NSW Caselaw
Industrial Court of New South Wales
CITATION: INSPECTOR ROBERT WILKIE v YSF PTY LIMITED & ANOR [2009] NSWIRComm 7
PROSECUTOR: Inspector Robert Wilkie PARTIES: DEFENDANTS: YSF Pty Limited Allan Murphy
FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 968 & 969 of 2008
CORAM: Staff J
CATCHWORDS: Occupational health and safety - flour and grain milling industry - employee's right hand caught between two rollers in mill machine - serious crush injuries - right hand amputated due to injuries - sentencing considerations - aggravating factors - mitigating factors - previous convictions - remorse - objective and subjective considerations - guilty plea - penalties imposed - costs.
Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 LEGISLATION CITED: Factories, Shops and Industries Act 1962 Occupational Health & Safety Act 1983 Occupational Health & Safety Act 2000
Capral Aluminium Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (2000) 49 NSWLR 610 Maddaford v CSR Limited and Mulgoa Quarries Pty Ltd [2004] NSWIRComm 337 CASES CITED: Morrison v Coal Operations Australia Ltd (No 2) (2005) 141 IR 465 Morrison v Powercoal Pty Ltd (2003) 130 IR 364 R v Thomson; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383
HEARING DATES: 15 December 2008
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 9 February 2009
PROSECUTION: Mr D O'Neil of counsel SOLICITORS: WorkCover Authority of NSW LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: DEFENDANTS: Mr R Crow of counsel SOLICITORS: Workplace Law
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