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Most people don't wake up one morning and decide they need a health and safety consultant. More often, there's a question sitting in the back of their mind. Perhaps a client has asked for documentation you're not entirely confident about. Maybe you've recently experienced an incident and want to know if anything needs to change. Or perhaps you've inherited a system and aren't sure whether it's still fit for purpose. These situations are common, particularly for small and medi

Imagine a new worker is starting with your business today. You've handed them the paperwork, shown them around, introduced them to the team, and pointed them towards your health and safety documents. Now imagine you have to leave for the rest of the day... Would they know how to work safely? Would they know what risks exist in the workplace? Would they know who to ask if they were unsure? Would they know how to report a hazard, incident, or near miss? The answers to those que

Recent News Request a Consultation New ACOPs for Agriculture WorkSafe has released two new Approved Codes of Practice (ACOPs) for the agriculture sector, with both coming into effect on 1 April 2027 alongside the Health and Safety at Work Amendment Act 2026. What is an ACOP? An Approved Code of Practice sets out one recognised way of meeting health and safety duties under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015. While ACOPs are not mandatory, they carry more weight than genera

If someone asked to see your health and safety policy tomorrow, would you be confident it's still relevant? Most businesses have one. It's often one of the first documents created when developing a health and safety system. The problem is that once it's written, it can easily be forgotten. Your business changes. New workers join the team. Contractors come and go. Equipment is replaced. Services expand. Risks evolve. Meanwhile, the policy sitting in the folder may still descri

Recent News Request a Consultation We Have a New Page on Our Website… For those that missed it, we held three webinars last week to introduce the changes in the Health and Safety Amendment Bill Act and have had a few clients reach out asking for a recording. So we got to thinking… why not have all the information and resources in one place, on our website? We’re all playing the waiting game There won’t be any more changes to the amendment until after the election, but by havi

Most people don't think much about machinery guards. They're just... there. Until one isn't. It's easy to trust a machine that's been doing the same job for years without incident. A conveyor runs smoothly. A saw starts when it should. A PTO shaft spins exactly as expected. The trouble is that machinery only needs one missing guard, one damaged component, or one missed check for things to go badly wrong. A recent WorkSafe prosecution involving an unguarded PTO shaft serves a