Inspector Ching v Bros Bins Systems Pty Ltd [2009] NSWIRComm 154

Industrial Court of New South Wales

CITATION: Inspector Ching v Bros Bins Systems Pty Ltd [2009] NSWIRComm 154

Inspector Barnabas Ching (Prosecutor) PARTIES: Bros Bins Systems Pty Ltd (Defendant)

FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 6649 of 2002

CORAM: Walton J Vice-President; Kavanagh J; Staff J

CATCHWORDS: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY – appeal from acquittal by single judge – powers of the Full Bench on appeal – Industrial Relations Act 1996, s 197A – auto electrician killed whilst repairing industrial rubbish truck – no instruction or training in use of props or other safety devices – defendant in control of truck – offence found proven

LEGISLATION CITED: Industrial Relations Act 1996 Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983

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