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Supermarket gas leak, two injured
Central Fire Service shift manager Murray Dunbar said emergency services were notified of a 'refrigerant leak' at the Countdown supermarket this afternoon.
Central Fire Service shift manager Murray Dunbar said emergency services were notified of a 'refrigerant leak' at the Countdown supermarket this afternoon.
A man run over by a loader at the country's southernmost deep-water port has died.
COMMENT: Every time Bernie Monk and his Pike River people come pressing politicians for the mine to be re-entered I wonder why.
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.
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.
An earthmoving company has been ordered to pay more than $140,000 after an employee was killed by an exploding bitumen tank last year.
Federated Farmers is urging farmers to tackle the issue of methamphetamine in the workplace. Experts say new Health and Safety regulations mean employers are now legally obligated to take steps to mitigate the risk. Made with funding from NZ On AIr
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 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.
Worker seriously injured his arm at Sanford while using a fish de-heading machine which was deemed a 5/5 hazard risk.
Onside has launched an online health and safety app for farmers to make compliance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 easier.
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.