Media Releases

Sanctions accepted over residential construction fall

A Darwin construction company and its director will have charges withdrawn after NT WorkSafe accepted their proposed enforceable undertaking.

Charges laid over Darwin musician’s death

​NT WorkSafe has charged the Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics (DIPL) and Queensland based construction company BMD Constructions Pty Ltd over the death of a Darwin musician.

Statement: Darwin - Help a mate FaceBook group


The social media comments about NT WorkSafe stopping good Samaritans helping chainsaw trees are incorrect.

Katherine tyre business fined $142,000 after death of a child

​A Katherine tyre business has been convicted today in the Katherine local court and fined a total $142,000 after a two year old boy was killed at their workplace.

Cattle station owner charged over worker’s death

​NT WorkSafe has charged a Sydney based agricultural company as the result of the death of one of its employees in the Barkly Region in 2016.

NT WorkSafe agrees on mining company sanction, charges withdrawn

​NT WorkSafe has accepted an enforceable undertaking by Downer EDI Mining Pty Ltd over a 2015 incident in which two workers loss consciousness after allegedly being exposed to a toxic environment.

Charges laid over residential construction fall

​Two Darwin companies and their respective directors have been charged by NT WorkSafe after a young worker was seriously injured falling at a residential construction site.

Charges laid over deckhand’s death

​NT WorkSafe has charged Darwin shipping company Conlon Murphy Pty Ltd, trading as Barge Express and one of its workers with breaching the Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011 after the death of a deckhand.

Statement on incorrect media reports relating to fatality at Bladin Point Construction Site

​NT WorkSafe would like to correct the misinformation being reported by the media on the cause of the fatality at Bladin Point Construction Site overnight.

Statement on fatality at Bladin Point Construction Site

​NT WorkSafe has commenced an investigation into the death of a 56 year old male worker at the Bladin Point construction site last night.