NSW Caselaw
Industrial Court of New South Wales
CITATION: Inspector Morgenthal v Visy Paper Pty Ltd [2008] NSWIRComm 211
PROSECUTOR: Inspector Mark Morgenthal PARTIES: DEFENDANT: Visy Paper Pty Ltd
FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 24 of 2008
CORAM: Boland J President
CATCHWORDS: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY - prosecution under s 8(2) of Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 - guilty plea - waste recycling industry - collapse of wall - risk of injury to persons in adjacent car park - minor injury - whether defendant had "control" of adjacent car park - "place of work" - objective and subjective considerations - conviction - penalty imposed
Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 LEGISLATION CITED: Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000
Capral Aluminium Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales [2000] NSWIRComm 71; (2000) 49 NSWLR 610 Clarke v W L Meinhardt and Partners Pty Ltd (Industrial Court of New South Wales, Fisher CJ, 30 June 1992, unreported) Inspector Melissa Chaston v Vaughan Constructions Pty Limited [2005] NSWIRComm 254 Inspector Stephen Gill v J D Thompson Personnel Pty Limited; Inspector Stephen Gill v Visy Paper Pty Limited [2005] NSWIRComm 73 Inspector McColl v Combined Crane Rigging & Arthur Didovich [2004] NSWIRComm 48 CASES CITED: Inspector Page v Woolworths Ltd (Industrial Court of New South Wales, Peterson J, 9 September 1994, unreported) McMillan Britton & Kell Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Blake) (1999) 89 IR 464 Mainbrace Constructions Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Charles) [2000] NSWIRComm 239; (2000) 102 IR 84 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Ankucic) v McDonald's Australia Limited and Anor (1999) 95 IR 383 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Jorgenson) v Christopher John O'Keeffe and C J & S J O'Keeffe Building Pty Ltd (2004) NSWIRComm 397 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Wilson) v Chubb Security Australia Pty Limited [2005] NSWIRComm 263
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