- A NSW man in his 50s has been crushed to death by a portable building
- Emergency services called to Thornton Industrial Estate on Wednesday
- A portable block fell from a tip truck that the man was unloading, police said
A man in his 50s has been crushed to death by a portable building that fell on him at an industrial site near Newcastle.
Emergency services were called to Thornton Industrial Estate work site around 8.15am on Wednesday.
A portable block fell from a tip truck that the man was unloading, police said.
A man in his 50s has been crushed to death by a portable building (pictured) that fell on him at an industrial site near Newcastle
The 54-year-old from Bonnells Bay in the Lake Macquarie region died at the scene.
‘It appears a man has been crushed under a portable building and has died,’ a police spokeswoman told The Daily Telegraph.
SafeWork NSW is currently investigating.
‘Initial inquiries indicate the worker was unloading a portable amenities block from a vehicle when he was struck by the load and suffered crush injuries,’ a SafeWork NSW spokesperson said.
A report will be prepared for the coroner.
![Emergency services were called to Thornton Industrial Estate work site around 8.15am on Wednesday](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/10/04/06/4504DB4000000578-4946896-image-a-13_1507096556421.jpg)
Emergency services were called to Thornton Industrial Estate work site around 8.15am on Wednesday
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