Staff at four New South Wales juvenile justice centres have walked off the job to fight for their safety after two violent attacks on officers in the past two days.

On Friday, an officer was assaulted at the Frank Baxter Centre near Gosford and on Saturday an officer suffered a concussion, a broken nose and broken eye socket after being punched eight times by an offender at the Cobham Centre in Sydney’s west.

Images taken after the attack show the officer with a bloodied shirt and major facial trauma.

Workers are fed up with coming to work and putting themselves in harm’s way, the Public Service Association (PSA) said.

“Not a day goes by when there isn’t some kind of violent incident across the state in these juvenile justice centres,” acting general secretary Troy Wright said.

Staff at Cobham, Frank Baxter, Riverina, Acmena all stopped work for six hours under the Work Health and Safety Act.

Mr Wright said the officers were frustrated with what they say is a failure on the part of the NSW Government to address staff safety.

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