WorkCover Authority v Red Lea Chickens [2000] NSWIRComm 203

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : WorkCover Authority v Red Lea Chickens [2000] NSWIRComm 203 PROSECUTOR: PARTIES : WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Macbeth) DEFENDANT: Red Lea Chickens Pty Ltd FILE NUMBER: IRC 6669 of 1999 CORAM: Boland J CATCHWORDS : Occupational health and safety - breach of s 15(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 (NSW) - injury to employee following collision with vehicle - plea of not guilty - failure to put in place an adequate system to separate employees and motor vehicles on employer's premises - failure to put in place an adequate system for controlling motor vehicle traffic at the premises - casual connection found between conduct of defendant and consequent risk to health or safety of employees - offence proven LEGISLATION CITED : Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 Evidence Act 1995 Drake Personnel Ltd t/as Drake Industrial v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Ch'ng) (1999) 90 IR 432 Environment Protection Authority v Sydney Water Corporation Limited (1997) 98 A Crim R 481 Haynes v CI & D Manufacturing Pty Ltd (1994) 60 IR 149 State Rail Authority of New South Wales v Dawson (1990) 37 IR 110 CASES CITED : WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Corbett) v P Ward Civil Engineering Pty Limited [1998] NSWIRComm 212 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Glass) v Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd [2000] NSWIRComm 53 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Peter Hannan) v Bitupave Limited, trading as Boral Asphalt [2000] NSWIRComm 50 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Schultz) v Pioneer Road Services Pty Limited [1998] NSWIRComm 479 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Mayo-Ramsay) v Maitland City Council (1998)83 IR 362 HEARING DATES: 08/23/2000; 08/25/2000 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 10/27/2000