Worker dies in directional drilling incident
16 June 2025•BlueSafe Team•Source: WorkSafe VIC
A 53-year-old man has died in a drilling incident, bringing Victoria’s confirmed workplace fatality count for 2025 to 27.
Directional drilling is understood to have been underway at the site when the incident occurred.
The man is understood to have come into contact with an auger inside the excavation.
WorkSafe Victoria recorded the death as the 27th confirmed workplace fatality for 2025, compared with 25 work-related deaths at the same point last year.
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