Worker dies following elevated work platform loading incident
05 May 2025•BlueSafe Team•Source: WorkSafe VIC
A 44-year-old worker has died in hospital following an incident involving an elevated work platform being loaded onto a truck.
It is understood the worker was thrown from the elevated work platform as it rolled off the truck’s tilt tray during loading.
He suffered serious head injuries and subsequently died in hospital.
The incident brings the number of confirmed workplace fatalities for 2025 to 15. At the same point last year, 21 work-related deaths had been recorded.
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