Inspector Wade v Sid Fogg & Sons Pty Ltd [2009] NSWIRComm 162

Industrial Court of New South Wales

CITATION: Inspector Wade v Sid Fogg & Sons Pty Ltd [2009] NSWIRComm 162

Inspector Paul Wade (Prosecutor)

PARTIES: Sid Fogg & Sons Pty Ltd (Defendant in IRC2008/1921)

Graham Habgood (Defendant in IRC2008/1922)

FILE NUMBER(S): IRC1921; IRC1922 of 2008

CORAM: Kavanagh J

CATCHWORDS: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY - penalty - prosecutions under s 8(2) and s 26(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 - pleas of guilty - objective seriousness of the offence - failure to properly supervise apprentice - no written safe work method - no protective equipment at hand - exposure to serious risk of injury and/or death - inherent dangers in task - gravity of offence - foreseeability - specific and general deterrence - principle of delay - good industrial record - remorse shown - post incident procedures put in place

LEGISLATION CITED: Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000

Capral Aluminium Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (2000) 49 NSWLR 610 Corinthian Industries (Sydney) Pty Limited v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Wilson) (2000) 99 IR 159 Inspector Farrell v The Salvation Army (NSW) Property Trust [2003] NSWIRComm 229 Lawrenson Diecasting Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Ch'ng) (1999) 90 IR 464 Markarian v R (2005) 228 CLR 357 Mill v R (1988) 166 CLR 59 CASES CITED: Morrison v Powercoal Pty Limited (2003) 130 IR 364 R v Blanco [1999] NSWCCA 121 R v Gallagher (1991) 23 NSWLR 220 R v Thomson; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 R v Todd [1982] 2 NSWLR 51 R v Way (2004) 60 NSWLR 168 Tyler v Sydney Electricity (1993) 47 IR 1 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Glass) v ACI Operations Pty Limited (Schmidt J, CT93/1025, 25 February 1994, unreported)