Media Releases

Statement - Reported fireworks Injury at Darwin Festivals

​NT WorkSafe has commenced an investigation into the incident at the Darwin Festival where a worker suffered burns injuries.

Charges laid over death of itinerant man

NT WorkSafe has charged supermarket giant Woolworths Ltd and Victorian based transport and warehouse company Glen Cameron Nominees Pty Ltd over the death of a 47 year old itinerant man from Maningrida.

Sanctions accepted over fishing vessel fatality

NT WorkSafe has accepted an enforceable undertaking from an Australian fishing company Austral Fisheries Pty Ltd and will withdraw charges against the company related to death of a deckhand in 2013.

Labour hire company charged over death of worker

​NT WorkSafe has charged Tropickist Pty Ltd, a Queensland based labour contracting hire company and one of its Directors David O’Brien.

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A Darwin construction company and its director will have charges withdrawn after NT WorkSafe accepted their proposed enforceable undertaking.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NT WorkSafe agrees on mining company sanction, charges withdrawn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