NSW Caselaw
Industrial Court of New South Wales
CITATION: Inspector Stephen Cooper v Rail Infrastructure Corporation [2008] NSWIRComm 92
PROSECUTOR: Inspector Stephen Cooper PARTIES: DEFENDANT: Rail Infrastructure Corporation
FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 3408 of 2006
CORAM: Backman J
CATCHWORDS: Occupational health and safety - Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 - s 8(2) OHS Act 2000 - plea of guilty - fatal accident involving boom of crane coming into contact with overhead power lines at work site - the risk to safety and foreseeability of the risk - general deterrence - specific deterrence - systems in place prior to the offence - consequences of the breach - utilitarian value of the plea and whether plea of guilty entered late in the proceedings was entered at the first reasonable opportunity - victim impact statements - penalty - orders.
LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000
Ahmad v Regina [2006] NSWCCA 177 Bassam Turkmani (2002) 133 A Crim R 328 Cameron v The Queen (2002) 209 CLR 339 Cullen v State Rail Authority (NSW) (1989) 31 IR 207 D'Amico v Regina [2006] NSWCCA 316 Department of Mineral Resources of NSW (McKensey) v Kembla Coal and Coke Pty Ltd (1999) 92 IR 8 Inspector Lai v Rexma Pty Ltd and Another [2008] NSWIRComm 78 Inspector Lavercombe v Alto Automobiles Pty Ltd [2007] NSWIRComm 252 Inspector Stephen Cooper v Franklin Alden Coveney and Another [2008] NSWIRComm 80 CASES CITED: R v Associated Octel Co Ltd [1996] 4 All ER 846 R v Sharma (2002) 54 NSWLR 300 R v Stambolis (2006) 160 A Crim R 510 R v Thompson; R v Houlton (2002) 49 NSWLR 383 Regina v Dib [2003] NSWCCA 117 Ridge Consolidated Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Mauger) (2002) 115 IR 78 Wong v The Queen (2001) 207 CLR 584 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Barbosa) v McDonald's Australia Ltd (2003) 125 IR 270 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Ross Wolf) v South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service (No. 3) [2007] NSWIRComm 268 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Vierow) v Rail Infrastructure Corporation (2002) 113 IR 208 WorkCover Authority of NSW (Inspector Jones) v Challita (2006) 153 IR 409
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