COVID-19 Risk Assessment
Peter Russell made this Official Information request to Department of Conservation
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From: Peter Russell
Dear Department of Conservation,
According to your website: "As part of the policy development process, DOC undertook a risk assessment of the measures needed to best protect staff from the risks posed by COVID-19. This is required by health and safety law and is an expectation of all government agencies."
I request a copy of the risk assessment.
Yours faithfully,
Peter Russell
Department of Conservation
Kia ora Peter
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From: Harry Maher
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DOC COVID 19 Risk Assessment Third Review 30 March 2022 DOC 6966080.pdf
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Kia ora
Please find attached the response to your query of 19 April 2022
Harry Maher
Director, Health & Safety
Department of Conservation
027 6915107
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From: Peter Russell
Dear Harry Maher,
The information you provided does not include an assessment of how requiring workers and visitors to "hold a My Vaccine Pass (vaccination only)" minimised the risk of people becoming infected by SARS-Cov-2 (erroneously referred to as COVID-19).
Your reply indicates a heavy reliance on Ministry of Health advice and states that "the risk assessment determined that vaccination against Delta... presented a higher level of protection as a control measure and significantly moved the profile of risk down in terms of likelihood of transmission and severity of consequence." It goes on to state confidently that "the control measures implemented have been effective and fit for purpose."
Such confident conclusions must have been backed by solid data. I require you to provide all the data used by the Department to reach those conclusions.
Yours sincerely,
Peter Russell
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Department of Conservation
Kia ora Peter
Thank you for your official information request to the Department of
Conservation, received on 16/01/2023.
Your reference number is OIAD-2710.
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later than 15/02/2023, being 20 working days after the day your request
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If you have any queries email us at [1][email address].
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From: Harry Maher
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DOC risk assessment transmission of COVID 19 in the workplace DOC 6873027.pdf
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Good morning Mr Russell
Response to your request of 16 January is attached as the MS Word document. The response refers to an additional document, which is also attached as a PDF.
Harry Maher
Director - Health, Safety & Security
Department of Conservation
027 6915107
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Russell <[FOI #19168 email]>
Sent: Monday, 16 January 2023 7:24 pm
To: Harry Maher <[email address]>
Subject: Re: OIAD-1972 Response Russell
Dear Harry Maher,
The information you provided does not include an assessment of how requiring workers and visitors to "hold a My Vaccine Pass (vaccination only)" minimised the risk of people becoming infected by SARS-Cov-2 (erroneously referred to as COVID-19).
Your reply indicates a heavy reliance on Ministry of Health advice and states that "the risk assessment determined that vaccination against Delta... presented a higher level of protection as a control measure and significantly moved the profile of risk down in terms of likelihood of transmission and severity of consequence." It goes on to state confidently that "the control measures implemented have been effective and fit for purpose."
Such confident conclusions must have been backed by solid data. I require you to provide all the data used by the Department to reach those conclusions.
Yours sincerely,
Peter Russell
-----Original Message-----
Kia ora
Please find attached the response to your query of 19 April 2022
Harry Maher
Director, Health & Safety
Department of Conservation
027 6915107
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