Waikato family's trauma laid bare in bitumen tank explosion caseTerence Milne was fondly remembered in court by his wife, daughter and granddaughter, who have struggled to cope with the manner of his death and its aftermath. A family have expressed their anguish in court at losing their beloved patriarch to a bitumen tank explosion. The bitumen tank known as an "emulsion pig" that exploded, fatally injuring the 60-year-old worker. WorkSafe was seeking a "global" reparation figure of about $160,000 be paid to Milne's family, which the company's lawyer has described as "a manifestly excessive reward". She had arrived at the depot soon after the explosion to find ambulance officers performing CPR on her tar-splattered husband.

Source: Stuff October 28, 2016 19:51 UTC