NSW Caselaw
Industrial Court of New South Wales
CITATION: WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Mason) v Northwest Meat Processors Pty Ltd [2009] NSWIRComm 35
PROSECUTOR Inspector Gary Mason PARTIES: DEFENDANT Northwest Meat Processors Pty Ltd
FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 545 of 2008
CORAM: Staff J
CATCHWORDS: Occupational Health & Safety - Prosecution under s 8(1) of the Occupational Health & Safety Act 2000 - Abattoir - Failure to properly guard machine - Employee injured - Lower left forearm severed - Foreseeability - Culpability - General and specific deterrence - Good industrial citizenship - Compassionate steps taken as to welfare, rehabilitation and continuing employment of injured worker - Plea of guilty - Offence proven - Penalty imposed
LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000
Australia Meat Holdings Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Batty) (1998) 83 IR 343 Barber v Gundagai Shire Council (or alternatively Gundagai Council) [2002] NSWIRComm 243 Capral Aluminium v WorkCover Authority (NSW) (2000) 49 NSWLR 610 Corinthian Industries (Sydney) Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Wilson) (2000) 99 IR 159 Dunlop Rubber Australia Ltd v Buckley (1952) 87 CLR 313 Inspector Jelley v Dupond Industries Pty Ltd & Ors [2007] NSWIRComm 316 Inspector Lavercombe v Alto Automobiles Pty Ltd [2007] NSWIRComm 252 Inspector Robert Wilkie v YSF Pty Limited & anor [2009] NSWIRComm 7 Maddaford v CSR Limited and Mulgoa Quarries Pty Ltd [2004] NSWIRComm 337 McLean v Tedman (1984) 155 CLR 306 CASES CITED: Morrison v Coal Operations Australia Ltd (No 2) (2005) 141 IR 465 Morrison v Powercoal Pty Ltd (2003) 30 IR 364 Riley v Australian Grader Hire Pty Ltd (2001) 103 IR 143 R v Gorman (2002) 137 ACrimR 326 R v Thomson; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 WorkCover Authority (NSW) (Inspector Batty) v Graincorp Operations Ltd [2002] NSWIRComm 49 WorkCover Authority (NSW) (Inspector Egan) v Atco Controls Pty Ltd (1998) 82 IR 80 WorkCover Authority (NSW) (Inspector Hopkins) v Profab Industries Pty Ltd (2000) 49 NSWLR 700 WorkCover Authority (NSW) (Inspector Twynam-Perkins) v Maine Lighting Pty Limited (1995) 100 IR 248 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Ankucic) v McDonald's Australia Limited and Another (1999) 95 IR 383 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Lancaster) v Burnshaw Constructions Pty Ltd (2003) 121 IR 119
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