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Press Release – WorkSafe NZ Shaving your beard could save your life. Thats the premise of a new campaign by WorkSafe New Zealand to help businesses and workers look after their health. WorkSafes Life Shavers campaign will raise awareness of the need for workers who wear respiratory … Shaving your beard could save your life. That’s the premise of a new campaign by WorkSafe New Zealand to help businesses and workers look after their health. WorkSafe’s Life Shavers campaign will raise awareness of the need for workers who wear respiratory protective equipment (RPE) for work to be clean ...

Date Time WorkSafe New Zealand launches Life Shavers campaign to reduce respiratory harm Shaving your beard could save your life. That’s the premise of a new campaign by WorkSafe New Zealand to help businesses and workers look after their health. WorkSafe’s Life Shavers campaign will raise awareness of the need for workers who wear respiratory protective equipment (RPE) for work to be clean shaven. “When our inspectors are out and about they see a lot of workers with beards while wearing RPE, and these workers usually don’t realise this is putting their health at risk,” says Api Pou...

Joseph Johnson/Stuff The days of paper masks are long gone in safety-conscious workshops making engineered stone kitchen and bathroom bench tops, but the legacy of historic dust exposure is causing health problems for workers. WorkSafe is clamping down on safety standards at businesses making engineered stone bench tops, but there are no plans to ban the popular product. Engineered stone made from crushed quartz and resin accounts for up to half the New Zealand kitchen and bathroom bench top market, but the fine dust produced during cutting, sanding and polishing contains high levels of sili...