NSW Caselaw
Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session
CITATION : Inspector Blume v TMP Worldwide eResourcing [2003] NSWIRComm 37 PROSECUTOR Inspector Ian Blume PARTIES : DEFENDANT TMP Worldwide eResourcing (Industrial Services) Pty Ltd formerly known as Labour Linq Pty Ltd FILE NUMBER: IRC 8555 of 2001 CORAM: Boland J CATCHWORDS : Occupational Health and Safety - Section 15(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act - Plea of guilty - Employee fatally injured when washing machines being transported by a forklift fell on him - Labour hire - Maximum penalty - Foreseeability - Steps available to avoid risk - Deterrence - Serious offence - Subjective factors including early guilty plea - Penalty imposed - Costs LEGISLATION CITED : Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 Supreme Court (Summary Jurisdiction) Act 1967 Capral Aluminium Limited v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Mayo-Ramsay) 49 NSWLR 610, (2000) 99 IR 29 Drake Personnel Ltd t/as Drake Industrial v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector James Swee Ch'ng) (1999) 90 IR 432 Fisher v Samaras Industries Pty Ltd (1996) 82 IR 384 Lawrenson Diecasting v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Ch'ng) (1999) 90 IR 464 Petar Ankucic v Drake Personnel Ltd t/as Drake Industrial (unreported, Hungerford J, IRC96/6475, 6476, 6477 and 6479, 25 November 1997) CASES CITED : Rodney Paul Dubois v Industry Staffing Services Pty Ltd t/as Action Workforce (unreported, Hungerford J, IRC97/6900, 8 February 1999) Tyler v Sydney Electricity (1993) 47 IR 1 Watson v Southern Asphalters Pty Ltd (1998) 83 IR 446 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Gregory Thomas Dawson) v Thora Sawmilling Pty Ltd (1995) 59 IR 89 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Ian Blume) v L G Electronics Pty Ltd [2003] NSWIRComm 34 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Page) v Walco Hoist Rentals Pty Limited (2000) 99 IR 163 HEARING DATES: 11/26/2002 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 02/19/2003
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