NSW Caselaw
Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session
CITATION : Rodney Morrison v Tecrete Industries Pty Ltd. [2003] NSWIRComm 371 revised - 14/11/2003 PROSECUTOR Rodney Morrison PARTIES : DEFENDANT Tecrete Industries Pty Ltd FILE NUMBER: IRC 2263 of 2001 CORAM: Haylen J CATCHWORDS : Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 - s 15(1) - plea of guilty - mining accident - employees of defendant under direction of mine operator - collapse of roof support system - lack of system whereby defendant advised of changes to work for its employees - failure to train and supervise defendant's employees - fatal injury - changes in ownership of defendant and changes in its business - totally new approach to occupational health and safety - relevance of these changes to sentencing exercise - early plea accepted although earlier unsuccessful challenge to jurisdiction - subjective features considered - penalty discounted - fine imposed Drake Personnel Ltd t/as Drake Industrial v WorkCover [1999] 90 IR 432 at 455 CASES CITED : R v Thompson R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 Ridge Consolidated Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Mauger) (2002) 115 IR 78 Rodney Morrison v Dartbrook Coal Pty Ltd & Tecrete Industries Pty Ltd (2002) 116 IR 252 HEARING DATES: 10/15/2003 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 11/07/2003
PROSECUTOR Mr M Cahill of counsel SOLICITORS PricewaterhouseCooper Legal LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: DEFENDANT Mr B D Hodgkinson SC SOLICITORS Clayton Utz
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