Inspector Batty v Hunter Water Corporation and TCK Excavations Pty Ltd [2005] NSWIRComm 573

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION: Inspector Batty v Hunter Water Corporation and TCK Excavations Pty Ltd [2005] NSWIRComm 573

PROSECUTOR Inspector Ian Batty

FIRST DEFENDANT PARTIES: Hunter Water Corporation

SECOND DEFENDANT TCK Excavations Pty Ltd

FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 6120 and 6121 of 2004

CORAM: Boland J

CATCHWORDS: Occupational Health and Safety - Prosecutions under section 8(2) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act - Water supply industry - Large pipes left on face of embankment next to roadway - Pipe rolled onto roadway causing serious motor vehicle accident - Failure to erect suitable barricades and warning signs - Possible vandalism - Foreseeability - Pleas of guilty - Penalties imposed.

Evidence Act 1995 LEGISLATION CITED: Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000

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