WorkCover Authority (NSW) (Inspector Glass) v Qantas Airways Limited [2002] NSWIRComm 258

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : WorkCover Authority (NSW) (Inspector Glass) v Qantas Airways Limited [2002] NSWIRComm 258 PROSECUTOR: Inspector Frank Glass PARTIES : DEFENDANT: Qantas Airways Limited FILE NUMBER: 86 of 2002 CORAM: Staunton J CATCHWORDS : Occupational health and safety - plea of guilty - crush injury - inherently dangerous piece of machinery - prior risk assessment - recommended risk control not observed - reasonable foreseeability - very real likelihood of major injury - specific deterrence - prior record - costs - penalty imposed LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900 s 556A Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 s 15 s 51A Capral Aluminium Limited v WorkCover Authority (Inspector Mayo-Ramsay) (2000) 49 NSWLR 610 Carrington Slipways Pty Ltd v Callaghan (1985) 11 IR 467 Department of Mineral Resources of New South Wales (McKensey) v Kembla Coal and Coke Pty Ltd (1999) 92 IR 8 Fisher v Samaras Industries Proprietary Limited (1996) 82 IR 384 Lawrenson Diecasting Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority of NSW (Inspector Ch'ng) 90 IR 464 R v Galloway (1979) 1 Cr App R (S) 311 R v Hall (1974) 1 Cr App R (S) 27 CASES CITED : R v The Queen (1981) 3 Cr App R (S) 245 R v Thompson, R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 WorkCover (NSW) (Inspector Barnard) v Rail Infrastructure Corporation (No 2) [2002] NSWIRComm 107 WorkCover Authority (NSW) (Inspector Glass) v Kellogg (Australia) P/L (2000) NSW IR 53 WorkCover Authority (Inspector Lyons) v Warman International Ltd 105 IR 236 WorkCover Authority (NSW) (Inspector Mansell) v Anytime Industrial Services Pty Ltd (2001) 110 IR 34 WorkCover Authority (NSW) (Inspector Martin) v Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd (1999) 96 IR 32 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Page) v Walco Hoist Rentals Pty Ltd and Anor (No 2) (2000) 99 IR 163 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales v Goodman Fielder Mills Ltd, (Unreported, Marks J, 13 November 1994) HEARING DATES: 09/09/2002 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 10/10/2002