Man dies in shipping container accident at Campbellfield work site
Worksafe has launched an investigation after a man was crushed to death by stone sheets inside a shipping container in Campbellfield on Thursday, and a second worker was taken to hospital.
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WorkSafe is investigating after a man in his forties was crushed to death while unloading stone slabs in a shipping container in Campbellfield on Thursday morning.
It is believed stone sheets shifted inside the container at the Foden Ave property in Campbellfield about 10am on February 20, trapping the man.
Emergency services workers tried to free him, but he died at the scene.
A second man was also taken to hospital for observation, a Victoria Police statement said.
Police will prepare a report for the Coroner.
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The tragic death brings this year’s number of workplace fatalities to seven, two more than at the same time last year.
WorkSafe could not provide any further details.