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A judge has rejected an injured subcontractor's $650,000 damages bid, as well as his claim that he felt compelled to perform an unsafe task for fear of being refused future work.

An employer that told a worker to "stop wearing a skirt", when he complained about his arduous manual handling tasks, has been found liable for the man's serious back injury.

The NSW Dust Diseases Tribunal has awarded a mesothelioma sufferer $350,000 in general damages, effectively increasing the maximum level of such damages by more than 20 per cent.

A NSW employer has successfully defended an OHS charge, after the District Court found its failure to document a risk assessment didn't constitute a breach. Also in this article, a man has been fined under the new national maritime safety laws - for jumping ship.

A NSW employer that failed to ensure structural engineers complied with the relevant OHS Regulations and Standards when they inspected its Ferris wheel has been fined in the IRC, after a gondola fell four metres from the ride and seriously injured three teenage passengers.

A NSW worker who raised concerns about repetitively manoeuvring 112kg items while lying on his stomach in a confined space, before being injured, has been awarded damages in the Supreme Court.

The NSW roads authority has been fined $175,000 for failing to ensure a team leader and appropriate signage were in place for maintenance work on a freeway, after a worker was fatally struck by a vehicle.

In a scathing judgment of the NSW Police Force's approach to OHS, the employer has been fined a total of $350,000 for its ninth conviction under workplace health and safety laws since 2002.

The employer of a worker who was killed while performing an amended task has been acquitted of safety breaches, while the principal contractor at the site - where four other workers were severely injured - has escaped one of its OHS charges.

Questions have been raised over the reach and value of NSW's Work Health and Safety Amendment Bill 2013, which passed through Parliament last week, after the Attorney-General yesterday lost his appeal against the quashing of an employer's OHS charge.