$500,000 For Health And Safety Initiatives
Hon Max Bradford
Minister for Enterprise
and Commerce
MEDIA RELEASE
October 6,
1999
$500,000 FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY INITIATIVES
Fourteen projects will receive a slice of the new $500,000 Worksafe Fund to improve health and safety in the workplace, Enterprise and Commerce Max Bradford announced today.
In May this year the Government announced the formation of the pilot half-a-million dollar fund to promote industry leadership in “best practice” of health and safety management.
Mr Bradford said today he was delighted by the number of applications received.
“We have had a very positive response to the creation of the fund with 96 applications asking for a total of $3.5 million in funding.
“Unfortunately, we cannot fund all the proposed projects, but I will be closely monitoring the progress of the successful applicants and will be in a position to make a recommendation regarding the future of the fund shortly,” he said.
Mr Bradford said money alone would not eliminate workplace death and injury.
“What is needed is a culture change by industry and employees. Businesses need to own the problem, and own the solution. The Government is willing to assist with solutions, and providing the WorkSafe Fund is one means to do so,” he said.
The 14 projects that have received funding cover a variety of areas.
Some build on
existing work such as the Work-Related Fatal Injuries Study
(WRFIS) by the New Zealand Environmental and Occupational
Research Centre.
The centre has received $78,000 for
completion of international comparison of work-related fatal
injuries.
“This is an important follow-on from the WRFIS released in August and should allow accurate comparisons of New Zealand’s occupational health and safety performance against other countries,” Mr Bradford said.
The NZ Mineral Industries Association has received funding to develop, print and distribute two Mining Codes of Practice and run a communication and education programme.
FarmSafe New Zealand has received $55,000 to become established and to run a project designed to reduce farm accidents and deaths involving tractors and All Terrain Vehicles.
Graphic Risk Management has received $17,800 for the development, printing and distribution of health and safety guidelines for the screen printing industry.
“I was particularly pleased to be able to fund Tamaki Makau Rau (Auckland) Maori Business Network for a project which will scope the awareness of Maori businesses in Auckland of HSE Act requirements and develop strategies for assisting Maori businesses to comply with the Act,” Mr Bradford said.
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List Of Programmes Attached...
Chart Of Health And Safety Programmes
KEY
Project
Title
Description
Organisation
Comment
Amount
% of total project cost
Work-related fatal injuries in
NZ: international comparisons
International comparative
analysis to produce work-related fatal injury rates
comparable with New Zealand; examination of international
data to ascertain how valid it is to compare international
data with New Zealand
New Zealand Environmental &
Occupational Health Research Centre, University of
Otago
$78,336.00
72%
Extractive Industries Codes of
Practice: Underground Mining; Surface Mining
Develop,
print & distribute two Mining Codes of Practice. Follow up
with communication & education programme
New Zealand
Minerals Industry Association
Greater focus on best
practice required.
$64,474.50
58%
FarmSafe: Farm
vehicle safety, farm tractor safety information, ATV
education & training programme
Establish "FarmSafe New
Zealand" as an autonomous division of Federated Farmers;
implement project aimed at reducing injury & death on farms
due to tractors & ATVs.
Federated Farmers of New
Zealand
Greater focus on best practice required. Clearer
process of how outcomes will be achieved
required.
$55,000.00
69%
Forestry Industry Safety
Guidelines for Forestry Operations
Produce 13 Forestry
guidelines specific to various operations to complement
Forestry Approved Code of Practice
Forest Industries
Training
$50,000.00
62%
Best Practice guidelines for
the Construction Industry
Develop & implement a
Construction Safety Tendering Guide
Site Safe New
Zealand
One guideline of 3 applied for. Total application
was for $229,950.00 (70%). Safety Tendering Guide made up
$70,000 of this.
$50,000.00
50%
Crane
Operators/Users Safety Manual
Re-write & print crane
safety manual
Power Crane Association of New Zealand
(Inc)
Applied for $50,000
(58%)
$43,195.00
50%
Improving OH&S practice in
Mäori small businesses in Auckland
Survey Mäori small
businesses on awareness & current practice of health &
safety issues.
Tamaki Makau Rau Maori Business
Network
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$33,775.00
70%
Industry-wide
benchmarking system for NZ Meat Industry
Develop a
central system detailing incident information for the NZ
meat processing industry
MIRINZ
Applied for $62,700
(67%)
$28,260.00
30%
Workplace substance abuse
elimination & training programme
Produce a drug & alcohol
rehabilitation programme & training package for wood
industries
National Distribution
Union
$23,674.00
70%
Screen-printing Industry safety
& health education programme
Develop, print & distribute
safety & health guidelines to screen-printing industry in
NZ; Prepare & deliver health & safety presentation to screen
printing firms
Graphic Risk Management
Subject to
confirmation of funding partners; suggest that project could
emphasise controlling exposure/use of less hazardous
substances
$17,837.87
70%
Health & Safety in New
Zealand Call Centres
Produce resource material for call
centre staff education/training based on a review of current
"Best Practice"
South Pacific
Ergonomics
$15,000.00
70%
Ammonia Risk Management
Training Resources
Develop training resources on ammonia
risk management for fishing vessel skippers, engineers &
crew members
Seafood Industry Training
Organisation
$15,000.00
67%
A survey of total
inhalable & respirable dust exposure to farmers in NZ
agriculture
A survey of total inhalable & respirable dust
exposure to farmers in NZ agriculture; comparison with NZ
workplace exposure standards & other
literature
Department of Human Resource Management,
Massey University
$13,300.00
81%
Development of
Welding Processes Code of Practice
Initiation of process
for Welding Code of Practice & preparation of draft
document
New Zealand Amalgamated Engineering, Printing &
Manufacturing Union
Information on plans for final
drafting, printing & distribution
required.
$3,444.00
70%
TOTAL -
$491,296.37