NSW Caselaw
Industrial Court of New South Wales
CITATION: Inspector Charles v Penrose Pine Products Pty Ltd (No 2) [2010] NSWIRComm 186
PARTIES: Inspector Steve Charles (Prosecutor) Penrose Pine Products Pty Ltd (Defendant)
FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 353 and 354 of 2009
CORAM: Staff J
CATCHWORDS: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY - prosecutions under s 8(1) and s 8(2) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 - sawmilling industry - fire in shavings bin - non-employee suffered fatal injuries - objective seriousness - Australian Standard - contributors to incident - third parties - general and specific deterrence - subjective factors - financial position of defendant - victim impact statement - remorse - contrition - totality - penalty imposed - COSTS.
LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000
Abigroup Contractors Pty Limited v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Maltby) [2004] NSWIRComm 270 Ferguson v Nelmac Pty Ltd (1999) 92 IR 188 Inspector Glass v Foamex Polystyrene Pty Ltd [2004] NSWIRComm 100 Inspector Sharpin v A Team Concrete (Aust) Pty Ltd & Ors [2004] NSWIRComm 182 Inspector Simpson v Tomago Aluminium Co Pty Ltd (unreported) Haylen J 27 April 2004 Matter No IRC 5351 of 2003 Morrison v Coal Operations Australia Ltd (No 2) (2005) 141 IR 465 Nesmat Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (1998) 87 IR 312 CASES CITED: Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610 Previtera (1997) 94 A Crim R 76 R v Mansour [1999] NSWCCA 180 R v Thomson; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 Wong v Melinda Group Pty Ltd (1998) 82 IR 118 WorkCover Authority (NSW) (Inspector Ankucic) v Lyndhurst Trading Co Pty Ltd (2000) 95 IR 462 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Ankucic) v McDonald's Australia Ltd (2000) 95 IR 383 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Mansell) v Robert Josef [2004] NSWIRComm 323; (2004) 137 IR 241 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Mulder) v Yass Shire Council [2002] NSWIRComm 57; (2000) 99 IR 284
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