A King Country company is being prosecuted after one of its employees was killed when a fuel tanker ruptured.
Corboy Earthmovers Ltd will appear in the Te Awamutu District Court in July facing one charge under the Health and Safety in Employment Act over the death of Terence Milne, 60, of Otorohanga, in November last year.
WorkSafe confirmed one party had been charged but declined to reveal the exact nature of the charge at this stage.
The company's director, Brent Pevreal, appears to have escaped prosecution.
At the time, police confirmed Mr Milne died during a process of transferring bitumen emulsion between two tanks using compressed air. One of the tanks failed and ruptured during the process.