A construction worker has been seriously injured after a retaining slope broke on a building site in central Auckland. Icon Construction said a 20-kilogram lump of […]

A worker has died after a wire rope being used as a handrail appears to have parted as he leaned against it and resulted in him […]

Insights is a series of conversations with leaders throughout the New Zealand economy about health and safety. Insights is a medium for thought leadership on health and safety and it is designed to stimulate and challenge. As the health and safety regulator, we want to broaden thinking, and action, beyond ‘compliance’ and the immediate, daily, operational focus of businesses and workers around the country.

Crane owners and operators need to check a key component following the preliminary results of a WorkSafe investigation into the cause of an incident which led […]

Lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling heavy loads can put you at risk of serious injury. Workers are most at risk from lifting and carrying injuries when: […]

Pan Pac Forest Products managing director Doug Ducker has been on the timber processing workface for more than 40 years and one thing he has always […]

West Coast authorities will decide this evening about declaring states of emergency as the second former tropical cyclone in three weeks bears down on the region. […]

A person has died after becoming trapped in a potato harvester near Pukekohe. The accident happened at a Settlement Rd, near Puni, shortly before 1pm today. […]