WAITER Stuart Groen called out to warn his workmates - and possibly saved their lives - as he was electrocuted on the flooding kitchen floor of a Newtown cafe.
The shocking details of the death of Stuart - brother of Channel 7 weather girl Sara Groen - have been revealed as the owner of the cafe, Peter Stojkovic, was convicted of failing to keep the staff safe from danger and fined $100,000.
The 25-year-old had been working for Cafe C in King St, Newtown for just 10 days before the tragedy in December, 2009, which happened as the staff prepared to close the restaurant for the night.
They noticed the bar and cafe area was covered in water and rang the manager, Olga Stojkovic, at home. She told them to make sure the pump was plugged in and turned on because the grease trap had previously overflowed when the pump was off.
As chef James Singh turned on the switch, Stuart was walking towards him across the kitchen.
"(Stuart) cried out and warned the others to 'get out' and fell to the ground - coming into contact with the wet well's cover plate and/or surplus water in the area," Justice Michael Walton of the Industrial Court of NSW said in his judgment.
"Mr Singh tried to assist Mr Groen by reaching out his hand to pull Mr Groen off the floor - however he suffered an electric shock. He tried to move and grasped part of a metal preparation table that was also electrified.
"After some minutes, he began to fall, came free of the table and was able to get out of the kitchen.
"The mains power was disconnected before Mr Singh returned to the kitchen to render further aid to Mr Groen who was unconscious."
Staff tried to revive him but Stuart died later at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. The cafe owner pleaded guilty to breaching the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Stuart's mother, Linda Groen, read a victims impact statement which painted Stuart as a fun-loving, intellectual, adventurous, caring and independent young man who was a writer, poet and musician.
sJustice Walton said the Groens were a close family and Stuart's father remained too grief stricken to join the family in court.
Sara Groen, who last year left Sydney to join Seven's Melbourne newsroom, has never spoken of the tragedy. Late last year she birth to her first child - daughter Estelle Kathryn Kirby - after marrying long-time love Clark Kirby.
Justice Walton said the damage to the cable was foreseeable and would have been discovered had the cafe had the pump regularly checked.
Ms Stojkovic told the court that she felt sad and remorseful and had tried to get in touch with the Groen family to express her condolences but had been unsuccessful.
The cafe is up for sale.
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