Francois Barton: Business Leaders Health and Safety Forum CEO on the cost of workplace harm to New Zealand
Workplace harm's costing the country billions of dollars a year.
A report from the Business Leaders Health and Safety Forum has found workplace harm cost the country $5.5 billion in 2025.
Forum Chief Executive Francois Barton says that's made up of a mix of injuries, illness and deaths.
He told Ryan Bridge the industries with the highest rate of harm are the primary industries – construction, farming, manufacturing, and areas in transport and logistics.
Barton says the blueprint for safety isn't more helmets, hi-vis, and checklists, it's about how we can change the work itself to make…
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