Inspector Green v Boxer Engineering / Inspector Green v Keith Bloodsworth [2003] NSWIRComm 271

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : Inspector Green v Boxer Engineering / Inspector Green v Keith Bloodsworth [2003] NSWIRComm 271 PROSECUTOR Inspector Ritchie Green

PARTIES : FIRST DEFENDANT Boxer Engineering Pty Ltd

SECOND DEFENDANT Keith Frederick Bloodsworth FILE NUMBER: IRC 1001 & 1008 of 2002 CORAM: Boland J CATCHWORDS : Occupational Health & Safety - Prosecutions under section 16(1) and 50(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act - Worker sustained serious leg injuries when work platform he was riding on became detached from its tracks whilst being lifted by crane - Plea of guilty - Corporate defendant alter ego of personal defendant - Whether s10 of Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act applicable - Consistency in sentencing - Offences proven - Penalties imposed. Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 LEGISLATION CITED : Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 Supreme Court (Summary Jurisdiction) Act 1967 Victims Compensation Act 1996 Camilleri's Stock Feeds Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1993) 32 NSWLR 683 Capral Aluminium Limited v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (2000) 49 NSWLR 610, 99 IR 29 Fisher v Samaras Industries Pty Ltd. (1996) 82 IR 384 Independent Cargo & Wool Services Pty Ltd v Inspector Paul Mingare (unreported, Fisher CJ, Glynn and Peterson JJ, 10 March 1994) at pg 4 Inspector Green v Heinrich Constructions Pty Limited [2003] NSWIRComm 199 Inspector Green v Barclay Mowlem Construction [2003] NSWIRComm 197 Inspector Roy Thomas Milligan v Roads & Traffic Authority (Industrial Court of New South Wales, Unreported, 29 August 1996 per Fisher J) Lawrenson Diecasting Pty Limited v WorkCover Authority of NSW (Inspector James Swee Ch'ng) (1999) 90 IR 464 CASES CITED : R v Thomson, R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 R v Sharma (2002) 54 NSWLR 300 Ridge Consolidated Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (2002) 115 IR 78 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Dall) v R & D Enterprises (Newcastle) Pty Limited (2001) 110 IR 469 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Mansell) v Orica Australia Pty Ltd (2002) 116 IR 158 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Victor Page) v Walco Hoist Rentals Pty Ltd (2000) 99 IR 163 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales v Byrne Civil Engineering Constructions Pty. Ltd. (No 2) (2001) 109 IR 347 WorkCover Authority of NSW v Waugh & Thora Sawmilling Pty Limited (1995) 59 IR 89 WorkCover v State Rail Authority of NSW (2002) 115 IR 130 HEARING DATES: 07/29/2003 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 09/16/2003