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An employer has entered the most expensive WHS enforceable undertaking in NSW history, totalling more than $1.5 million and involving a State-wide machine safety audit.

An employer is implementing a comprehensive traffic management plan that involves monitoring and directing forklift and delivery drivers from a despatch office, as a part of a $452,000 WHS undertaking.

An employer has spent $75,000 updating its warehouse traffic management plans and introducing barricaded walkways and demarcations, and committed $300,000 to other safety undertakings, after a worker was hit by a reversing forklift.

An employer has spent $245,000 on safety rectifications and committed a further $394,000 to other initiatives after a worker's foot was crushed in an unguarded machine. Meanwhile, another employer has committed more than $300,000 to safety undertakings and rectifications after a worker's hand was crushed.

A major employer has been ordered to pay a record $850,000 in fines and costs, after it failed to implement measures that would have prevented an intoxicated contractor from causing an "extremely dangerous" chemical spill, which injured two workers.

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In a rare case, a company's decision-making partner has promised to improve his traffic management system through a $127,000 WHS undertaking, after a worker was fatally struck by a moon buggy.

Employers that respond to a safety breach by developing officer due diligence strategies are more likely to be permitted to enter an enforceable undertaking instead of being prosecuted, according to employment lawyers.

An employer that relied on a "specialised expert" contractor to ensure site safety has been convicted and fined $120,000, after a worker fell six metres, while the "more culpable" contractor has escaped conviction, entering an enforceable undertaking instead.

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.