A $75,000 fine for Delta Utility Services Ltd on a charge arising from the death of an Alexandra lineman was only a "slap on the wrist" for the company, the man's grieving family said yesterday.
Delta Utility Services chairman Ray Polson says claims made by former Stop the Stadium president Bev Butler that the company has exceeded a $1 million borrowing cap are the result of a misunderstanding.
The Alexandra line mechanic who was killed when the power pole he was working on toppled over had not been formally told on his job sheet the pole might be unsafe to climb.
Dunedin company Delta Utility Services is among finalists in the New Zealand Contractors Federation/Hirepool Construction Awards 2011, for its work on the Forsyth Barr Stadium pitch.
Grieving widow Karyn Steel says she and her family feel like they have been "robbed" of her husband Roger.
Delta Utility refused to answer questions yesterday in the wake of Thursday's accident near Millers Flat in which a lineman died.
Power was cut to Wanaka's central business district and the wider area for 11 minutes yesterday afternoon.
