NSW tradesman dies after portable building crushes him

  • 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

Emergency services were called to Thornton Industrial Estate work site around 8.15am on Wednesday

 

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