Alliance Group Limited appeared in the Timaru District Court on Wednesday, after an incident where an inexperienced worker’s hand was amputated in a piece of machinery in March 2017. The worker had been employed at the plant for only five days and was left unsupervised on a task. Due to the... Read more.

A 25-year-old man has died after becoming caught in a conveyor belt at a concrete pipe manufacturing plant at Shepparton. It is believed the man was performing cleaning duties when he became entangled in the conveyor belt, at about 12.40pm this afternoon. WorkSafe is investigating. The incident brings the... Read more.

A Coolaroo recycling centre is facing charges for allegedly removing guarding from a conveyor belt, leaving workers exposed to the risk of being crushed or entangled. The company faces two charges for contraventions of section 21 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, for failing to maintain plant that was... Read more.

A Sydney-based company and its director have been fined after a 51-year-old worker’s hand was crushed while cleaning machinery. All four of the worker’s fingers and thumb were severed when she placed her hand inside a pillow filling machine to clean it after use. Minister for Better Regulation Matt... Read more.

WorkSafe NZ has accepted an enforceable undertaking from glass supply and glazing company Woods Glass (New Zealand) Limited, following an incident in January 2017 when a worker’s leg was crushed in machinery. The worker was injured when the glass cutting machine he was working with jammed. The worker climbed... Read more.