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.

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 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

A man was crushed to death in a workplace incident at a rubbish tip on Auckland's North Shore today.

A person understood to be a forestry worker has been killed in an incident at a forestry block in Tinui.

Devonshire, of West Harbour, was crushed in the incident which happened on her fifth week in the job.

A man has died in a workplace incident in Christchurch this afternoon after he was trapped under the ramp of a truck.

Fullers Group Limited pleaded guilty to two breaches following a ferry crash that injured more than a dozen.

Worksafe will need to show its approach to farm safety is reducing workplace casualties or farmers could find themselves being held to account in the courts.

Police have released the name of a man killed while working at a Huntly manufacturing business.

The quarry industry wants the public's help to improve safety after four deaths in the sector so far this year.

A Japanese food importing company has been sentenced over the death of a worker in a forklift accident.

A company has been fined after a woman fell causing spinal fractures and a spinal cord injury

Stephen Bishop has had his manslaughter charged dropped after a workplace death for admitting lesser charges.