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With the NSW Police Force recently pleading guilty to OHS breaches after officers were exposed to hazardous substances, a former senior sergeant who nearly died from such exposure tells OHS Alert of the obstacles he has faced in trying to prevent the incident from recurring.

A NSW support services provider that failed to assess whether a mentally ill client was violent has been fined $115,000 for OHS breaches, after a worker was murdered by the client during an unauthorised home visit.

A worker who was repeatedly s-xually harassed by her manager, before being sacked for complaining about it and suffering a psychiatric illness, has been awarded $100,000 in damages.

A NSW company director who knew his workers deliberately exposed themselves to chemical fumes to "get high", but failed to stop them and enforce PPE requirements, has been fined for OHS breaches, after a worker died from exposure to solvents.

Two NSW business owners have had their fines for obstructing and intimidating WorkCover inspectors more than doubled on appeal, after an Industrial Court full bench found the original fines didn't match the gravity of the offences.

A NSW employer that failed to enforce its "comprehensive and sophisticated" OHS policies, or clearly label a butane pipe, has been fined $110,000, after a contractor suffered arm and head burns.

Two NSW employers that developed comprehensive safety systems but still failed to guard a printing press have been fined $205,000, after a labour-hire worker's pinkie finger was amputated and two other fingers were crushed in a nip point.

A NSW employer has been fined $160,000 for safety breaches, after one of its supervisors - who misunderstood his safety role - lost his arm in a crane incident, which killed another worker and seriously injured three more.

A NSW employer and its director - who designed, manufactured and installed an unsafe hoist - have been fined more than $70,000, after two workers sustained serious injuries when they fell more than three metres in the hoist cage.

A NSW employer that failed to provide designated walkways and crossing points around plant has been fined $120,000, after a supervisor's foot was crushed and partially amputated in an unguarded conveyor unit.