Man suffers facial injuries after 80kg beam falls at Gladstone workplace

Workplace Health and Safety is investigating after an 80kg beam fell on a man at a Central Queensland workplace.

Workplace Health and Safety is investigating an incident where a man was injured when an 80kg beam fell on him at a Gladstone workplace on July 27.

A man has suffered facial injuries after an 80kg beam fell on him at a Central Queensland workplace on Saturday.

Paramedics were called to a Gladstone business about 11.51am.

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman said a man in his 30s sustained facial injuries that were “non life-threatening.”

He was taken to Gladstone Hospital in a stable condition.

A QAS spokeswoman said Workplace Health and Safety was investigating the incident.

Originally published as Man suffers facial injuries after 80kg beam falls at Gladstone workplace