Injury stories
WorkSafe is warning employers to review scissor lift safety after a 37-year-old worker fell in Auckland and died in hospital.
One worker was seriously injured and another moderately hurt, prompting a WorkSafe probe into an Auckland trench collapse.
WorkSafe has fined and ordered reparations after a faulty roller door installation killed a pastor at an Auckland church.
A New Plymouth consultancy has been fined NZD $70,000 after a worker's traumatic brain injury exposed consultants to liability under safety law.
Four farm deaths in as many weeks have prompted WorkSafe to warn rural workers to reassess quad bike risks before lambing and calving.
WorkSafe has backed a half-million-dollar safety overhaul after a kiwifruit worker lost a leg in a forklift incident.
Workers have lost fingers in three preventable machine incidents, prompting more than GBP £500,000 in penalties across the manufacturing sector.
WorkSafe says apprentices remain exposed to deadly risks unless employers improve supervision and repair procedures after a second fatal sentencing this year.
A poorly serviced forklift on a slope left a worker with a broken back and punctured lung, prompting a $240,000 fine.
A fatal electric shock could have been avoided if mandatory testing had been done after faulty wiring left a range hood metalwork energised.
A lack of traffic controls at Trade Depot's Onehunga site left a customer with an amputated leg, prompting almost USD $500,000 in penalties.
Charges against Police have been dropped after WorkSafe accepted a binding safety pledge following a Traffic Camera Operator's critical injury.
A teenage apprentice’s death has prompted fines and reparations after WorkSafe said two firms failed to manage the risk of heavy framing.
Auckland construction boss Grouting Services has been fined after an improvised beam removal method left a 21-year-old worker dead.
Worksafe has fined R&L Drainage NZD $275,000 after a worker was nearly buried alive in a Te Kuiti trench collapse.
A boy suffered serious injuries after wandering into the path of an underage forklift driver at an orchard that was fined NZD $7,000.
Inadequate instruction on pyrotechnic launchers left a wildlife ranger with severe hand injuries, prompting WorkSafe action at Auckland Airport.
WorkSafe says better vehicle controls could have prevented the death, after a Southland freight firm was fined GBP £0.27 million.
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