Inspector May v HG Nielsen & Co Pty Ltd & Anor [2006] NSWIRComm 403

Industrial Court of New South Wales

CITATION: Inspector May v HG Nielsen & Co Pty Ltd & Anor [2006] NSWIRComm 403

PROSECUTOR Inspector Phillip May

PARTIES: FIRST DEFENDANT HG Nielsen & Co Pty Ltd

SECOND DEFENDANT Thomas Nielsen

FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 726 and 727 of 2006

CORAM: Staff J

CATCHWORDS: Occupational Health & Safety Act 2000 - Prosecutions under s 8(1) and s 26(1) of the Occupational Health & Safety Act 2000 - Building industry - Residential premises - Fall from ladder - Defendant small company - General and specific deterrence - Plea of guilty - First offence - Penalty imposed

Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 LEGISLATION CITED: Occupational Health & Safety Act 2000 Occupational Health and Safety Regulation 2001

Fernandes Constructions Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Stephen Jones) (2002) 124 IR 148 Inspector Green v Camilleri Properties Pty Ltd (2006) 152 IR 156 Inspector Mason v Wild Geese Building and Maintenance Group Pty Ltd [2006] NSWIRComm 350 Maddaford v CSR Limited and Mulgoa Quarries Pty Ltd [2004] NSWIRComm 337 R v Thomson; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 CASES CITED: WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Ankucic) v McDonald's Australia Ltd and Anor (2000) 95 IR 383 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Byer) v Cleary Bros (Bombo) Pty Ltd (2001) 110 IR 182 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Carmody) v Consolidated Constructions Pty Ltd (2001) 109 IR 316 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Farrell) v Schrader (2002) 112 IR 284 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Glass) v Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd (No 2) (2000) 101 IR 261 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Robert Mayell) v D J Gleeson Pty Ltd [2006] NSWIRComm 363 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales v Hitchcock (2005) 139 IR 439