{"id":1015,"date":"2016-04-27T10:59:23","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T10:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=1015"},"modified":"2016-04-27T11:02:22","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T11:02:22","slug":"new-zealand-99-kiwis-killed-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=1015","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand: 99 Kiwis killed at work"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Home\"This Workers Memorial Day, April 28th<\/sup>, we remember the 99* New Zealanders who went to work and never came home, the 99 New Zealanders who were killed at work.<\/p>\n

\u201cWorkers Memorial Day is a sombre. We remember those whose lives would have been saved if their workplaces had been safer. All of these deaths could have been prevented,\u201d CTU President Richard Wagstaff said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn Workers Memorial Day Selina Eruera, mother of Eramiha Pairama who was killed at work while he was working on a forestry block, will sit in a coroners hearing in Taneatua, in the Bay of Plenty. She will listen to the detail of how her son was killed at work and how his death could have been prevented if the right health and safety procedures had been in place,<\/p>\n

\u201cEarlier this month new health and safety law came into force. This new law means that kiwis are safer at work. \u00a0But there is still work to be done. \u00a0We know that people that work on farms need better protections (particularly those using quad bikes). We also know that elected health and safety representatives are crucial in keeping working people safe but are under attack by some employers. \u00a0We must also address is the menace of asbestos – New Zealand\u2019s worst workplace killer.\u00a0We urge Cabinet to ban the import of asbestos containing materials but that is not enough.\u00a0 We need a plan to eliminate it from our buildings,<\/p>\n

\u201cOn Workers Memorial Day all around the country events<\/a> of remembrance are occurring. There are also events focused on fighting for the living; fundraising for the legal work which has justice in its sight for the families whose loved ones never came home,\u201d Wagstaff said.<\/p>\n

*ACC statistic here http:\/\/www.acc.co.nz\/about-acc\/statistics\/injury-statistics-tool\/index.htm?claimtype=fatal&account99=99&age_group=all&gender=all&injury_site=all&cause=all&diagnosis=all&sport=all&scene=all&region=all<\/a><\/p>\n

Please note that in May there are two coroners\u2019 hearings into forestry workplace deaths in the Rotorua Coroner\u2019s Court. 10 May \u2013 Charles Finlay. 11 May \u2013 David McMurtrie<\/p>\n

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