Health and Safety stories
The company will fund safety reforms and compensation after a waste station accident left a worker with a brain injury and broken leg.
Construction workers can now earn a nationally recognised health and safety qualification by completing 40 Site Safe programme credits.
SMEs in high-risk sectors will get help covering safety costs as a new ACC incentive programme targets workplace injuries over five years.
More than 70,000 assessments have already been carried out as the trust pushes for a unified safety benchmark across New Zealand construction.
Safety failures exposed in two separate incidents that left one worker dead and another badly injured, WorkSafe said.
More than 100 industry attendees saw Nikau Contractors named contractor of the year at the second annual Demolition & Asbestos Awards in Auckland.
Nearly 550 farmers were injured and three died on farms last summer, with vehicles and sun exposure among the biggest dangers.
The strategy aims to cut workplace harm and could save hundreds of Kiwi lives lost each year to health risks.
Workers could face more stress and ergonomic strain as algorithm-run jobs and 24/7 monitoring reshape workplace safety by 2025.
Frequent business travellers face higher stress and burnout away from home, with more than a third reporting riskier behaviour on trips.
WorkSafe says six workers escaped serious injury after a Panmure Bridge scaffold collapse exposed failures in safety oversight.
Slip-resistant, hygienic flooring is vital in office canteens to reduce injury risks, control bacteria and meet safety rules.
Fleet operators are being urged to move beyond compliance as Brake hosts a free webinar on managing at-work driver risk on 11 December.
A Southland school will get Richard Loe coaching after a farm safety prize recognised a pulley system that keeps workers off silo tops.
A contractor suffered major brain trauma after faulty scaffolding in Christchurch failed to protect him from a two-metre fall.
Doctors warn a surge in silicosis cases among stonemasons could overwhelm lung transplant services as Queensland intervenes.
Contractors say New Zealand’s ageing water networks need faster decisions, after ministers deferred reforms and left regulation unresolved until late 2019.
A New Zealand metals firm has been fined after a worker lost fingers when an inadequately guarded machine crushed his hands.
A Christchurch builder has been fined after admitting the first prosecution under New Zealand's new asbestos rules, following unsafe demolition work.
Safety-sensitive firms face legal and reputational risks unless they use accredited testing and clear policies to catch impaired workers early.
