The man was pinned by plasterboard weighing up to half a tonne, police said.

A New Zealand man has died while working on the massive stadium build in Qatar for football's 2022 World Cup.

Changes to school toilets unlikely, despite death of 9-year-old boy.

Solid Energy's attempts to seal Pike River mine will be met with a road block after the owners of the access road gave the victim's families legal control of the road.

Christmas parties are a great time to blow off steam with colleagues, but they often end in disaster for the inebriated.

A Queenstown man's arm was mangled to the bone after it became caught in a conveyor belt at his workplace.

COMMENT: When are tragedies that claim dozens of lives something more sinister, and are we doing enough to serve the interests of justice?

Statistics NZ data shows cleaners, rubbish collectors labourers pest controllers, hotel porters, and courier drivers have the highest rate of claims for injury at work.

Every time Deanna Trevarthen sees a Worksafe television advertisemen she shuts her eyes until her partner changes the channel.

Environment Canterbury and Department of Conservation move follows this week's double fatality in Northland.

More than half of fatalities on farms last year involved experienced workers carrying out routine jobs, new data from WorkSafe shows.

A woman was thrown from the back of a 4WD ute when it rolled on an Auckland beach.

A 50-year-old man who died after the quad bike he was riding crashed on a farm near Ashburton has been named.

Three Walmart employees have been charged for killing a shoplifter, as they were preventing him from stealing DVDs.

A person has died in an accident at a flooring factory in Silverdale, north of Auckland, this morning.

A man who suffered severe burns in a Christchurch factory incident has died in hospital.

A fertiliser spreading company has been ordered to pay $150,000 after a worker was killed on the job.

The employers of a Taranaki forestry worker who died after an 800kg log fell on him have been ordered to pay more than $97,000 in reparation to his widow.

WorkSafe New Zealand's Safer Farms programme is working with the rural sector to promote good health and safety practices.

A 21-year-old needed hospital treatment after being bitten on the penis by a redback spider while sitting on the toilet in Sydney.

People should be able to come home at the end of their working day. In New Zealand, that is less sure than in Australia or the United Kingdom.

A cleaner caught on a meat hook in a terrible workplace accident has lifted the lid on simmering tensions at the country's largest meat works.

COMMENT: No one wants to see a worker, colleague or friend hurt. No boss wants to have to tell a family member that their loved one is in hospital or worse still, won't be coming home ever again, writes Grant McDonald.

Forest owners could have been liable for fines of up to $3 million if worker Blair Palmer had been killed by a falling tree today rather than last week.

The changes made to the Health and Safety Act were made for all the right reasons out of the Pike River Mine disaster but if the same rules prevent kids from climbing trees, what's really been achieved?

A Hamilton roadworker was in serious condition after being run over by a digger this evening.

Boards need to move from being reactive to proactive, says Simon Arcus, chief executive of the Institute of Directors.

Being the lawyer who represented the NZ-based Pike River mine directors and chief executive following the 2010 tragedy, Stacey Shortall knows better than most the nuances and legislative minefields attached to health and safety issues

Better workplace relationships and risk reduction go hand in hand, a safety expert tells Helen Twose.

Law change means companies need to check their insurance policies, writes Tim McCready