WorkCover Authority of NSW (Insp Ankucic) v Capral Aluminium Limited [2001] NSWIRComm 10

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : WorkCover Authority of NSW (Insp Ankucic) v Capral Aluminium Limited [2001] NSWIRComm 10 PROSECUTOR: PARTIES : WorkCover Authority of NSW (Insp Ankucic) DEFENDANT: Capral Aluminium Limited FILE NUMBER: IRC5288 of 1999 CORAM: Kavanagh J CATCHWORDS : s15(1) prosecution - breach a foreseeable risk to safety in the defendant's failure to maintain part of a plant which corroded and caused failure of a rubber seal - defendant in the design of equipment needs to eliminate recognised risks to safety - s51A consideration in mitigation as to corporate character of defendant, utilitarian value of the plea and consideration of revised procedures LEGISLATION CITED : Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 Lawrenson Diecasting Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector James Swee Ch'ng) (1999) 90 IR 464 Haynes v James Glass & Aluminium Pty Ltd (unreported, CT91/772-775, 20 May 1994) Department of Mineral Resources of New South Wales (Chief Inspector B R McKensey) v Kembla Coal and Coke Pty Ltd (1999) 92 IR 8 CASES CITED : Tyler v Sydney Electricity (1993) 47 IR 1 SRA v WorkCover Authority of NSW (Insp Dubois) [2000] NSWIRComm 261 Capral Aluminium Ltd v WorkCover Authority of NSW (2000) 99 IR 29 R v Thomson, R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 HEARING DATES: 12/05/2000 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 03/08/2001

PROSECUTOR: M.P. Cahill of counsel Solicitors: Scarlett Reid WorkCover Authority of NSW