The investigation will include how the worker came into contact with the line, which is known as the "Awatoto tie". Photo / File
Police have named 57-year-old Falaniko Ah Lin as the man who died following a workplace incident at a rural property in Meeanee, Napier on Thursday 17 October.
He died after coming in contact with a 33kV overhead electricity supply line on an orchard.
The incident was reported just after 4pm
on Thursday at a property off Brookfields Rd, Meeanee, but it did not happen at Brookfields Winery.
Electricity supplier Unison confirmed through relationships manager Danny Gough the deceased was not a Unison staff member, and Hawke's Bay Today has been told it was an orchard worker.
WorkSafe's investigation will include how the worker came into contact with the line, which Gough said is known as the Awatoto tie. It extends from the eastern end of Brookfields Rd to a substation on Waitangi Rd, Awatoto.
