Nash v Glennies Creek Coal Management Pty Ltd; Nash v Integra Coal Operations Pty Ltd (No 9) [2015] NSWIC 15

Industrial Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Nash v Glennies Creek Coal Management Pty Ltd; Nash v Integra Coal Operations Pty Ltd (No 9) [2015] NSWIC 15 Hearing dates: 3 September 2015 Date of orders: 18 November 2015 Decision date: 18 November 2015 Before: Schmidt J Decision: Defendants found guilty of the charge to which it entered a plea and convictions entered accordingly.

Glennies Creek Coal Management Pty Ltd is ordered to pay a penalty of $204,000 and Integra Coal Operations Pty Ltd is ordered to pay a penalty of $195,500, with in each case, a moiety to the prosecutor.

Glennies Creek Coal Management Pty Ltd and Integra Coal Operations Pty Ltd are also ordered to pay the prosecutor's costs, as agreed or as assessed by the Court, in the absence of agreement. Catchwords: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY – prosecution under s 8 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 (NSW) – mining accident – the nature and seriousness of the offences – moral culpability – aggravating factors – mitigating factors - pleas – deterrence – comparable cases – victim impact statement – parity – sentencing related companies – conviction entered – penalties imposed – costs Legislation Cited: Clean Waters Act 1970 (NSW) Coal Mine Health and Safety Act 2000 (NSW) Coal Mine Health and Safety Amendment (Validation) Act 2013 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 (NSW) Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Cases Cited: Australian Competition & Consumer Commission v Dimmeys Stores Pty Ltd [1999] FCA 1175 Barbaro v The Queen [2014] HCA 2; (2014) 253 CLR 58 Capral Aluminium Limited v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales [2000] NSWIRComm 71; (2000) 49 NSWLR 610 Camilleri's Stock Feeds Pty Ltd v Environmental Protection Authority (1993) 32 NSWLR 683 Department of Primary Industries (Inspector Morrison) v Glennies Creek Coal Management Pty Ltd (Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court (NSW), 20 August 2009, unrep) Inspector Estreich v Cement Australia (Kandos) Pty Ltd [2013] NSWIRComm 65 Inspector Green v Big River Timbers Pty Ltd [2006] NSWIRComm 279; (2006) 156 IR 341 Inspector Green (WorkCover) v Metropolitan Administrative Services Pty Ltd [2005] NSWIRComm 12 Inspector Bestre v Jontari Pty Ltd [2007] NSWIRComm 190 Inspector Trotter v BBC Hardware Limited and Bunnings Group Limited [2008] NSWIRComm 232 JT and LC Tippett Pty Ltd and RD and LF Tippett Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales [2008] NSWIRComm 177; (2008) 184 IR 1 Lowe v The Queen [1984] HCA 46; (1984) 154 CLR 606 Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25; (2005) 228 CLR 357 Morrison v Centennial Coal Company Ltd [2010] NSWIRComm 4 Morrison v Fuchs Lubricants (Australasia) Pty Ltd [2010] NSWIRComm 5 Munda v Western Australia [2013] HCA 38; (2013) 249 CLR 600 Nash v Glennies Creek Coal Management Pty Ltd [2013] NSWIRComm 60 Nash v Glennies Creek Coal Management Pty Ltd (No 2) [2013] NSWIRComm 67 Nash v Glennies Creek Coal Management Pty Ltd (No 3) [2013] NSWIRComm 72 Nash v Glennies Creek Coal Management Pty Ltd (No 4) [2013] NSWIRComm 80 Nash v Glennies Creek Coal Management Pty Ltd (No 5) [2013] NSWIRComm 99 Nash v Glennies Creek Coal Management Pty Ltd (No 6) [2014] NSWIRComm 36 Nash v Glennies Creek Coal Management Pty Ltd (No 7) [2014] NSWIC 5 Nash v Glennies Creek Coal Management Pty Ltd (No 8) [2015] NSWIC 2 Nash v Resource Pacific Pty Ltd [2013] NSWIRComm 81 PTC v R [2011] NSWCCA 51 R v Borkowski [2009] NSWCCA 102; (2009) 195 A Crim R 1 R v Dodd (1991) 57 A Crim R 349 R v Olbrich [1999] HCA 54; (1999) 199 CLR 270 R v Martin [2015] NSWSC 521 R v McNaughton [2006] NSWCCA 242; (2006) 66 NSWLR 566 R v Scott [2005] NSWCCA 152 R v Thomson; R v Houlton [2000] NSWCCA 309; (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 Rodney Dale Morrison v Peter Keith Ross; Rodney Dale Morrison v Glennies Creek Coal Management Pty Ltd [2006] NSWIRComm 205 Trade Practices Commission v Cue Design Pty Ltd [1996] FCA 192; 85 A Crim R 500 Tiger Nominees Pty Ltd v State Pollution Control Commission (1992) 25 NSWLR 715 Tyler v Sydney Electricity (1993) 47 IR 1 Veen v The Queen (No 2) [1988] HCA 14; (1988) 164 CLR 465 WorkCover Authority of NSW v CI & D Manufacturing Pty Ltd [1995] NSWIRComm 288 Category: Principal judgment Parties: IRC 315 of 2011