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Process of Investigaton for c19 notifications to Worksafe

Erika Whittome made this Official Information request to WorkSafe New Zealand

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From: Erika Whittome

Dear Worksafe
I refer you to my previous OIA on the number of notifications which WorkSafe received under Section 199 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 for covid-19 in https://fyi.org.nz/request/23394-how-man...

You replied that WorkSafe New Zealand had received 23 notifications of COVID-19 since December 2019 to 5 July 2023.

I see that 22 of these say "Acknowledged, no further action taken" and 1 says "Referred to Assessment Team". The dates for these notifications started 16Apr2020 and the last one was 19Dec2022.

What was the process to investigate these 23 notifications under S199 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015?

Yours faithfully,

Erika Whittome

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From: Ministerial Services – WorkSafe
WorkSafe New Zealand

Tçnâ koe Erika

Thank you for your Official Information Act (OIA) 1982 request.

WorkSafe New Zealand is working on your request and you can expect a response no later than Wednesday 4 October 2023.

Please contact [email address] if you have any questions.

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From: Operations Correspondence
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Please find attached correspondence from Mahi Haumaru Aotearoa | WorkSafe
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Ngā mihi

Charlie

 

OIA & Complaints Team

Here Matatū

Operations Group

86 Customhouse Quay, Wellington

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From: Erika Whittome

Dear Operations Correspondence,

You outlined 3 steps in the process of your investigation, one of which is not explained:
"if the PCBU had breached the COVID-19 requirements previously;"

Please would you clarify "the Covid-19 requirements" in your process please?

This OIA is about how investigations took place under S199 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, so I am very interested about this process of investigation.

For example, did you check work and whether the reported event had arisen out of the nature of the business?

I note that no policy or procedural documentation was included in that recent response too.

Yours sincerely,

Erika Whittome

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From: Operations Correspondence
WorkSafe New Zealand

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Tēnā koe Erika

 

Thank you for your Official Information Act (OIA) 1982 request.

 

WorkSafe New Zealand is working on your request and you can expect a
response no later than Friday 20 October 2023.

 

Please contact [1][email address] if you have any
questions.

 

Ministerial Services

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Wellington

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Please find attached correspondence from Mahi Haumaru Aotearoa | WorkSafe
New Zealand.

 

Ngā mihi

Danika

 

OIA & Complaints Team

Here Matatū

Operations Group

86 Customhouse Quay, Wellington

E     [1][email address]

W    [2]worksafe.govt.nz

 

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