Health And Safety
Apprentices' lives put at risk on the job
New Zealand's cavalier attitude towards workplace safety is taking a grim toll - largely on young men involved in dangerous trades. Audio
WorkSafe to launch investigation into airborne bouncy castle incident
A witness whose family members were mowed down by the castle claimed they were "moments away from a tragedy".
Mining sector safety body says Kiwis still too tolerant of workplace injury
12 years on from the Pike River mine disaster, the Health & Safety body for the sector says there's still too much tolerance for workplace injury. MinEx is funded by the sector, and tasked with… Audio
Worksafe needs to improve oversight, says lawyer
Worksafe wants the construction sector to focus on improving health and safety - but a lawyer tracking the watchdog's work says Worksafe needs to turn the attention on itself.
Health and safety… Audio
Survivors sceptical about FENZ workplace culture review
People who say they've suffered bullying, harassment and abuse at Fire and Emergency New Zealand are sceptical about a new review of the workplace culture.
The independent review was announced today… Audio
WorkSafe charges Ruapehu Alpine Lifts, VTNZ over Turoa bus crash
WorkSafe has charged the company the runs the Turoa ski field and Vehicle Testing New Zealand as a result of a bus crash that killed 11-year-old Aucklander Hannah Francis.
Covid in the workplace: Health and safety expectations on
Legal correspondent Garth Gallaway joins Kathryn to look at how Covid risk assessments might work in the workplace. Will WorkSafe crack down on employers who fail to keep their employees and customers… Audio
How longer working hours are killing us
Long working hours led to 745,000 deaths from stroke and heart disease in 2016 - a 29 percent rise since 2000, according to new research from the WHO and the International Labour Organisation. The… Audio
Deputy Mayor details Ports of Auckland meeting
Ports of Auckland bosses have been meeting Auckland councillors behind closed doors this afternoon.
Tensions have been rising over mounting safety and performance concerns.
The meeting has just… Video, Audio
Whakaari eruption: WorkSafe investigation may take a year
A Workplace Health and Safety investigation into the Whakaari White Island eruption which has killed 16 and left 26 others in hospital could take a year to complete.
On Monday afternoon, Prime… Video, Audio
Improving workplace safety: Dr Todd Conklin
International health and safety advocate Dr Todd Conklin has spent 25 years at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, in New Mexico, where America's atomic bomb was developed. Throughout his career Todd… Audio
Thefts, violence force PNG hospital to close
A Papua New Guinea hospital has been shut down by its staff, who are protesting their lack of safety. Audio
Wood processer fined $680k after serious injuries
Two similar health and safety failings have cost a timber company more than $680,000 in fines, reparations and costs.
Mental health nurses say CDHB bosses are ‘out of touch’
About 50 mental health nurses met with Canterbury DHB bosses today, after two nurses were attacked within one week. Some of them told Checkpoint reporter Logan Church their bosses are simply out of… Video, Audio
Ruapehu crash 'accident waiting to happen' - former driver
A former bus driver for Ruapehu Alpine lifts says shuttles and drivers are under too much stress and Saturday's fatal crash was 'an accident waiting to happen'. Audio
Ruapehu bus passenger shocked by broken seats, handle
Photos taken inside a bus, understood to be operated by Ruapehu Alpine Lifts, show seats tied up with wire and a handle which has fallen off the back of a passenger seat. Video, Audio
Inquest into elevator death: Tension over health & safety
Sub-contractors weren't following health-and-safety regulations when a man was killed by a lift he was fixing in a Wellington building, a coroner has been told.
Call for fishing guides to be licensed
Fishing guides say it is only a matter of time before somebody is injured or killed on a fishing trip organised by a cowboy operator. Audio
One in five farmers ignoring safety regs - WorkSafe
About 20 percent of farmers are not up to scratch with new health and safety regulations, WorkSafe says.
Fall in farm worker deaths 'encouraging'
The number of deaths and serious injuries in the farming sector have dropped this year.