Worksafe stories
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.
A North Island firm has been fined and ordered to pay reparation after an untrained worker was left paralysed in a boom lift fall.
A worker suffered severe hand injuries after NZCC Limited kept using a sausage casing machine with known safety faults, WorkSafe says.
Neighbours were endangered and a wheelchair user trapped when a demolition error caused a gas leak and asbestos exposure risks.
A worker lost fingers in a machine incident after repeated safety warnings, leaving Alto Packaging facing a GBP £250,000 fine and reparation.
Tighter expectations on consulting and monitoring contractors will leave PCBUs needing clearer records under WorkSafe’s new guidance.
A farm director has been jailed for four months’ community detention after telling an injured worker to lie to investigators over a wood splitter crash.
WorkSafe says the case shows enforceable undertakings can fund reparation, training and industry changes after a worker lost an eye in 2016.
Near-miss collisions in a loading zone have highlighted the need for stricter radio calls, exclusion zones and controls around heavy machinery.
Construction workers face a hidden lung-disease threat as poor dust controls and weak monitoring leave many exposed to silica and wood dust.
The company faces a more than $500,000 penalty after safety failures led to an unlicensed worker’s death in a dump truck rollover.
Workers could face more stress and ergonomic strain as algorithm-run jobs and 24/7 monitoring reshape workplace safety by 2025.
