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[2017] NSWDC 365
District Court of NSW
2017-12-15
Original judgment source is linked above.
Solicitors: SafeWork NSW (prosecutor) Brown & Partners Solicitors (defendant) File Number(s): 2016/217433
Judgment
BACKGROUND
THE INJURED PERSON
THE INCIDENT
Allocation of Mr Evers to the forklift
Allocation of the work within the Area of the incident
INJURIES AND AFTERMATH
SYSTEMS OF WORK BEFORE THE INCIDENT
Licensing Requirements for High Risk Work (HRW)
Site Access Plan and Traffic Management
GUIDANCE MATERIAL
SYSTEMS OF WORK FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT
THE EVIDENCE FOR THE OFFENDER
CONSIDERATION
OBJECTIVE SERIOUSNESS OF THE OFFENCE
DETERRENCE
AGGRAVATING FACTORS
MITIGATING FACTORS
CAPACITY TO PAY A FINE
COSTS
PENALTY
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SafeWork NSW
Erect Safe Scaffolding
(1998) 164 CLR 465
(2006) 66 NSWLR 566
(1998) 166 CLR 51
(2000) 49 NSWLR 610