Guillarte v Industrial Galvanizers Corporation [2002] NSWIRComm 192

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : Guillarte v Industrial Galvanizers Corporation [2002] NSWIRComm 192 PROSECUTOR Inspector Guillarte PARTIES : DEFENDANT Industrial Galvanizers Corporation Pty Ltd FILE NUMBER: IRC 4174 and 4175 of 2001 CORAM: Boland J CATCHWORDS : Occupational health and safety - Section 16(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 - Plea of not guilty - Galvanising plant - Use of electric overhead crane to transport structural steel beam - Risk to persons working on factory floor - Defence under s 53 of Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 - Reasonably foreseeable - Offence proven LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 Bultitude v Grice Constructions Pty Limited [2002] NSWIRComm 20 Environment Protection Authority v Sydney Water Corporation Limited (1997) 98 A Crim R 481 Ferguson v Nelmac Pty Ltd (1999) 92 IR 188 Inspector Page v Woolworths Ltd (unreported, Peterson J, CT93/1044, 9 September 1994) Mainbrace Constructions Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Charles) (2000) 102 IR 84 CASES CITED : Shannon v Comalco Aluminium Ltd (1986) 19 IR 358 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales v Atco Controls Pty Ltd (1998) 82 IR 80 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Glass) v Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd (No 1) (2000) 101 IR 239 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Byer) v Cleary Bros (Bombo) Pty Ltd (2001) 100 IR 182 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Insp Vierow) v Ridge Consolidated Pty Ltd [2002] NSWIRComm 11 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Insp Kelsey) v The University of Sydney (unreported, Hill J, 2 April 1997) HEARING DATES: 07/08/2002; 07/09/2002; 07/11/2002 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 08/09/2002