Changes have been made at the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning since a 2018 incident where an employee was killed when his vehicle rolled at Rose River.
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Coroner Audrey Jamieson this week handed down her findings in the death of Richard Neil Gaudion.
She found the 60-year-old died on August 10, 2018 while he was working in bushland, after his vehicle rolled - throwing him out in the process - and then crushed him.
He had been reversing down a hill with a gradient of 32 degrees, which was more severe than the recommended 25 degrees, and in wet conditions.
The injuries included a fractured pelvis, ribs, spine and a ruptured diaphragm.
WorkSafe found Mr Gaudion was not wearing a seatbelt, in breach of DELWP policy, and had not undertaken formal four-wheel drive training since the year 2000.
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His DELWP spot-checker operated so that it would broadcast its location every 10 minutes if the device was moving. It is estimated Mr Gaudion crashed at about 11.30am, but the spot-checker broadcast its location six times between 5.02pm and 8.34pm on the same day.
Coroner Jamieson said this was likely due to it being disturbed by animals, causing the six of 11 track function to activate.
"While there is no evidence to suggest that the earlier realisation of Mr Gaudion's absence would have saved his life, it would have likely resulted in the earlier discovery of his body," she said.
That occurred the next day after Mr Gaudion's partner became concerned because she could not contact him and checked the location of his phone on the computer, finding it had not moved since the day before.
His supervisor drove to Rose River that day and discovered the crash.
By March 2019, DELWP had made changes to the monitoring of staff in the field.
Teams undertaking tasks in remote areas are required to establish a communications plan, which involves monitoring by a third-party, 24-hour operator, with employees required to call-in at arranged intervals.
"I find that WorkSafe and DELWP have worked collaboratively to identify and implement work procedures and training with the aim of improving occupational health and safety for DELWP employees and preventing like deaths," Coroner Jamieson said.
A DELWP spokesman said the department would review the findings from the Coroner's report.
"The health and safety of our staff remains our number one priority," he said.
"The entire department and all those who worked with Neil are still deeply saddened by his death."
