NSW Caselaw
Industrial Court of New South Wales
CITATION: Inspector Sherras v Interland Constructions Pty Limited & Ors [2008] NSWIRComm 65
PROSECUTOR Inspector Rodney Sherras
FIRST DEFENDANT Interland Constructions Pty Limited PARTIES: SECOND DEFENDANT Franco Vecchiato
THIRD DEFENDANT Peter Karabelas
FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 439 of 2008; IRC 440 of 2008; IRC 442 of 2008
CORAM: Staff J
CATCHWORDS: Occupational health and safety - Prosecutions under s 8(1), s 8(2) and s 26(1) of the Occupational Health & Safety Act 2000 - Building industry - Fall from platform - Employee of subcontractor sustained injuries - Pleas of guilty - Conviction - Penalty imposed
LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000
Capral Aluminium Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (2000) 49 NSWLR 610 Department of Mineral Resources of NSW (McKensey) v Kembla Coal and Coke Pty Ltd (1999) 92 IR 8 Fletcher Construction Australia Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Fisher) (1999) 91 IR 66 Inspector Green v Camilleri Properties Pty Ltd (2006) 152 IR 156 Inspector Mason v Wild Geese Building and Maintenance Group Pty Ltd (2006) 157 IR 313 Morrison v Coal Operations Australia Ltd (No 2) (2005) 141 IR 465 Morrison v Powercoal (No 3) (2005) 147 IR 117 CASES CITED: R v Thomson; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 WorkCover Authority of NSW (Inspector Carmody) v Consolidated Constructions Pty Ltd (2001) 109 IR 316 WorkCover Authority of NSW (Inspector Egan) v Atco Controls Pty Limited (1998) 82 IR 80 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Farrell) v Schrader (2002) 112 IR 284 WorkCover Authority (NSW) (Inspector Green) v Big River Timbers Pty Ltd (2006) 156 IR 341 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Mulder) v Arbor Products International (Australia) Pty Ltd (2001) 105 IR 81 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Robert Mayell) v D J Gleeson Pty Ltd [2006] NSWIRComm 363 WorkCover Authority of NSW (Inspector Twynam-Perkins) v Maine Lighting Pty Ltd (1995) 100 IR 248
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