Orr v LD Operations Pty Limited [2019] NSWDC 727

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Orr v LD Operations Pty Limited [2019] NSWDC 727 Hearing dates: 26 November 2019 Date of orders: 05 December 2019 Decision date: 05 December 2019 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Russell SC DCJ Decision: (1) The offender is convicted. (2) The appropriate fine is $160,000 but that will be reduced by 15% to reflect the plea of guilty. (3) Order the offender to pay a fine of $136,000. (4) Order pursuant to Section 122(2) of the Fines Act 1996 that 50% of the fine is to be paid to the prosecutor. (5) Order the offender to pay the prosecutor's costs as agreed or assessed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – prosecution – work health and safety – duty of persons undertaking business – risk of death or serious injury

SENTENCE – objective seriousness – mitigating factors – aggravating factors – plea of guilty – general deterrence – specific deterrence – appropriate penalty

COSTS – prosecution costs

OTHER – underground coal mine – collisions between transport vehicles and roof infrastructure – resulting fracture of W-strap – driver of transport vehicle injured by damaged W-strap Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Fines Act 1996 (NSW) Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW) Cases Cited: Baumer v R [1988] HCA 67; (1988) 166 CLR 51 Bulga Underground Operations Pty Limited v Nash [2016] NSWCCA 37; (2016) 93 NSWLR 338 BW v R [2011] NSWCCA 176 Capral Aluminium Limited v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales [2000] NSWIRComm 71; (2000) 49 NSWLR 610 DPP v Gregory [2011] VSCA 145; (2011) 34 VR 1 Green v The Queen [2011] HCA 49; (2011) 244 CLR 462 WorkCover Authority (Inspector Howard) v Baulderstone Hornibrook Pty Limited [2009] NSWIRComm 92; (2009) 186 IR 125 Jimmy v The Queen [2010] NSWCCA 60; (2010) 77 NSWLR 540 Orr v LakeCoal Pty Limited (In Liquidation) (No.3) [2019] NSWDC 402 Mahdi Jahandideh v The Queen [2014] NSWCCA 178 Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25; (2005) 228 CLR 357 Muldrock v The Queen [2011] HCA 39; (2011) 244 CLR 120 Nash v Silver City Drilling (NSW) Pty Limited; Attorney General for NSW v Silver City Drilling (NSW) Pty Limited [2017] NSWCCA 96 R v McNaughton [2006] NSWCCA 242; (2006) 66 NSWLR 566 R v Wilkinson (No. 5) [2009] NSWSC 432 Unity Pty Limited v SafeWork NSW [2018] NSWCCA 266 Veen v The Queen (No. 2) [1988] HCA 14; (1988) 164 CLR 465 WorkCover Authority of NSW (Inspector Carmody) v Consolidated Constructions Pty Limited [2001] NSWIR Comm 263; (2001) 109 IR 316 Category: Sentence Parties: Stephen James Orr (Prosecutor) LD Operations Pty Limited (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: K Nomchong SC with C Magee (Prosecutor) I Taylor SC with S McIntosh (Defendant)