WorkCover Authority of NSW (Insp Howard) v General Beton Co Pty Ltd [2001] NSWIRComm 80

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : WorkCover Authority of NSW (Insp Howard) v General Beton Co Pty Ltd [2001] NSWIRComm 80 Prosecution: PARTIES : WorkCover Authority of NSW (Insp Howard) Defendant: General Beton Co Pty Ltd FILE NUMBER: IRC5978 of 1999 CORAM: Kavanagh J CATCHWORDS : s 15(1) prosecution at building site - no lights - no scaffold - no railing - wet conditions - employee works in dark - guilty plea - subjective element of offence including corporate reputation to include corporate character as well as industrial record of company - utilitarian value of plea - penalty LEGISLATION CITED : Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 Lawrence Diecasting Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector James Swee Ch'ng) (1999) 90 IR 464 Haynes v James Glass & Aluminium Pty Ltd (unreported, Fisher C J, CT91/772-775, 20 May 1994) Tyler v Sydney Electricity (1993) 47 IR 1 CASES CITED : Department of Mineral Resources of New South Wales (Chief Insp B R McKensey) v Kembla Coal and Coke Pty Ltd (1999) 92 IR 8 R v Thompson, R v Houlton (1999-2000) 49 NSWLR 383 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Egan) v Atco Controls Pty Limited (1998) 82 IR 80 SRA v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Dubois) [2000] NSWIR Comm261 Capral Aluminium Limited v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (2000) 99 IR 29 HEARING DATES: 02/16/2001 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 04/27/2001