Nearly three years after a fatal winery explosion rocked the tight-knit Hunter Valley wine country region, dates have been set for a coronial inquest.
Winemaker Trevor Drayton and contractor Eddie Orgo died in the explosion at the Drayton's Winery at Pokolbin in January 2008.
Assistant winemaker William Rikard-Bell also suffered severe burns and only survived after jumping into a dam to douse the flames that had engulfed his body.
The Workcover Authority brief contains around a dozen volumes and the police brief is also massive.
The blast is believed to have been triggered by a welding spark and the inquest is expected to focus on various occupational, health and safety aspects, education and transport.
The inquest will be held at East Maitland court for a week in May 2011 and there will be another week in June at Glebe coroners court in Sydney.
Reported by ABC News
