Inspector Vosu v Ace-Semi Trailer Sales Pty Ltd [2005] NSWIRComm 222

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION: Inspector Vosu v Ace-Semi Trailer Sales Pty Ltd [2005] NSWIRComm 222

PROSECUTOR Inspector Grant Vosu PARTIES: DEFENDANT Ace-Semi Trailer Sales Pty Ltd

FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 3966 of 2004

CORAM: Boland J

CATCHWORDS: Occupational Health and Safety - Prosecution under section 8 (1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 - Truck maintenance industry - Employee seriously injured when tandem axle dolly trailer collapsed whilst he was working underneath - Employee now paraplegic - Employee still employed by employer - Plea of guilty - Penalty imposed.

Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 LEGISLATION CITED: Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000

Capral Aluminium Limited v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (2000) 49 NSWLR 610, 99 IR 29 Department of Mineral Resources of New South Wales (Inspector McKensey) v Kembla Coal and Coke Pty Limited (1999) 92 IR 8 Fisher v Samaras Industries Pty Ltd (1996) 82 IR 384 Markarian v R [2005] HCA 25 Morrison v Powercoal Pty Ltd & Anor (No 3) [2005] NSWIRComm 61 R v Sharma (2002) 54 NSWLR 300 CASES CITED: R v Thomson, R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 R v Wong (2001) 207 CLR 584 Rodney Morrison v Powercoal Pty Ltd (2003) 130 IR 364 State Rail Authority of NSW v The Honourable Justice Bauer and Others (1994) 55 IR 263 Warman International Limited v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (1998) 80 IR 326 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Egan) v Atco Controls Pty Limited (1998) 82 IR 80 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Riley) v Broken Hill Company Limited (1998) 83 IR 427