NSW Caselaw
Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session
CITATION: Inspector Mason v Graincorp Operations Limited [2005] NSWIRComm 328
PROSECUTOR WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Mason) PARTIES: DEFENDANT Graincorp Operations Limited
FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 5048 of 2004
CORAM: Staff J
CATCHWORDS: Occupational health and safety - Prosecution under s 8(1) of the Occupational Health & Safety Act 2000 - Grain handling and distribution industry - Employee fell from ladder sustaining injuries - Foreseeability - General and specific deterrence - Prior convictions - Plea - Penalty imposed - Order as to penalty and costs
Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 LEGISLATION CITED: Occupational Health & Safety Act 1983 Occupational Health & Safety Act 2000
Capral Aluminium Ltd v WorkCover Authority of NSW (Inspector Ramsay-Mayo) (2000) 49 NSWLR 610 Fisher v Samaras Industries Pty Ltd (1996) 82 IR 384 Inspector Yeung v Howie Herring & Forsyth Pty Limited & Anor (2005) NSWIRComm 266 Lawrenson Diecasting Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority of NSW (Inspector Ch'ng) (1999) 90 IR 464 Markarian v R (2005) 215 ALR 213 R v Johnson [2004] NSWCCA 76 CASES CITED: R v Thompson, R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 Rodney Morrison v Powercoal Pty Ltd [2003] NSWIRComm 416 Veen v R (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Gregory Thomas Dawson) v Waugh and Anor (1995) 59 IR 89 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Page) v Walco Hoist Rentals Pty Ltd & Anor (No 2) (2000) 99 IR 163
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