Long tail of asbestos: Carpenter diagnosed with cancer after work at Carrington Hospital
Rod Heywood says the asbestos risk would also be high at the Chateau and the St James.
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'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.”
Pet food company must pay $220k after worker's finger amputated
It was the company's second amputation incident in three years.
'Excessive' sentence: Judge says prison too harsh for accident cover-up
William Sullivan made a false statement to WorkSafe investigators.
'Feeling is surreal' - Workers succumb to toxic gas in frantic bid to save colleague
A worker raised the alarm after watching her colleagues become overwhelmed by fumes.
Grieving father takes private prosecution against forestry company after son's death
The man, 24, was hit by a nine-kilogram D-shackle which came towards him "like a missile".
Popular dive operator avoids prosecution after traumatic school trip
The dive company avoided prosecution over a traumatic Poor Knights school trip.
Person seriously injured in ‘fall from scaffolding’ in Dunedin
The accident is believed to be a fall from 4m-high scaffolding.
FENZ investigation finds lack of landslide-related training for firefighters
'FENZ’s risk management systems did not identify landslides as a hazard.'
Investigation opened into death after crane touched overhead power lines
One resident said the crane operators had been struggling to lift objects all week.
Neighbours saw victim’s body lying on ground after crane touched overhead power lines
Emergency services rushed to Tauhinu Rd in Greenhithe at 3.23pm yesterday.
'I just knew I had to do it': Company man turned whistleblower
Martin Byrne spoke up after a young worker nearly died, a week after a similar accident.
Death after workplace incident in Mount Maunganui
Next of kin are being notified and the death will be referred to WorkSafe and the coroner.
Letters: Govt spending, party policies, and what about a grand coalition?
OPINION: Letters on debt, fast-food diplomacy, home detention, and the St James Theatre.
Police reveal Auckland gunman’s death was self-inflicted
Reid shot and killed Tupuga Sipiliano, 44, and Solomana To'oto'o, 45 last Thursday.
Worker taken to hospital after accident at retirement village site
Hundreds of new apartments and a hospital rising on the 2.6ha site fronting St Johns Rd.
Letters: Football Ferns, transport and Auckland shooting
OPINION: Letters on artificial intelligence, the military and films.
Explainer: How Auckland shooter was considered 'low risk'
Nothing suggested the gunman would be a danger to the general public.
Employer’s guilty plea after scaffolder lost both arms in workplace accident
The company could be fined up to $1.5 million at sentencing in November.
Judge jails Aimex former health and safety manager
Former health and safety manager sent to prison for lying about workplace accident.
Auckland CBD shooting: 'People feeling vulnerable and distressed'
Building bosses support staff: "We’re getting Mates in Construction to talk to everyone."
Auckland CBD gunman was on home detention for domestic violence
Gunman, who has been named, was on home detention, allowed to travel to site of shooting.
CBD shooting building site one of NZ’s biggest construction projects
Shooting took place in the heart of a busy transport and office hub.
Auckland CBD shooting: Construction workers describe confusion, fear
None of the workers were aware of what they were running from, says one of the men.
A&E crisis: Senior doctor's plea - ‘Everyone’s getting burnt out. We’re exhausted.’
'If I didn’t think there were knock-on effects for patients, I wouldn't be talking.'
Workers have unacceptably high exposures to carcinogens, study finds
58 per cent of workers in NZ are exposed to at least one cancer-causing agent at work.
Thousands of ACC cases probed for misuse, but only seven prosecutions
The number of fraud cases investigated jumped 540 per cent in one year.
Affco fined $500,000 over worker’s ‘wholly avoidable’ death in freezer
A frame full of offal cartons fell and fatally crushed Alfred Edwards.
More human remains found at Pike River: 'They may even be my boy' - father
Latest find means 12 of the 29 men killed in 2010 disaster have now been located.
'Wall of silence': WorkSafe official admits fatality probe stalled by lack of evidence
'I just don’t have the information I need.'
‘Very dark place’: Worker's struggle after losing hand in meatworks accident
Employer Silver Fern Farms has been fined $283,500 for the workplace accident.
GNS Science pleads guilty to reduced Whakaari/White Island charge
Meanwhile, the island's owners have failed in a bid to have their charges thrown out.
$280k fine after man’s hand caught in meat cutter in workplace accident
The company was fined $280,000 and ordered to pay $48,000 to the injured worker.
'Should never have happened': Worker lost toe tips in caustic soda, firm fined $242k
A pool of what the worker thought was water began to eat away at his skin.