Authorities finish site examination after pineapple farm death
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland and police have concluded a site examination at Lake Mary Pines where Cody Smith was killed in an industrial incident on Wednesday morning.
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Authorities have finished their site examination at the pineapple farm where Cody Smith was killed in an industrial incident on Wednesday morning.
The Office of Industrial Relations has confirmed that Workplace Health and Safety Queensland and Queensland Police Service concluded the site examination on Thursday.
Yeppoon man Cody Smith, 25, died after a harvester struck power lines at Lake Mary Pines on Ingrey Road at 9.23am on Wednesday.
It is believed Cody was electrocuted, with six other workmates suffering serious electric shock injuries and requiring hospital treatment.
The tragedy has devastated the Capricorn Coast community and prompted an outpouring of emotion on social media.
According to a Queensland Fire and Emergency Services spokesman, when crews arrived on scene and made their way across the paddock to the harvester that had made contact with power lines, there was a person still inside.
The spokesman said CPR was performed on the person inside the harvester before they were transported to hospital.
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