Health and Safety stories
WorkSafe warned firms on height safety after a worker died in a 2017 fall at CentrePort’s Wellington container repair facility.
Machine guarding lapses in meat plants are still leaving workers with amputations, as a new fine highlights repeated safety failures.
Clients will get simpler billing and a broader service offering after the deal, as the combined group expands nationwide scale in specialist demolition and asbestos removal.
Manufacturers are gaining cheaper, safer and lighter parts as advanced plastics replace metal in machinery, buildings and bulk handling.
The company faces a more than $500,000 penalty after safety failures led to an unlicensed worker’s death in a dump truck rollover.
Businesses are cutting landfill charges and transport costs as a Sydney plant turns commercial food waste into fertiliser and green energy.
Training operators can trim fuel use, maintenance bills and accident downtime while lifting productivity across the fleet.
A worker suffered electric shock and fell from a ladder after a branch hit a powerline, exposing unsafe tree-trimming near lines.
The Tauranga home was left uninhabitable after an incorrectly fitted gas fireplace sparked a blaze, with the gasfitter ordered to pay $20,000.
Gamified training could help ease hiring woes in construction, with a new tycoon game aimed at teaching employability skills and industry realities.
A new WorkSafe focus means only the most serious bullying claims are likely to be investigated, despite annual reports from up to one in three workers.
WorkSafe says the injury could have been avoided, after a firewood processor’s unsafe design cost a worker four fingers and triggered fines.
Seven workers escaped serious injury after an overloaded scaffold under Auckland’s Panmure Bridge collapsed, costing the firm GBP £150,000.
A failed winch has left a truck driver with a skull fracture, prompting a warning that older stock ramps need automatic brake systems.
Top tech investors support global expansion of the world's first non-magnetic, climbing inspection robot for hazardous environments from Invert Robotics.
Six workers were put at risk after 140 litres of LPG escaped at a Taranaki gas station, prompting fines for three firms.
Two employers were fined after a worker’s arm was crushed during an x-ray machine removal, in a case WorkSafe says was easily avoidable.
A pledge to improve procurement, safety and housing supply aims to ease shortages and lift productivity across the sector.
The court also ordered more than GBP £165,000 in reparations after investigators found unsafe handling of unsecured beams exposed staff to deadly crushing risks.
Flexible working could slash office costs and give staff a workspace near home, as Regus pitches on-demand offices to firms.
