NSW Caselaw
District Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: SafeWork NSW v Auen Grain Pty Ltd and SafeWork NSW v Merrywinebone Pty Ltd [2015] NSWDC 229 Hearing dates: 22 September 2015 Date of orders: 22 September 2015 Decision date: 22 September 2015 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Curtis J Decision: The defendant Auen Grain Pty Ltd is convicted and fined $41,250.00 The defendant Merrywinebone Pty Ltd is convicted. Catchwords: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY - farm laborer suffered severe crush injuries to left leg - injured worker employed by a partnership - each company pleaded guilty to the charge of failing to ensure the health safety and welfare at work of its employee - failure of employer to require employees to read safety manual - written job safety analysis was available - failures on the part of an individual that senior management had no cause to foresee - defendants of good character- expression of remorse Legislation Cited: Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 Cases Cited: Arbroath v North Eastern Railway Co (1886) 11 App Cas 247 Bilta (UK) Ltd v Nazir (2015) WLR 1168 Category: Sentence Parties: SafeWork New South Wales (Prosecutor) Auen Grain Pty Ltd (Defendant) Merrywinebone Pty Ltd (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: M J Moir appeared for the Prosecutor B D Hodgkinson SC with N D Read appeared for the Defendant in each matter
Solicitor: Department of Finance & Services (Prosecutor) Lee & Lyons Lawyers (for each Defendant) File Number(s): 2012/196685 and 2012/196686 Publication restriction: None
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