Workplace safety: We need to collectively do better

Author: Newstalk ZB Staff,
Section: Audio,
Publish Date: Wednesday, 4 October 2017, 6:45PM

Richard Wagstaff says New Zealand needs more regulation and monitoring around workplace safety (Photo: File)

New figures out from Statistics New Zealand show over 51 people a year are killed in their workplace and over 350 seriously injured. President of the Council of Trade Unions Richard Wagstaff talks about why we have a fatality rate 75 percent higher than the UK and what can be done about it.

LISTEN ABOVE AS RICHARD WAGSTAFF TALKS TO NEWSTALK ZB'S RACHEL SMALLEY