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Story: Workplace safety and accident compensation

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Working in the 19th century

  3. Workplace compensation, 19th and 20th centuries

  4. Accident compensation

  5. Workplace health and safety, 1990s and 2000s

  6. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Working in the 19th century

Logging native bush

Logging native bush (1st of 3)

Clearing a logjam

Clearing a logjam (2nd of 3)

Milling a kauri log

Milling a kauri log (3rd of 3)

Miners’ memorial cards

Miners’ memorial cards

Industrial accidents, 1910

Industrial accidents, 1910

Brunner mining disaster, 1896

Brunner mining disaster, 1896

From page 2 - Workplace compensation, 19th and 20th centuries

Miners' thumbs

Miners' thumbs

Rehabilitating an injured war veteran

Rehabilitating an injured war veteran

‘Correct stacking’ poster

‘Correct stacking’ poster (1st of 2)

First aid at work

First aid at work (2nd of 2)

From page 3 - Accident compensation

Royal Commission on Compensation for Injury

Royal Commission on Compensation for Injury

Reattached fingers

Reattached fingers

ACC income and expenditure

ACC income and expenditure

ACC claims, 1974–2016

ACC claims, 1974–2016

Farm safety advertisement

Farm safety advertisement

Protesting ACC cuts

Protesting ACC cuts

Objecting to ACC levies

Objecting to ACC levies

From page 4 - Workplace health and safety, 1990s and 2000s

Testing for OOS

Testing for OOS

Working with asbestos

Working with asbestos (1st of 3)

Victim of asbestos poisoning

Victim of asbestos poisoning (2nd of 3)

Removing asbestos

Removing asbestos (3rd of 3)

How to cite this page:

Hazel Armstrong, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/workplace-safety-and-accident-compensation/media (accessed 8 February 2023)

Story by Hazel Armstrong, published 11 Mar 2010, reviewed & revised 18 Apr 2016

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