Energy Australia has been fined $1.5 million after a veteran Yallourn power station worker suffered fatal burns to 90 per cent of his body in an electrical explosion.
Graeme Edwards was highly trained and had worked at the power station for more than 30 years when he volunteered to connect a high voltage cable to the section of the power station he worked on.
It was a routine procedure called racking, which involved placing a high voltage circuit breaker into position in a cabinet while wires were live or energised.
