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A second employer has entered an enforceable undertaking relating to the accidental release of 157,205 litres of petrol from a storage tank, committing $400,000 to supervisor upskilling, a competency management smartcard system and other initiatives.

An employer has introduced new engineering and administrative controls, and committed to leadership and communication training, after a worker was seriously injured by a power tong.

An employer has been convicted and fined $80,000 after a worker fell three metres down an unguarded stairwell void, while a local council has entered a $120,000 enforceable undertaking after an employee's foot became entangled in a machine.

A major retail employer has committed more than $400,000 to streamlining its manual handling processes and other safety initiatives, after two employees pushed a roll cage into a customer, seriously injuring him.

An employer has committed $430,000 to boosting safety leadership and other initiatives, in lieu of prosecution, after identifying a gap in "supervisory input".

Four employers have now entered into enforceable undertakings, totalling nearly $750,000, relating to an incident where six workers were exposed to friable asbestos during the refurbishment of a Sydney hospital.

Two men have committed nearly $73,000 to trialling a new safety system and other initiatives, after becoming the first business directors to enter a workplace health and safety enforceable undertaking in NSW.

Two employers, including one that covered a dangerous ventilation shaft with a thin layer of concrete, have been ordered to pay a total of $235,000 in fines and costs, after workers sustained serious limb injuries. Meanwhile, another company has entered a $160,000 safety undertaking after a customer was injured.

A major employer has committed to spending more than $340,000 on a safety leadership program for front-line supervisors and other initiatives, in addition to the $200,000 it has already spent on rectifications, after two workers suffered burns.

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• Employer enters WHS undertaking after asbestos breach.