Civil construction company Whittens Group convicted, fined over death of worker at Inpex LNG facility near Darwin

Carl Delaney, pictured with his wife Terry, was killed while conducting repair works on a tank at the LNG facility. (Supplied)

Civil construction company Whittens Group has been convicted and fined $425,000 over the death of a worker at the Inpex Onshore LNG Facility in 2017.

While working for subcontractor Whittens, Carl Delaney, 56, was conducting repair works on an LNG tank on November 29, 2017, when he became submerged in perlite, a powdery insulation material likened to quicksand, and could not be revived.