Three organisations dedicated to reducing and eliminating asbestos exposure are calling on businesses and tradies to do better and keep themselves, their workers and others safe as Asbestos Awareness Week ends.

A Manawatū factory worker’s death underscores the importance of carrying out a dedicated risk assessment before modifying machinery in a workplace.

Two agricultural companies in Taranaki have been taken to task over ineffective workplace traffic safety, after their worker was knocked unconscious by a moving vehicle.

This technical bulletin is aimed at businesses who design, manufacture, install, maintain, or repair air-conditioning, heat pump or refrigeration equipment that uses a hydrocarbon refrigerant.

This safety alert highlights the serious health and safety risks of concrete pumping equipment failures, including the failure of delivery systems and components.

WorkSafe New Zealand has prosecuted a business for failing to play its part before a worker suffered significant injuries on the job in a fall from height.

WorkSafe New Zealand has accepted an enforceable undertaking in response to an avoidable death at a Waikato landfill site.

Our October hazardous substances update.

On 8 July 2022 at 10.55pm, two tunnel workers observed smoke emerging out of a heavy-duty steel toolbox that was stored underground.

Our September work-related health update.