Worksafe did not investigate a single health and safety incident involving a child in ECE in two years.
ANALYSIS/OPINION – 11 September 2025
Worksafe investigated just one out of more than 200 reports of serious health and safety incidents made by early childhood services in two years – and this incident affected staff and not children.
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