This Asbestos Awareness Week we sat down with Garrett Davidson, the Operations Manager at The Floor Store Commercial, to talk about how they tackle asbestos.

WorkSafe is again urging the forestry sector to reflect on what more it can do to improve safety, as the details of yet another worker death emerge from a court prosecution.

Read our November 2024 work-related health newsletter

Nine tonnes of badly loaded steel fell and killed a Christchurch man, in what WorkSafe New Zealand says is a stark warning to any business that uses storage racks or shelving as part of its operations.

A WorkSafe investigation is underway into a trench collapse in the Auckland suburb of Meadowbank this afternoon.

WorkSafe New Zealand, Mahi Haumaru Aotearoa, will open consultation for kaimahi on its organisational change proposal on 23 October.

WorkSafe has uncovered multiple failures that contributed to a teenager’s death on a school caving trip in Northland last year.

We have updated our guidance on the requirements for vetting workers at limited-attendance child-care centres.

Read our September 2024 work-related health newsletter.

The September issue of Kanohi Kitea, our health and safety representatives (HSR) e-newsletter.