Media Releases
Charges laid after Roofing Company elects to challenge fine
A Darwin roofing company will have their day in court after electing to contest an infringement noticed issued by NT WorkSafe.
Civil construction company fined $425k over 2017 INPEX fatality
A Western Australian based civil construction company has been convicted and fined $425k over the death of a worker at the INPEX Onshore LNG Facility in 2017.
New laws and code of practice in place to protect workplace mental health
Effective 1 July 2023, the Northern Territory will implement new work health and safety regulations to address workplace psychosocial hazards.
Equipment hire company and director fined $1,140,000 for excavator death
A Darwin equipment hire company and its director have been fined a total of $1,140,000 today in the Darwin Local Court after Mr Dwayne Beaumont was killed loading an excavator in 2019. Both company and the director entered early guilty plea in court last Friday.
Media Statement - Withdrawal of industrial manslaughter charges
NT WorkSafe reminds all stakeholders that despite the withdrawal of industrial manslaughter charges in the Darwin Local Court yesterday, the prosecution of a Darwin Construction Company and its director for the death of a worker at Maningrida on 20 March 2020 remains active.
Building contractor charged with Industrial Manslaughter after worker falls from height
NT WorkSafe has charged a Darwin based contractor with industrial manslaughter in relation to the death of a worker in the Darwin suburb of Bayview.
Workers warned of misleading online white card training
NT WorkSafe warns workers looking for training to apply for an NT white card to be wary of misleading businesses offering cheap white card courses online.
Charges laid over CBD restaurant gas incident
NT WorkSafe has charged the family partnership operating Little Miss Korea with six breaches of the Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011 over a gas related incident in September this year.
Enforceable undertaking accepted to improve construction industry safety
NT WorkSafe has accepted an enforceable undertaking (EU) from A.M. Cranes & Rigging Pty Ltd (A.M. Cranes) over a 2019 serious incident where two workers suffered crush injuries after being pinned between a wall and a 1.8 tonne electrical switchboard at a Palmerston construction site.
National report highlights promising signs for the NT but more work needed
Safe Work Australia has published the 24th edition of the Comparative Performance Monitoring report this morning detailing trend analyses about work health and safety (WHS) and workers’ compensation schemes operating in Australia and New Zealand.