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Worker dies after fall from truck

27 January 2022
Brendan Clayton

Worker dies after fall from truck

WorkSafe is investigating the death of a driver who fell from the top of a truck at a Maffra grain depot last Thursday.

WorkSafe is investigating the death of a driver who fell from the top of a truck at a Maffra grain depot last Thursday.

The 60-year-old suffered severe head injuries and died in hospital on Friday.

It is believed a hand rail failed as the man was closing hatches on top of the truck's grain container, causing him to fall approximately four metres to a concrete driveway below.

The death is the third workplace fatality in Victoria for 2022, three more than at the same time last year.

Map of Maffra Victoria

 

Is there this type of risk in your workplace? If so reach out to our Height Safety Category Manager, Gary Clayton on 1300 554 192 to discuss your situation and work out how he can solve this for you to prevent more workplace deaths especially those related to falls from heights.

Industroquip have a range of truck loading and unloading height safety systems and have created custom solutions for accessing cattle transport trailers, tankers, buses and grain trucks right across Australia.

 

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