NSW Caselaw
Industrial Court of New South Wales
CITATION: Inspector Wayne James v Chek Ly & Ors [2007] NSWIRComm 315 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.
PROSECUTOR Inspector Wayne James
PARTIES: DEFENDANTS Chek Ming Ly Henry Kei Shing Ngai ABC Tissue Products Pty Ltd
FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 606, 607, 610, 611, 612 and 613 of 2006
CORAM: Staff J
CATCHWORDS: Occupational health and safety - Prosecutions under s 8(1) and s 26(1) of the Occupational Health & Safety Act 2000 - Manufacturing industry - Inadequate guarding of machine - Inaequate system in place for cleaning rollers of machine - Employee's arm caught in machine causing soft tissue injuries - System of work in operation but defective - Foreseeability - Governing director and general manager also charged - General and specific deterrence - Good industrial citizenship - Considerartion of s 10 for governing director declined - Pleas of guilty - Penalties imposed - Costs
Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 LEGISLATION CITED: Factories, Shops and Industries Act 1962 (NSW) Occupational Health & Safety Act 2000
Capral Aluminium Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (2000) 49 NSWLR 610 Crown in Right of the State of New South Wales (Dept of Education and Training) v Keenan (2001) 105 IR 181 Department of Mineral Resources (Chief Inspector McKensey) v Berrima Coal Pty Ltd (2001) 105 IR 348 Inspector Giles v Foamex Polystyrene Pty Ltd [2004] NSWIRComm 100 Inspector Lavercombe v Alto Automobiles Pty Ltd [2007] NSWIRComm 252 Inspector Stuart Larkin v South Pacific Seeds Pty Ltd [2006] NSWIRComm 247 Morrison v Barry John Cahill [2007] NSWIRComm 114 Morrison v Coal Operations Australia Ltd (No 2) (2005) 141 IR 465 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610 CASES CITED: R v Thomson; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 Riley v Australian Grader Hire Pty Ltd (2001) 103 IR 143 Wong v Melinda Group Pty Ltd (1998) 82 IR 11 WorkCover Authority (NSW) (Inspector Hopkins) v Profab Industries Pty Ltd (2000) 49 NSWLR 700 Workcover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Ankucic) v Crown in the Right of the State of New South Wales (Department of Education and Training and Training) (2001) 112 IR 1 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Ankucic) v McDonald's Australia Limited and Another (1999) 95 IR 383 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Mulder) v Arbor Products International (Australia) Pty Ltd (2001) 105 IR 81 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales v Denson (2007) 162 IR 199 WorkCover Authority of NSW (Inspector Egan) v Atco Controls Pty Limited (1998) 82 IR 80 WorkCover Authority of NSW (Inspector Twynam-Perkins) v Maine Lighting Pty Ltd (1995) 100 IR 248
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