It's Asbestos Awareness Week, 18-24 November

This Asbestos Awareness Week we’d like to remind tradies and businesses that it’s still crucial that you protect your workers from the risk of asbestos exposure.

Asbestos exposure is New Zealand’s number one workplace killer. Despite the serious health risks of asbestos exposure being widely known for 80+ years, around 220 people die each year from asbestos-related disease.

Here at Site Safe, we’ve got our members and customers covered with our Asbestos Toolbox Talk and Practical Safety Advice guidance page.

• Toolbox Talk - Asbestos | Site Safe (Members only)
• Practical Safety Advice - Asbestos | Site Safe

WorkSafe New Zealand is also in the process of updating its own guidance. The first set of WorkSafe’s updated asbestos guidance, now available on their website, is developed for homeowners, commercial and residential landlords, and businesses that come across asbestos.

• Read the new guidance