WorkSafe New Zealand has today rolled out the sequel of its Safe Guy campaign, encouraging workers to do the easiest thing to improve health and safety […]

WorkSafe says failure to comply with its investigation processes will not be tolerated and there will be serious consequences for anyone who refuses to cooperate. Joshua […]

An employer has been sentenced to 60 hours community work and fined for failing to keep a worker safe while he was trimming tree branches next […]

A South Island construction company has been ordered to pay fines, reparation and costs of more than $500,000 after a worker was crushed and killed when […]

Tauranga gasfitter Patrick Dykes has been sentenced to four months’ community detention after a gas fireplace he installed incorrectly caught fire causing significant damage to the […]

A scaffolding company has been fined $150,000 after a poorly designed scaffold collapsed while seven people were working on it. Affordable Scaffolding (2010) Limited was sentenced […]

Reading instruction manuals thoroughly before working with complex machinery is an easy way to avoid serious injury, WorkSafe says. In a decision released by the Dunedin […]

A structural steelwork company was fined $250,000 yesterday after a heavy steel beam fatally injured a worker. Pegasus Engineering Limited was sentenced at the Christchurch District […]

WorkSafe is urging employers to mitigate any risks before carrying out electrical work, after a worker was left with serious electrical burns to his hands. In […]