001 Southland company fined after 80kg safe falls on worker’s leg
[workplace health & safety]
10 Oct 2001 Carter Holt Harvey fined $6,000 for safety breach
[workplace health & safety]
3 Oct 2001 Worker’s fingers amputated after five days on the job
[workplace health & safety]
27 Sep 2001 Workshops throughout the country to help workers
[workplace health & safety]
25 Sep 2001 OSH warns fishermen about the dangers of leptospirosis
[workplace health & safety]
14 Sep 2001 Company fined after worker's hand amputated
[workplace health & safety]
5 Sep 2001 Company fined $5000 after woman's foot impaled on spike
[workplace health & safety]
4 Sep 2001 Stress and fatigue a real problem in NZ workplace
[workplace health & safety]
30 Aug 2001 Company fined $20,000 after worker spend 92 days in coma
[workplace health & safety]
15 Aug 2001 Construction accidents in Wellington
[workplace health & safety]
15 Aug 2001 $20,000 fine after worker seriously burnt
[workplace health & safety]
10 Aug 2001 Charges in Firestone factory accident
[workplace health & safety]
6 Aug 2001 OSH to inspect construction in the Coromandel
[workplace health & safety]
3 Aug 2001 No job is worth dying for
[workplace health & safety]
25 Jul 2001 Prosecutions highlight the need for construction safety
[workplace health & safety]
24 Jul 2001 Record fine in Nelson Dive case
[workplace health & safety]
12 Jun 2001 Leptospirosis guidelines launched today
[workplace health & safety]
25 May 2001 Together to Zero in the North
[workplace health & safety]
21 May 2001 OSH investigating second hay bale accident
[workplace health & safety]
21 May 2001 Tranz Rail fined $15,000 for safety breach
[workplace health & safety]
18 May 2001 Prosecution highlights elevator safety
[workplace health & safety]
16 May 2001 OSH construction sweep in Northland shows pleasing results
[workplace health & safety]
15 May 2001 OSH construction blitz in Queenstown shows disappointing results
[workplace health & safety]
14 May 2001 Health and safety submissions released
[workplace health & safety]
11 May 2001 Employee Fined $15,000 after Worker's Death
[workplace health & safety]
02 May 2001 OSH construction blitz for Northland
[workplace health & safety]
02 May 2001 OSH construction blitz for Queenstown
[workplace health & safety]
27 Apr 2001 Company fined $50,000 after worker’s death
[workplace health & safety]
24 Apr 2001 Farmers and OSH fight workplace hazards
[workplace health & safety]
15 Mar 2001 IMAX investigation
[workplace health & safety]