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A NSW employer convicted of OHS breaches recently has been fined less than 10 per cent of the maximum penalty because of its "well-established and sound" safety management systems.

A landmark NSW Supreme Court decision, thought to be the first of its kind in the world, shows employees can now pursue compensation for PTSD as a "bodily injury", according to the lawyer of a worker awarded damages in the case.

A NSW worker has failed to convince a judge that his employer is vicariously liable for the actions of a woman who injured his back while he performed first aid.

Four companies have been ordered to pay a worker damages, after he was injured when he fell from an unfenced work platform, and sustained further injuries while travelling home from a related medical appointment.

The NSW Court of Appeal has rejected a principal contractor's claim that it didn't have "any right" to require a subcontractor to provide safe equipment.

Two employers that were fined for OHS breaches after a worker's leg was amputated have now been ordered to pay the man more than $2.2 million in damages.

An employer has been ordered to pay a worker more than $3.8 million in damages for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), after one of his colleagues attempted to murder him by throwing him over a fourth-floor balcony.

BHP Billiton Ltd has failed in its appeal against a decision to award a record $2.2 million in damages to a mesothelioma sufferer.

A NSW employer and a director have been found guilty of failing to train a worker - who sustained serious burns - to safely handle chemicals, after a judge rejected their claim that this wasn't part of her duties.

The NSW Court of Appeal has quashed a $926,000 damages award, in finding that a truck crash was caused by excessive speed, and that an employer that was sued over the incident had been entitled to rely on an expert contractor to safely load the vehicle.