Energy Australia fined $1.5m for ‘preventable’ death of power worker exposed to live wires

Yallourn company admitted safety breaches after Graeme Edwards succumbed to burns to 90% of body

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Energy Australia has been fined $1.5m after a veteran Yallourn power station employee suffered fatal burns to 90% of his body in an electrical explosion.

Graeme Edwards had worked at the power station in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley for more than 30 years when he volunteered to connect a high-voltage cable to the segment of the power station he worked on.

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