A foreign worker at a luxury Waikato resort narrowly escaped being crushed by a three-tonne tractor with faulty brakes.

An Auckland ferry crash that left more than a dozen people wounded was allegedly down to faulty technology and inadequately-trained staff.

The managing director Salters Cartage says he is struggling to deal with the death of 24-year-old Jamey Lee Bowring, killed in an explosion at his business.

The family of a contractor seriously injured when a digger was hit by a train last year will receive $110,000 from KiwiRail in reparation.

The manager of a massive inflatable slide which collapsed injuring six children at a Wairarapa A&P show instructed his "power of attorney" to appear in court on his behalf.

Officials might investigate calls from the parents of a young forestry worker killed when a tree fell on him to overhaul the way workplace incidents are investigated.

I am concerned the under-representation of self-responsibility creates a false sense of who exactly is responsible for safety in a workplace, writes Michael Barnett.

A man who died in a workplace incident near Oamaru yesterday has been named by police.

I believe we need to hold our Govt, whatever stripe it is, to the task of doing what it is there to do. That's what has driven this column, writes Dita De Boni.

Law change aims to reduce legacy of workplace harm, write Christie Hall and Zena Razoki.

Delays to improving New Zealand's workplace health and safety regime seem to demonstrate either a complete lack of understanding of the causes of the country's poor track record in this area or a....

Business NZ has called for an end to political manipulation of ACC levy settings by successive Governments.

While new legislation doesn’t in itself protect anyone, it does set new expectations and provides the foundations for a much-needed change in Kiwi culture, writes Z Energy’s Julian Hughes.

A roofer who plummeted head-first two storeys on to concrete says it has not put him off the job.

An employee who had his right leg amputated after it got pulled into a wood chipper will be given $35,000 in reparations.

Justice Minister Amy Adams declared she wanted the crime of corporate manslaughter to be added to the workplace health and safety reform legislation currently before Parliament.

The drain on ACC will continue as long as Talley's continues to insist its' health and safety scheme is working, writes Dita De Boni.

No charges will be laid after a mystery chemical at a south Auckland shopping mall put three paramedics in hospital yesterday.

A forestry worker has died after reportedly being struck by a falling log in a remote forestry site.

The tragic events in the Winz office in Ashburton last September have resulted in action before the Courts. The obvious being the alleged offender facing multiple criminal charges, including murder.

One person is dead following an accident on a work site in Port Waikato this morning.

A gas leak in Ponsonby led to the evacuation of many businesses in the area last night.

80-year-old Tararua farmer Donald Robbie was driving his farm truck, with 4.5c metres of gravel down a steep hill when his brakes failed.

A man escaped with his life when the concrete-cutting saw he was operating kicked back, slicing open his throat.

A teenage worker remains in hospital after being seriously injured when he was hit by a digger bucket yesterday.

A crane driver is stuck inside a toppled container crane at Wellington Port this morning.

A man is lucky to be alive after he was nearly crushed by a concrete slab at a demolition site this afternoon.

A grandfather was killed in a “horrific” accident after his future son-in-law accidentally trapped him in an industrial oven that reached temperatures of 280C.

An as of yet unidentified person could be guilty of manslaughter after a roofer was electrocuted in 2011, a coroner has found.

A Southland farmer has been ordered to pay $152,000 in fines and reparations after a worker on his farm was crushed to death in August last year.