Orko Fertilisers charged after fatal workplace incident at Narangba in 2020

The legal teams of a Moreton Bay fertiliser company and three of its executives have been handed 5000 pages of evidence after an alleged workplace incident that took the life of a Caboolture dad.

The legal teams for a Moreton Bay fertiliser company and three of its executives charged in relation to an alleged workplace incident which took the life of a Caboolture dad more than a year ago have appeared in court for the first time.

Tim Fiechtner was employed at Queensland Organics, owned by Orko Fertilizers Pty Ltd, at Narangba.

Workplace Health and Safety Qld will allege Mr Fiechtner was operating equipment at the business on Potassium St on March 10 last year when he became stuck in a conveyor belt.

Emergency services worked to save Mr Fiechtner but he died as a result of his injuries. He left behind a wife and seven-year-old daughter.

Tim Fiechtner was killed in a workplace accident at Narangba on March 10, 2020. Photo: Facebook

Orko Fertilisers, its chief executive officer Tom Boss and two former directors Neil Douglas Petersen and Bradley Neil Smith have all been charged in relation to the incident.

The company is charged with one count of industrial manslaughter.

Each of the executives have been charged with one count of failure to comply with a workplace health and safety duty.

Workplace Health and Safety will allege the executives breached their respective health and safety duties and exposed workers to risk of serious injury or death.

The Queensland Organics farm where Caboolture dad Tim Fiechtner was killed in 2020.

Lawyers for the company and the three defendants appeared on behalf of their clients in Caboolture Magistrates Court today.

The court heard the legal teams had been presented with a 5000 page brief of evidence and more than 80 videos.

The matter was adjourned until November 24, 2021, to give the legal teams time to read through the documents.