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The NSW IRC has outlined nine measures an employer introduced to improve its safety management systems after a worker's thumbs were crushed, in fining the company and its director $99,000 for OHS breaches.

NSW Attorney-General Greg Smith has appealed against a District Court decision that quashed an OHS charge because WorkCover's summons was signed by a solicitor instead of an inspector.

A NSW employer has been fined $250,000, after the Industrial Court found its failure to ensure an operator knew how to secure a stationary vehicle resulted in the death of a newly employed labourer.

An employer and a director, who were "lulled" into the false belief that guarding on a winch wasn't necessary, have been fined $215,000, after a worker's arm was amputated in the machine's roller.

Two employers have been ordered to pay $2.3 million in damages to a worker who suffered extensive injuries when he fell through scaffolding that had been tampered with.

A NSW employer with seven prior OHS convictions has been fined $350,000, after the Industrial Court found its safe work method statements were inadequately enforced and resulted in the death of a worker.

Employers are obligated under OHS laws to become aware of and comply with the Australian Standards that apply to their operations, the NSW Industrial Court has stressed in fining a business owner over a go-kart death.

Two NSW employers, a director and a manager have been fined a total of $189,000 for safety breaches, after the Industrial Court found their inadequate fall protection systems resulted in two separate workplace falls.

A Victorian business owner, who threatened to dissolve his workers in acid, has been fined $50,000 and ordered to pay $50,000 in costs. Also in this article, a decision to reinstate a hospital worker, who was sacked after slapping a patient, has been overturned on appeal.

The NSW Police Force has been fined $300,000 for failing to enforce its own safety procedures, after an officer was fatally struck by a vehicle while conducting speed checks.