Rodney Dale Morrison v GPR Engineering (Central Coast) Pty Limited [2003] NSWIRComm 56

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : Rodney Dale Morrison v GPR Engineering (Central Coast) Pty Limited [2003] NSWIRComm 56 PROSECUTOR: Rodney Dale Morrison PARTIES : DEFENDANT: GPR Engineering (Central Coast) Pty Limited FILE NUMBER: IRC 3303 of 2002 CORAM: Staunton J CATCHWORDS : Occupational health and safety - plea of guilty - severe crush injury - particular task of repairing and maintaining crusher main frame - general and specific deterrence - matter objectively serious - policies and procedures in place reasonable considering size of defendant - relevance of other corporate defendants to ultimate determination of liability and penalty - financial circumstances of the defendant - convicted - penalty imposed. LEGISLATION CITED : Fines Act 1996 s 6 Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 s 15 Capral Aluminium Limited v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (2000) 99 IR 29 Drake Personnel t/a Drake Industrial v WorkCover Authority of NSW (Inspector Ch'ng) (1990) 90 IR 432 CASES CITED : Lawrenson Diecasting Pty Limited v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (1999) 90 IR 464 WorkCover Authority of NSW (Inspector Farrell) v David Carl Schrader (2002) 112 IR 284 WorkCover Authority of NSW (Inspector Paul Mansell) v Orica Australia Pty Limited (2002) 116 IR 158 WorkCover Authority of NSW (Inspector Twynam-Perkins) v Maine Lighting Pty Limited (1995) 100 IR 248 HEARING DATES: 02/21/2003 EXTEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 02/21/2003