National Action Agenda 2010–2013

ISBN 978-0-478-36066-0
March 2011

© Crown copyright 2011

Department of Labour
PO Box 3705
Wellington
New Zealand

Contents

• Minister's Foreword
• A New Action Agenda for Workplace Health and Safety
  • New Zealand's work toll
  • Review of the Workplace Health and Safety Strategy for New Zealand to 2015
  • The global downturn and economic recovery
• The Action Agenda
  • Developing closer working partnerships
  • Addressing the burden of occupational health
  • The framework for action
  • Action Area 1: Growing safety leadership
  • Action Area 2: Developing capability
  • Action Area 3: Building knowledge
  • Action Area 4: Supporting a robust health and safety system
• Where we want to be in three years
• A shared commitment - Partners in Action
• The Pledge
• Everyone Contributes
• Monitoring and Review
• Appendix 1: priority sectors which make significant contributions to fatal and serious injuries
  • The key causes of fatal and serious injuries
  • Key causes of current work-related ill health
• Questions and answers