NSW Caselaw
Industrial Court of New South Wales
CITATION: Inspector Morgenthal v Houghton [2010] NSWIRComm 192
Inspector Mark Morgenthal (Prosecutor) PARTIES: Paul Houghton (First Defendant) P & D Transport NSW Pty Ltd (Second Defendant)
FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 59 and 63 of 2010
CORAM: Staff J
CATCHWORDS: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY - prosecution under s 8(1) and s 26(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 - trucking industry - transporting of heavy machinery - demolition industry - mechanical failure - hydraulics failed to support loading ramp - failure of pin in mounting bracket - fatality - third party contributors - obligations of the defendants not diminished because of error or negligence of an employee - changes in circumstances of personal defendant after the accident - capacity to pay - personal defendant impecunious - total fine and costs order must be "acceptable total" - principles - remorse and contrition - conviction - penalty imposed - proportion of costs for personal defendant - Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000, s 8(1), s 26(1)
Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 LEGISLATION CITED: Criminal Procedure Act 1986 Industrial Relations Act 1996 Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000
Cahill v State of New South Wales (Department of Community Services) (No 4) [2008] NSWIRComm 201; (2008) 182 IR 231 Department of Mineral Resources (Chief Inspector McKensey) v Berrima Coal Pty Ltd [2001] NSWIRComm 130; (2001) 105 IR 348 Environment Protection Authority v McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Ltd; [2003] NSWLEC 156; (2003) 128 LGERA 287 Inspector Beacham v J & L Marble Pty Ltd [2009] NSWIRComm 100 Inspector Jelley v Albright & Wilson (Australia) Limited [2007] NSWIRComm 148; (2007) 164 IR 456 Inspector Melissa Chaston v Sacco Builders Pty Ltd [2008] NSWIRComm 152 Inspector Stephen Cooper v Franklin Alden Coveney [2008] NSWIRComm 80 Inspector Yeung v Donald Edwin Wilson t/as Wilson's Tree Service [2005] NSWIRComm 158; (2005) 143 IR 187 Morrison v Coal Operations Australia Ltd (No 2) [2005] NSWIRComm 96; (2005) 141 IR 465 CASES CITED: Morrison v Powercoal Pty Ltd (No 3) [2005] NSWIRComm 61; (2005) 147 IR 117 Nelmac Pty Ltd v Franke (Inspector) [2006] NSWIRComm 100; (2006) 151 IR 63 R v Northallerton Magistrates' Court; Ex Parte Christopher John Dove [2000] 1 Cr App Rep (S) 136 R v Thomson; R v Houlton (2000) 29 NSWLR 383 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 Limited [2000] NSWIRComm 277; (2000) 95 IR 383 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Farrell) v David Carl Schrader [2002] NSWIRComm 25; (2002) 112 IR 284 WorkCover Authority (NSW) (Inspector Mason) v Wild Geese Building and Maintenance Group Pty Ltd [2006] NSWIRComm 350; (2006) 157 IR 313 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Mulder) v Arbor Products International (Australia) Pty Ltd [2001] NSWIRComm 50 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Page) v Walco Hoist Rentals Pty Ltd (No 2) [2000] NSWIRComm 39; (2000) 99 IR 163 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Robert Mayell) v D J Gleeson Pty Ltd [2006] NSWIRComm 363
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