A HOPS producer will be sentenced for work safety offences next month following the death of an employee in 2017.
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The late man's brother had been towing two trailers of freshly cut hop vines on an unsealed section of the road in wet conditions.
The tractor slid out of control on a steep hill near the entrance to Patriotic Hop Producers about 11am.
Mr Kraithong was on the second trailer and fell, suffering serious head injuries.
He was later airlifted to the Royal Melbourne Hospital, where tests showed he had an unsurvivable brain injury.
His life support was turned off and he died two days after the incident.
Neville Victor Handcock, who runs the business in partnership with his wife, recently pleaded guilty to one charge of failing to provide and maintain systems of work that are safe and without risks to health.
Two WorkSafe inspectors visited the farm hours after the incident.
Inspector Peter Rennick said carrying passengers on hop trailers involved an "immediate risk to the health or safety of persons".
He said the tractor could be safely used on a steep descent as long as it was in a suitable gear, travelling at low speed, and was being driven by an experienced driver.
Mr Handock told a second investigator "I didn't do anything different on the day than I normally do".
"Obviously with what's happened I can't say it was safe," he said of the practice.
"I'm the boss, so I take full responsibility for what's occurred."
He will be sentenced at Wangaratta County Court on April 29.