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Employers should ensure third parties engaged to repair or replace equipment are relevantly qualified, a judge has urged in fining an employer $100,000 over an electrocution.

The validity of "a number" of OHS prosecutions in NSW has been thrown into doubt, after the District Court dismissed a WorkCover summons that had been signed by a solicitor instead of an inspector.

A worker's death in a trench collapse has highlighted how vital it is for company directors to maintain high safety standards when undertaking a project for friends, the NSW Industrial Court has stressed.

A NSW company director, who failed to conduct formal visual safety inspections, has been fined $10,000, after one of his workers lost an arm in an unguarded machine.

Employer fined over runaway truck death; and Failure to act on complaints costs employer $422k.

Employers must ensure labour-hire workers are trained in isolation procedures, the NSW Industrial Court has stressed in fining two employers more than $240,000 over a triple amputation.

A geotechnical consultant convicted in February for failing to warn crews of the risks of bypassing a construction plan, which led to the Lane Cove Tunnel collapse, has been fined $140,000.

The NSW District Court has handed down its first OHS fine, and appears to have adopted the same approach to safety prosecutions as the Industrial Relations Commission, according to Norton Rose Lawyers partner Michael Tooma.

Another employer fined over inadequately guarded machine; Killed workers remembered and reported in four jurisdictions; and Closing date extended for safety ambassador of the year nominations.

A NSW employer has been fined $100,000 for failing to comply with its crane-lift plan, after one worker was killed, a second worker lost an arm, and three others were seriously injured.