A recent WorkSafe initiative has found many joinery businesses could benefit from improving how they manage machine safety, workplace health risks, and hazardous substances.

WorkSafe has released the first in a series of guidance products to help businesses prepare for upcoming changes to the Health and Safety at Work Act (HSWA).

This year, two manufacturing businesses have completed enforceable undertakings with WorkSafe New Zealand, following separate incidents where workers were harmed by hazardous substances.

Read about changes to the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, new resources to help manage workplace exposure standards (WES), Inspector focus areas: wood and food product manufacturing and collision repair shops, mental health toolkit for smaller businesses.

WorkSafe New Zealand health and safety inspectors will carry out proactive assessment visits to beef and lamb farms and residential construction sites across Aotearoa New Zealand from October to December 2026.

As Auckland celebrates the opening of the City Rail Link (CRL), WorkSafe New Zealand is recognising the project's high standard of health and safety performance, demonstrating what can be achieved when safety is embedded from the start.

A fatal incident near Dannevirke is a reminder that forestry businesses must verify worker competence, provide effective inductions and supervision, and have robust systems for people working alone.

WorkSafe New Zealand is reminding construction businesses that a prohibition notice means work must stop, after an Auckland company was sentenced and fined for allowing workers to work at height while a notice was in place.

As Dunedin Hospital’s outpatient building opens, the project is also celebrating a major safety achievement: no serious injuries, supported by a new approach from WorkSafe New Zealand.

Read about pressure piping integrity management, testing of safety-critical elements, guidance for working with occupational hygienists, criteria for defining safety-critical elements, insight into back-up power for critical equipment, intro to formal warnings.

WorkSafe inspectors have visited more than 300 food manufacturing businesses since July as part of our focus on the sector this quarter to support safer work.

This safety alert covers the importance of being safe and staying connected when working remotely or isolated from others.

WorkSafe is reminding farmers to make sure all machinery guards are in place and regularly checked after a farm worker suffered life-changing injuries when he became entangled in an unguarded power take-off (PTO) shaft on a Wairarapa dairy farm.

This safety alert is a reminder to consider whether asbestos-containing materials (ACM) may be present before carrying out high-pressure water spraying or using compressed air. Disturbing ACM can release asbestos fibres and contaminate surrounding areas, posing risks to workers, occupants, and others nearby.

WorkSafe New Zealand has released new plain-language resources to help businesses better understand workplace exposure standards (WES) and manage risks from harmful airborne substances.

WorkSafe New Zealand is urging farmers around the country to take extra care when clearing storm-damaged trees, after receiving more reports of unsafe chainsaw and machinery use.

Nominations are now open for up to five positions on the New Zealand Mining Board of Examiners.

Public confidence in WorkSafe New Zealand is on the rise, with the organisation achieving its highest ever ranking in the Verian Public Sector Reputation Index.

The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA) sets out what businesses need to do to keep people healthy and safe at work. It also establishes key work health and safety principles and rights. Today, amendments to the Act received Royal Assent and became law with the changes coming into effect on 1 April 2027.

This safety alert covers the importance of carrying out risk assessments and identifying instability risks before assembling structural steel beams on the ground.

The Government has passed the Health and Safety at Work Amendment Bill which is now awaiting formal sign-off by the Governor-General.

WorkSafe acknowledges the independent research by Associate Professor Dr Terri-Ann Berry at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) into airborne asbestos fibres from affected coloured sand products.

WorkSafe New Zealand is turning its attention to food product manufacturing, with a nationwide programme of proactive safety visits over the next three months.

Read about our new technical bulletin on when to notify us about safety-critical element failures or damage, a reminder for territorial authorities, guidance from the IChemE Safety Centre, and a story highlighting the risk of overlooking simple fixes.

WorkSafe New Zealand has provided practical safety guidance to hundreds of wood manufacturing businesses, as part of a significant proactive focus on one of the country's most dangerous sectors.

This technical bulletin helps operators of major hazard facilities and petroleum installations understand when they must notify WorkSafe about damage to or failure of a safety-critical element (SCE).

Fresh insights show harm from farm vehicles remains a stubborn problem – and it’s exactly why WorkSafe will be focussed on it at Fieldays this week.

This information is for businesses that were inspected by former compliance certifier John Hickey and his company, Accreditation Limited.

A safety push across sheep, beef and dairy farms has revealed significant gaps in hazardous substances management – and clear, practical ways to fix them, thanks to WorkSafe New Zealand.

WorkSafe New Zealand is renewing its call for businesses to act on machine safety, as a court case concludes over the preventable death of a Gisborne worker.

This safety alert covers the importance of using safe methods when changing tractor tyres.

Awareness and management of arc flash risks nationwide are set to improve, thanks to a new legally binding agreement between WorkSafe New Zealand and Citywide Electrical Limited.

WorkSafe New Zealand is reminding property owners, and those carrying out building work, that inspectors' notices are legally binding - and ignoring them puts safety at risk.

Read about our public consultation on three draft approved codes of practice, updated asbestos guidance, and new hazardous substances modules for agriculture.

Two more businesses have been held to account for the forestry road failures that killed Coromandel truck driver Greg Stevens, as his widow issues an emotional plea for worker safety.

WorkSafe New Zealand is hailing the construction safety record on Christchurch's new Te Kaha stadium, ahead of its first major event this weekend.

WorkSafe New Zealand is seeking feedback on and input into draft content for an approved code of practice (ACOP) for residential construction.

WorkSafe New Zealand is seeking feedback on and input into draft content for two approved codes of practice (ACOP) for agriculture.

WorkSafe New Zealand has published an updated suite of guidance to help businesses and workers safely manage and work with asbestos.