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:: Changes to
the Health & Safety in Employment Act 1992
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This paper is to act as an information sheet to
provide you with an understanding of the changes made to the to
the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 by the Health and
Safety in Employment Amendment Act 2002 (HSEAA 2002) that was
recently passed by Parliament. The HSEAA 2002 is due to become law
on 5 May 2003.
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The introduction of the Health & Safety in
Employment Amendment Act 2002 |
This paper covers some background, the changes and
broadly how they may impact the New Zealand Fire Service.
(For a full version of this document please
click here.)
Help with reading or
downloading the .pdf file
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:: Research - New Zealand
Firefighters injured on the job or at the station |
During the 12 months June 2001 and July
2002, career firefighters of the New Zealand Fire Service injured
themselves 562 times. Based on international trends, the majority of
these injuries should have occurred while attending some of the
60,000 odd emergency incidents that occurred during this period.
What was not known is where the injuries actually took place, what
type of injuries they were and did they in fact follow international
trends of firefighter injuries.
Despite the compounding reasons why
research into this field should be undertaken, research
internationally has been undertaken, but within the New Zealand Fire
Service, it has been non-existent.
To effectively and actively want to
reduce injuries to firefighters, significant research had to be
undertaken into firefighter injuries. Evidence of research into the
injuries does not exist on a significant level to make the
reductions currently required achievable or sustainable...
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Legislation Information |
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