Inspector Amanda Templeton v Twynam Investments Pty Ltd [2004] NSWIRComm 169

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : Inspector Amanda Templeton v Twynam Investments Pty Ltd [2004] NSWIRComm 169 Prosecutor: PARTIES : Inspector Templeton Defendant: Twynam Investments Pty Ltd FILE NUMBER: IRC5345 of 2003 CORAM: Kavanagh J CATCHWORDS : Plea of guilty - farm work fatality - unsafe system of work - machine not guarded - prior Occupational Health and Safety assessment of site - failure to identify particular risk - general warning as to unguarded machinery - foreseeable element to the risk of injury - deterrence both general and specific relevant - effect of victim impact statement - discount allowed for utilitarian value of the plea and subjective elements - penalty imposed for serious offence LEGISLATION CITED : Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Lawrenson Diecasting Pty Limited v WorkCover Authority of NSW (Insp Swee Ch'ng) (1999) 90 IR 464 Ferguson v Nelmac (1999) 92 IR 188 Tyler v Sydney Electricity (1993) 47 IR 1 Haynes v James Glass and Aluminium Pty Limited (unreported decision of Fisher CJ, CT91/772-775, 20 May 1994) CASES CITED : Fisher v Samaras Industries Pty Ltd (1996) 82 IR 384 Capral Aluminium Limited v WorkCover Authority of NSW (Insp Mayo-Ramsay) (2000) 49 NSWLR 610, (1999-2000) 99 IR 29 WorkCover Authority of NSW (Insp Callaghan) v Saunders Constructions Pty Ltd (unreported decision of Maidment J, CT93/1062, 26 November 1993) Previtera v R (1997) 94 A Crim R 76 R v Slack [2004] NSWCCA 128