Compliance & Regulation

If you operate forklifts in the United States, you're subject to one of the most frequently cited OSHA standards in existence. 29 CFR 1910.178 , the Powered Industrial Trucks standard, covers everything from operator training and certification to vehicle maintenance, workplace design, and safe operating procedures. In fiscal year 2024, powered industrial trucks ranked sixth on OSHA's top 10 most cited standards , with 2,248 violations recorded. That's not because the standard

If you're running a warehouse, manufacturing plant, or logistics operation in Australia, you're subject to some of the most comprehensive workplace health and safety legislation in the world. The model Work Health and Safety (WHS) laws, developed by Safe Work Australia and adopted (with variations) across most states and territories, set clear expectations about how you identify, manage, and monitor safety risks. The challenge is that the legislation is deliberately broad. I

If you run a warehouse, manufacturing plant, or logistics operation in New Zealand, WorkSafe has expectations about how you monitor safety in your workplace. The problem is, those expectations aren't always spelled out in plain language. The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA) is deliberately broad. It doesn't prescribe exactly what technology to use or how many safety walks to conduct per week. Instead, it sets out principles and duties, and it's up to each PCBU (pers

If you run a business in New Zealand, manage one, or make decisions that affect how work gets done, you are almost certainly a PCBU. That acronym stands for Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking, and it is the cornerstone of how New Zealand's workplace safety law assigns responsibility. The term comes from the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA), which replaced the old Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 and fundamentally changed how the country approaches w