AAP General News (Australia)
08-14-2006
Vic: WorkSafe investigating Epping death
Authorities have urged workplaces to learn from the tragic death of a Victorian maintenance
worker.
Police say the 55-year-old man was believed to be working at an exhaust manufacturing
company in Epping in Melbourne's north .. when he died around noon (AEST).
They say he was working on a large pipe vending machine when he may have left a safe
area .. and was hit as a machine swung around.
MICHAEL BIRT from WorkSafe Victoria says they're investigating .. and urging people
to learn from the mistakes of others.
The death brings the number of workplace fatalities referred to WorkSafe to 18.
AAP RTV xlc/dk/cp/bart
KEYWORD: WORKER (MELBOURNE)
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