News & Events

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.

Consultation open for proposed ban on the use of engineered stone

Safe Work Australia (SWA) has opened public consultation on the prohibition on the use of engineered stone.

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.

Call for nominations – Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Advisory Council

Nominations are open for interested persons to join the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Advisory Council.

Worker crushed by falling sliding gate

A worker has received serious crush injuries that required surgery in the final days of 2022.

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.