Inspector Batty v Waste Equipment Pty Ltd & Anor [2009] NSWIRComm 60

Industrial Court of New South Wales

CITATION: Inspector Batty v Waste Equipment Pty Ltd & Anor [2009] NSWIRComm 60

Prosecutor: Inspector Batty PARTIES: Defendants: Waste Equipment Pty Ltd John Bernard Cross

FILE NUMBER(S): IRC650; IRC651 of 2008

CORAM: Kavanagh J

CATCHWORDS: Occupational Health and Safety Act s8(1) - plea of guilty - Corporate defendant - no safe system - failure to ensure flammable substance work conducted in safe area - failure to ensure no hot work conducted within 15 metres of work with flammable substances - failure to supervise - director/manager charged with similar offence - consideration as to financial status of defendants - penalties

Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Fines Act 1996

Capral Aluminium v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (2000) 49 NSWLR 610 Genner Constructions Pty Limited v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Guillarte) (2001) 110 IR 57 Lawrenson Diecasting Pty Limited v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Ch'ng) (1999) 90 IR 464 Markarian v R (2005) 215 ALR 213 Morrison v Powercoal Pty Limited (2003) 130 IR 364 R v Gallagher (1991) 23 NSWLR 220 CASES CITED: R v Thomson; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 R v Way (2004) 60 NSWLR 168 Tyler v Sydney Electricity (1993) 47 IR 1 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Ch'ng) v ACI Operations Pty Limited (unreported, Schmidt J, 25 February 1994) WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Egan) v Atco Controls Pty Limited) (1998) 82 IR 80 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Twynam-Perkins) v Maine Lighting Pty Limited (1995) 100 IR 248 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Ching) v TRW Steering & Suspension Australia Ltd [2001] NSWIRComm 52