Young worker killed in warehouse loader incident
05 May 2026•BlueSafe Team•Source: WorkSafe VIC
A young worker has died in a warehouse incident involving a reversing front end loader. WorkSafe Victoria is investigating.
It is understood the man was cleaning fertiliser from the rear of a semi-trailer with an air compressor when a reversing front end loader fatally struck him at about 8:15am.
WorkSafe is investigating the circumstances of the incident.
The death brings the number of confirmed workplace fatalities for 2026 to 13. At the same point last year, 22 work-related deaths had been recorded.
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