Inspector Wilkie v Kennards Hire Pty Limited [2004] NSWIRComm 167

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : Inspector Wilkie v Kennards Hire Pty Limited [2004] NSWIRComm 167 PROSECUTOR Inspector Robert Wilkie PARTIES : DEFENDANT Kennards Hire Pty Ltd FILE NUMBER: 2601 of 2003 CORAM: Staff J CATCHWORDS : Occupational health and safety - Prosecution under s 18(1) of the Occupational Health & Safety Act 1983 - Woodchipping - Reliance upon third party - No injury - Foreseeability - Contrition - Defendant recalled machines Australia wide - Modification made - Risk - Plea of guilty - Penalty imposed - Defendant to pay the prosecution's costs of the proceedings as agreed or in accordance with rules of court LEGISLATION CITED : Occupational Health & Safety Act 1983 Benbow v Planada Holdings Pty Ltd [2001] NSWIRComm 275 Capral Aluminium Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (2000) 49 NSWLR 610, (2000) 99 IR 29 Drake Personnel Ltd t/a Drake Industrial v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Ch'ng) 90 IR 432 Inspector Alcatel Australia Ltd v WorkCover Authority (NSW) (1996) 70 IR 99 Inspector Hannah v Wonar Pty Ltd (unreported, Fisher CJ, CT 90/1214, 30 June 1992) Inspector Lyons v Active Tree Services Contracting Pty Ltd [2002] NSWIRComm 311 Inspector Wilkie v Batequip Pty Limited (formerly Bateman Equipment Pty Limited) T/as Ditch Witch Australia [2003] NSWIRComm 111 Lawrenson Diecasting Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Ch'ng) (1999) 90 IR 464 R v Thomson, R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 CASES CITED : R v Sharma (2002) 54 NSWLR 300 Nesmat Pty Limited v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (1998) 87 IR 312 Wong v Melinda Group Pty Limited (1998) 82 IR 118 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Ankucic) v McDonalds Australia Ltd (2000) 95 IR 383 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Byer) v Cleary Bros (Bombo) Pty Ltd (2001) 110 IR 182 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Farrell) v Schrader (2002) 112 IR 284 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales v Kennards Hire Pty Limited [2003] NSWIRComm 378 WorkCover Authority (Inspector Gordon) v Walco Elevators Pty Ltd (Cullen J, IRC No 93/1117, 13 March 1996, unreported) WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Mansell) v Anytime Industrial Services Pty Limited (2001) 110 IR 34 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Mulder) v Yass Shire Council [2001] NSWIRComm 57 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Victor Page) v Walco Hoist Rentals Pty Ltd (No 2) (2001) 99 IR 163 HEARING DATES: 05/05/2004 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 06/10/2004