Two investigations have been launched after a man was critically injured while he was working at Lion Nathan's manufacturing facility in Auckland.

A man is in a critical condition in hospital after sustaining serious injuries working in an Auckland manufacturing facility.

A woman has been denied accident cover after she was told her workplace injury was the result of childbirth - despite giving birth 37 years ago.

A man has died this morning after he was run over by farm machinery on a North Canterbury property.

Skyla Frater's classmates are all busy at school making Father's Day gifts - but she doesn't have anyone to give hers to.

What did the workplace health and safety taskforce conclude about New Zealand businesses?

Major health and safety reforms stemming from the Pike River disaster have been unveiled by Labour Minister Simon Bridges this morning.

The forestry industry has been put on notice after the sixth death of a worker this year, just three days after another accident left a worker with serious leg injuries.

The organisation representing most of the world's airlines is urging all countries to join up to international safety standards.

An experienced vineyard manager crushed to death in a machine used to take netting off vines had skipped a fall-back safety process, a coroner ruled today.

Quad bike-related claims cost the Government nearly $12 million last year and, despite extended safety campaigns, riders continue to die.

The Accident Compensation Corporation's Earners and Work Accounts are now fully funded ACC Minister Judith Collins has told National Party members at their Northern Regional Conference today.

A Filipino crewman working aboard a logging ship at Port of Tauranga suffered serious lacerations this morning after a crane-operated winch wire struck him across his chest and neck.

A 53-year-old Napier construction worker was killed in a freak workplace accident after being struck by a large steel beam.

Police staff had more than 4000 work-related injuries over the last three years, claiming compensation for things like concussion, hearing loss, hernias and stings.

In 23 years as a scaffolder, Wally Noble came to rely on other people to fence off any hazard on a building site.

A young Snow Planet employee was taken to hospital after spending an hour trapped in a machine with his arm caught in a conveyer belt.

Families of Pike River mine victims say they will ensure that recommendations from the health and safety taskforce are acted on.