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.
Experts are still trying to identify a mystery chemical at a South Auckland shopping mall that put three paramedics in hospital yesterday.
A man killed when he was trapped under a heavy vehicle at a Bay of Plenty quarry today was a 24-year-old from Tauranga, police say.
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.
Solid Energy has announced it will not re-enter the Pike River Mine drift because the company considers the risks to life remain too high. Read the latest selection of Your Views on the decision.
Nearly a quarter of agriculture, forestry, and fishery workers had a work-related injury claim accepted by the Accident Compensation Corporation last year, Statistics New Zealand says.
A person is believed to have died in a workplace incident at Port Lyttelton today.
A meat worker who took a hook through his head from behind was dragged with the chain, as his workmate rushed to stop the machine.
Machines which fell trees under remote control by operators standing at safe distances are being hailed as important new tools and a world first for reducing deaths and injuries in forests.