Inspector Denis Macready v Mission Services Pty Ltd & Anor [2007] NSWIRComm 279

Industrial Court of New South Wales

CITATION: Inspector Denis Macready v Mission Services Pty Ltd & Anor [2007] NSWIRComm 279

Prosecutor: Inspector Denis Macready PARTIES: Defendants: Mission Services Pty Ltd Jae Hoon Chang

FILE NUMBER(S): IRC173&174 of 2007

CORAM: Kavanagh J

CATCHWORDS: Two charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000, one under s8(1) (by virtue of s26(1)) against the defendant director and one under s8(1) against the company - unsafe system of work - existing work procedures in place - failure to recognise Essential Services Distribution Board had separate power source from Main Switchboard - plan of wiring misleading - but warning signs on the Main Switchboard and Essential Services Distribution Board - Australian Standard for separate source of power to ensure essential services - fatality - contribution of third party - general and specific deterrence applicable - financial constraints on individual defendant - penalty imposed

LEGISLATION CITED: Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999

Alcatel Australia Limited v WorkCover Authority (Inspector Clyant) (1996) 70 IR 99 Capral Aluminium Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales [2000] 49 NSWLR 610 Lawrenson Diecasting Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Ch'ng) (1999) 90 IR 464 Markarian v R (2005) 215 ALR 213 CASES CITED: Millner v Raith (1942) 66 CLR 1 Morrison v Powercoal Pty Ltd and Anor (2004) 137 IR 253 R v Thomson; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 Winchester v Regina (1992) 58 A Crim R 345 WorkCover Authority of NSW v McDonald's Australia Ltd and Anor [1999] 95 IR 383 Workcover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Farrell) v David Carl Schrader [2002] NSWIRComm 25