Recently Worksafe New Zealand issued a public warning to businesses servicing vehicles after a Gore farm machinery firm was fined $239,000. Agricentre South Ltd was fined in the Gore District Court after it was found the company’s lack of effective repairs to a tractor resulted in injury to a farm worker in 2016. Brakes on a […]
Low Pricing for Multiple Sites! We’ve had lots of demand from customers with multiple work sites and we’ve decided to make the platform even better value by charging a core price for the application itself and reducing the additional cost for adding more farms or work sites. Seems logical eh? To all our existing customers […]
This WorkSafe press release provides clear evidence of what not to do as a rural business owner in relation to health and safety in the workplace. Key learns for the precedents set in the below judgement (apart from the basics of not being an appalling uncaring and ineffective boss). In fairness, we’d agree these individuals […]
A massive thanks to NZ Farming for picking up my opinion piece via Linkedin on Friday the 19th of May and posting it to their Facebook followers! If you haven’t seen the spirited NZ Farming feedback from their FB post, see it here Or you can read my original Linkedin copy here For me, the […]
Court Summaries of Worksafe Prosecutions always hold stark and clear learnings from tragic fatalities in the Agricultural workplace. The facts in brief: 15 August 2014. The Defendant company is a pig meat production business that operates a farm. The farm has an in-ground effluent sump. The victim was employed as a truck driver and farm […]
Hi, last week was all go for Zero Harm Farm. It was great to be at the Feilding field day as one the exhibitors and being able to showcase our H&S system to people from a range of farming backgrounds, all in beautiful weather. Zero Harm Farm was opened with welcome arms, and we had […]
Hi Farmers and Contractors, Today Zero Harm Farm roles out a new update, which includes the ability to notify managers straight from your desktop or mobile device. It’s easy to use, with a description, time stamp and GPS coordinates automatically sent with every notification you submit. It has never been easier for a manager to […]
Hello Farmers and Contractors, Zero Harm Farm are happy to announce a new update. As from today you’ll have access to a new feature allowing you to notify farm managers of any hazards you encounter. Use your phone or desktop to report issues directly to the farm manager. You can now report incidents, near misses […]
Farm employment services, employment contracts, employee disputes, personal grievance claims – it’s a mine field out there! The good news is HR Employment Services are now available via Zero Harm Farm. In our travels across rural New Zealand we have had many side conversations with farm managers around how best to handle certain employment situations. […]
We hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Years, Today Worksafe posted a friendly New Years message reminding farmers across the country to discuss and talk about health and safety on the farm while taking action to protect against serious harm hazards. You can find the full Worksafe article here With the […]