Worksafe stories
A near-miss after the Kaikōura earthquake exposed switch-isolation failures, prompting over GBP £200,000 in safety initiatives for the electricity sector.
Prepared workplaces can cut fatal delays, with alarms, drills and first aid skills helping staff respond within minutes.
A badly installed roof hatch left a worker paralysed in a four metre fall, prompting over GBP £400,000 in reparations and losses.
With 2.8 million nonfatal workplace injuries reported in 2018, employers are being urged to stock gear that cuts risks and protects staff.
A farm company has been fined GBP £281,250 after a migrant worker suffered life-changing injuries when crushed by a trailer.
A trainee was crushed and badly injured when a truck rolled off wooden blocks in an unsupervised workshop job, exposing safety failings.
Workers may be left exposed to silica and asbestos if respiratory masks sold as compliant do not meet approved standards.
New safety rules will let building sites reopen under Alert Level 3, helping protect workers and avoid a return to stricter lockdowns.
WorkSafe New Zealand says Level 3 firms must set out how they will protect staff and visitors, or face enforcement action.
WorkSafe has halted prosecution after Hawke’s Bay District Health Board pledged new safety measures following a 2018 patient-lifter fall.
Safety performance across the electricity sector has improved further, with its TRIFR down 19% and five years without a fatality.
A worker's death has led to a GBP £195,000 fine and GBP £65,000 in reparations after unsafe log-handling practices breached safety rules.
Risk-averse directors could face personal liability as Worksafe New Zealand weighs tougher action after a worker was left quadriplegic.
The case has led to safer procedures, better interpretation support and wider industry training after a worker was crushed on a glass-cutting machine.
A subcontractor's 3.5-metre fall has prompted almost GBP £200,000 in safety upgrades, payments and donations from two firms.
Digital monitoring, AI and online platforms are heightening stress, blurring boundaries and complicating safety rules for workers, experts warn.
Falls from just a few metres can still kill, as complacency around ladders, roofs and trucks leaves workers exposed to severe head and neck injuries.
Regular safety audits are helping construction firms lift compliance, with Site Safe warning many still lag on new hazard rules and reporting.
Auckland childcare and property firms were fined after a dead tree crushed a playground, injuring four toddlers and a teacher.
Konica Minolta Australia launches new mobile industrial robots to help increase efficiency and improve safety in manufacturing and logistics.
