Inspector Jose Barbosa v Newstart 150 Pty Ltd t/as Style Wise Interiors [2002] NSWIRComm 64

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : Inspector Jose Barbosa v Newstart 150 Pty Ltd t/as Style Wise Interiors [2002] NSWIRComm 64 PROSECUTOR: Workcover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Jose Barbosa) PARTIES : DEFENDANT: Newstart 150 Pty Ltd t/as Style Wise Interiors FILE NUMBER: IRC 5003 of 2000 CORAM: Walton J Vice-President CATCHWORDS : Occupational health and safety - Alleged breach of s15(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 - Apprentice killed when crushed whilst attempting to move large sheets of particle and custom board - Alleged failure to undertake hazard identification as required by Occupational Health & Safety (Manual Handling) Regulation 1991 - Alleged failure to provide safe system of work - Alleged failure to provide adequate training to employees - Plea of guilty - Defendant contended it provided a system of 'on the job training' - No documented system of training - No records of training provided to employees maintained - Training provided on an ad hoc basis by tradesmen as and when appropriate work arose - Whether system of on the job training adequate - Observations as to the requirements for a system of on the job training - On the job training system considered to be inadequate - Risk foreseeable - Plea of guilty properly entered - Defendant convicted and fined Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 LEGISLATION CITED : Occupational Health and Safety (Manual Handling) Regulation 1991 Fines Act 1996 Capral Aluminium Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Mayo-Ramsay) (2000) 49 NSWLR 610 Corinthian Industries (Sydney) Pty Limited v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Wilson) (2000) 99 IR 159 Department of Mineral Resources of NSW v A M Hoipo & Sons Pty Ltd (1999) 99 IR 137 Department of Mineral Resources v Kembla Coal & Coke (1999) 92 IR 8 Dowling v Overtop Pty Ltd (1998) 86 IR 319 Ferguson v Nelmac (1999) 92 IR 188 Fletcher Construction Australia Limited v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Fisher) (1999) 91 IR 66 Genner Constructions Pty Limited v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Guillarte) (2001) 110 IR 57 Hannah v Wonar Pty Limited (unreported, Fisher CJ, Glynn and Cullen JJ, 30 June 1992) Lawrenson Diecasting Pty Limited v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (1999) 90 IR 464 Legge v Coffey Engineering Pty Ltd (No 2) [2001] NSWIRComm 319 Mainbrace Constructions Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Charles) (2000) 102 IR 84 Manpac Industries Pty Ltd (formerly t/as Pacific Concrete & Quarries Pty Ltd) v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Glass) (2001) 106 IR 435 Page v Walco Hoist Rentals Pty Ltd (No 2) [2000] NSWIRComm 39 R v Sgroi (1989) 40 A Crim R 197 R v Thomson, R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 Rahme (1989) 43 A Crim R 81 CASES CITED : State Rail Authority of New South Wales v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Dubois) (2000) 102 IR 218 Sydney Water Corporation Limited v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Hes) (2000) 96 IR 116 Tyler v Sydney Electricity (1993) 47 IR 1 Warman International Limited v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (1998) 80 IR 326 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Insp. Riley) v Broken Hill Proprietary Co Ltd (1998) 83 IR 427 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Ankucic) v Lyndhurst Trading Group Pty Ltd (2000) 95 IR 462 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Ankucic) v McDonalds Pty Ltd (2000) 95 IR 383 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Carmody) v Consolidated Constructions Pty Ltd (2001) 109 IR 316 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Egan) v Bituminous Products Pty Ltd [2001] NSWIRComm 43 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Farrell) v David Carl Schrader [2002] NSWIRComm 25 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Keelty) v Crown in Right of the State of New South Wales (Police Service of New South Wales) (No 2) (2001) 104 IR 268