The Australian info Ergon Energy hasactually been fined $300,000 over the death of a employee on a main Queensland pineapple farm in July 2021. Key points:Cody Smith, 25, was working on a pineapple farm in main Queensland in July 2021 when he was electrocutedThe court heard a harvester he was working near passed under a power line which had dropped from its normal heightErgon Energy hasactually been fined $300,000 over the death, with no conviction recordedThe business last month pleaded guilty to one count of stoppingworking to comply with a Category 2 electrical security task, exposing an specific to a danger of death, or severe injury, or disease. Cody Smith, 25, was electrocuted when a harvester he was working near passed under a power line on Lake Mary Pines farm in Bungundarra, near Yeppoon, on the Capricorn Coast. During sentencing in the Rockhampton Magistrates Court on Friday afternoon, Magistrate Philippa Beckinsale stated 5 other individuals were likewise injured in the occurrence, getting electrical shocks. The court heard the employees were in a field on July 14, 2021, selecting pineapples utilizing a tractor and a harvester. Ms Beckinsale stated the harvester, standing at 4.3 metres, then passed under a powerline, which was sitting at a height of 4.52 metres. “The top of the maker either came in contact with, or close distance to a power line,” she stated. Mr Smith was electrocuted. Ergon Energy hasactually been fined over the death of a employee on a pineapple farm in July 2021.(ABC News: Jasmine Hines) The court heard employees Nathan Stevens, Joshua Fritz, Simone Ronchi, Ian Page, and Raymond Sheriff gotten electrical shocks and were taken to hospi
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