Photo: ODT filesAn earthmoving company has been ordered to pay more than $140,000 after an employee was killed by an exploding bitumen emulsion tank last year. On November 30 last year, an employee of Corboy Earthmovers Limited in Te Awamutu was killed when emulsion was being transferred under pressure from a transport tank - an "emulsion pig" - to a heating tank. "This company had used pumps to transfer the emulsion up until 2007, and that was a far safer process. The company was ordered to pay reparations of $140,319.80 by the Hamilton District Court today. The judge considered an appropriate fine would have been $73,800, but noted the company is in liquidation, so no fine was imposed .

Source: Otago Daily Times November 07, 2016 02:50 UTC