A committal hearing in relation to the death of a man at a Leitchville plant could take weeks, a Bendigo court has heard.Lawyers for Bendigo company Big Hill Cranes, Cobram business A-1 Engineering and New Zealand engineer Andrew Buchanan appeared at the Bendigo Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday.The court heard one of the lawyers believed a committal hearing - which would determine if there was enough evidence to take the matter to trial in a higher court - could run as long as three weeks.But due to the coronavirus pandemic, it is not known when a committal hearing will take place.Big Hill Cranes, A-1 Engineering and Mr Buchanan were charged by WorkSafe after a man, 59, was crushed to death and another man was seriously injured at a decommissioned cheese factory on December 6, 2017.Big Hill Crane is charged with four counts of failing to ensure that people other than employees were not exposed to risk arising from its conduct.A-1 Engineering is facing six charges of failing to provide and maintain a safe working environment for employees by failing to provide a safe system of work and two charges of failing to provide and maintain a safe work environment by failing to provide supervision to enable employees to perform their work safely.Mr Buchanan is charged with four counts of failing to ensure a safe workplace, as a person in charge of the workplace.No pleas have been entered and the matter has been adjourned for further committal mention on June 10.
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