New Zealand'Our farming community is hurting': Urgent plea to reduce quad bike risks“It is in our DNA to protect one another - this Christmas we must make that happen.”11 Dec 03:07 AM
New Zealand'Engulfed in a fireball': Glassblower injured in gas bottle explosionSteven Newcombe suffered burns and hearing loss as a result of the blast.01 Dec 05:00 PM
New ZealandCouncil denies WorkSafe charge after tourist injured falling into geothermal sinkholeThe case was called at a hearing in Rotorua.29 Nov 04:07 AM
PremiumPremiumOpinionOpinion: Finger pointed back at WorkSafe in Whakaari/White Island caseOpinion: 'How has WorkSafe been held to account?'28 Nov 04:00 PM
New ZealandAirport worker loses fingertips after not receiving proper trainingThe staff member with the wildlife team was monitoring geese near the airport runways.24 Nov 07:40 PM
New ZealandFirm to pay $735k over truck driver's deathThe judge apologised to victims as sentencing was more than six years after the accident.16 Nov 01:16 AM
New ZealandInside the Auckland scaffolding disaster that cost a young father his armsAfter the 'massive sound' and fireball, Jahden Nelson was left in 'excruciating' pain.13 Nov 11:04 PM
New Zealand'Very simple act' might have prevented handyman's electrocutionHire a Hubby Craig Johnston was found lying motionless on the floor by the homeowner.13 Nov 07:48 AM
New Zealand'I miss him every day': Son speaks after tradie electrocuted at workAn electrician is now defending WorkSafe charges following Craig Johnston's death.11 Nov 04:00 PM
New ZealandElectrician on trial after woman returned home to find tradie dead on kitchen floorCraig Johnston was working on a rangehood when he suffered a lethal electric shock.07 Nov 06:00 AM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandDamning report on dangerous conditions in workplaces putting Kiwis at risk of diseaseDust from the process of creating man-made stone contain high levels of silica.05 Nov 08:40 PM
EducationSchool under fire for sending deadly carcinogen to science studentsChemicals banned in most schools were sent to homes of teenagers in plastic bags.02 Nov 10:45 PM
OpinionWhite Island tragedy will change the way adventure tourism works in NZWhakaari Management Limited has been found guilty of breaching workplace safety laws.02 Nov 10:42 PM
New ZealandCorrespondence school to withdraw sodium hydroxide from science kit that burnt teenTe Kura will remove dangerous substances from science kits from next year after boy burnt.01 Nov 03:47 AM
New Zealand'Absolutely not safe': School slammed after science experiment ends in skin graftAn industrial chemist said the school should not be sending sodium hydroxide into homes.31 Oct 09:30 PM
New ZealandCement company fined $357K after worker's arm cut offThe man was able to pull what was left of his arm free and run for help.19 Oct 03:00 AM
New ZealandDeath of disabled woman who choked on leftovers was preventableWorkSafe investigated the death but decided not to prosecute.10 Oct 04:00 AM
New ZealandNZSki ordered to pay almost $600K over deathNZSki must pay nearly $600k in penalties in relation to the death of a Queenstown woman.10 Oct 01:25 AM
New Zealand'Bloody wrong': Family furious at WorkSafe decision not to prosecute after forestry death“I just feel like Jason’s life was taken, they removed the body and went back to work.”09 Oct 04:00 PM
New ZealandCouncil grapples with controversial Greymouth landfillThe landfill has been shut down by a WorkSafe investigation.30 Sep 10:02 PM
PremiumPremiumManufacturingPet food company must pay $220k after worker's finger amputatedIt was the company's second amputation incident in three years.26 Sep 07:00 PM
New ZealandWorkSafe, Whakaari Management at odds over duties of land-ownersWorkSafe says the company should have questioned if the island was safe.20 Sep 10:01 PM
New Zealand'Excessive' sentence: Judge says prison too harsh for accident cover-upWilliam Sullivan made a false statement to WorkSafe investigators.12 Sep 03:29 AM
New ZealandCharges dismissed for Whakaari / White Island ownersThe owners of White Island were accused of health and safety failures before eruption.05 Sep 12:22 AM
New ZealandOrchard company sentenced after seasonal worker loses three fingers in accidentThe Otago orchard was fined $225,000 after the teen was injured while cleaning machinery.04 Sep 08:28 AM
New ZealandWorkSafe failed to probe individual roles of Whakaari owners, lawyer saysThe owners are again applying for the charges against them to be dismissed.31 Aug 04:24 AM
New ZealandOne dead after being hit by vehicle in workplace incidentWorkSafe and the police's Serious Crash Unit have been advised.30 Aug 06:05 AM
New ZealandWorkSafe faces broad cuts to servicesWorkSafe is cutting back on what it does to save money.27 Aug 08:44 PM
New ZealandWhakaari White Island owners unable to answer whether they owed duty to victims'There is no way you can respond sensibly to the scale of that disaster.'25 Aug 10:24 PM
New Zealand'Once met, never forgotten’: Families of two young men killed in crash wait four years for answersPart two: The families of two labour-hire workers killed in a road smash, have spoken up.25 Aug 01:48 AM
New ZealandCompany failed two young men killed in a crash$80m-a-year company relied on a young worker-for-hire in ways it should not have.23 Aug 10:45 PM
New ZealandWhakaari/White Island owners relied on GNS Science to monitor and manage islandThe judge-alone trial resumed on Wednesday.23 Aug 08:07 PM
New ZealandCompany sentenced over ski bus crash that killed schoolgirlThe ski field company earlier admitted two charges brought by WorkSafe over the crash.23 Aug 06:10 AM
New Zealand'Feeling is surreal' - Workers succumb to toxic gas in frantic bid to save colleagueA worker raised the alarm after watching her colleagues become overwhelmed by fumes.23 Aug 01:24 AM
